I have a small, fenced, townhouse backyard. The yard is in horrible
shape, although it is very green. I have lots of weeds, crabgrass,
and a few bare spots. The yard is fairly shady and has good
drainage.

It is now early December (Northern Virginia).

I do not want a perfect yard but would like to do what I can to
improve the current situation.

What are the best, fairly low maintenance, routines for clearing up a
weed infested yard. I'm guessing it has never been fertilized and I
do know there is a grub problem.

Thanks

On 5 Dec 2004 12:22:43 -0800, (Scott) wrote:

I have a small, fenced, townhouse backyard. The yard is in horrible
shape, although it is very green. I have lots of weeds, crabgrass,
and a few bare spots. The yard is fairly shady and has good
drainage.

It is now early December (Northern Virginia).

I do not want a perfect yard but would like to do what I can to
improve the current situation.

What are the best, fairly low maintenance, routines for clearing up a
weed infested yard. I'm guessing it has never been fertilized and I
do know there is a grub problem.

Thanks

What is done to a lawn in fall will benefit throughout the year. Now
that has passed, it is not too late to apply a winterizer fertilizer.

Hi Scott,

I'm in Fairfax. Definitely put down a nice winter feed like Espoma's Turf
Tone.

If a significant snowfall is predicted, you can overseed your lawn. The snow
will insulate the grass seed and the freeze/thaw cycles will help drive the
seed into the earth.

Dave

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I have a small, fenced, townhouse backyard. The yard is in horrible
shape, although it is very green. I have lots of weeds, crabgrass,
and a few bare spots. The yard is fairly shady and has good
drainage.

It is now early December (Northern Virginia).

I do not want a perfect yard but would like to do what I can to
improve the current situation.

What are the best, fairly low maintenance, routines for clearing up a
weed infested yard. I'm guessing it has never been fertilized and I
do know there is a grub problem.

Thanks

Thanks for the advice..

Does anyone know of any good online stores for ordering yard/garden
supplies?

What is the best way to spread fertiziler and weed killer in a small
yard. It seems foolish and difficult to use a large wheeled spreader.
Thanks

On 7 Dec 2004 10:09:12 -0800, wrote:


Thanks for the advice..

Does anyone know of any good online stores for ordering yard/garden
supplies?

What is the best way to spread fertiziler and weed killer in a small
yard. It seems foolish and difficult to use a large wheeled spreader.
Thanks

There are small spreaders you can buy. There's the hand-held ones
too. The problem is that buying a not-so-popular spreader is you
won't be able to use the recommended settings on the bag. A 1 gallon
capacity garden sprayer does a good job for spot-treating weeds.