r/lawns

Sub-contractor left a 3-foot wide hole in my lawn filled with sand. Called parent contractor to ask that this be remedied. Sub-contractor returned today cursing and grumping about "wasting sod on a shit lawn" in my security camera feeds. They're not all wrong - wife allows a "natural" lawn for the first few weeks of spring for the bugs, but even her mishmash of vegetation looked awful with a sand-filled hole in the middle.

Anyway, is it usual to plop a tiny sod piece in the middle of a pile of dirt and sprinkle grass seed around it? Cuz back in my landscaping youth, albeit some time ago, we just cut out lawn wedges to match our sod wedges and literally never did anything but place sod edge-to-edge with living grass.

Am I crazy, or is this some master class malicious compliance?

EDIT FOR CONTEXT (From comment reply)
This is the culmination of three attempts to get them to return to an abandoned job site on my property, undertaken without my consent (public utility) that was promised to be "remediated to the original condition".

I'm laughing as I take the L. I told them to congratulate the sub-contractor on their successful demonstration of malicious compliance and I consider it closed. They win! I just didn't want a giant hole in my lawn whose function I didn't understand.

I don't care about the lawn (obviously!).

How often should I be mowing my new lawn? Don’t judge too harsh on my lines. I know they are terrible

I’ve taken quite a few pictures of random weeds/plants growing in my grass and a couple on my fence. If any of you savants are able to identify these and the answer to getting rid of them, preferably without destroying what little grass I do have mixed in, I’d be very appreciative. I am all for whatever products you can recommend.

Imgur link to the album:

https://imgur.com/a/w1jQTDN

I’ve been bagging my clippings in my mows so far. I am in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Also, bonus points if you have a recommendation for a battery back pack sprayer. My yard is about 1/4 acre total.

Hi all,

I am trying to seed lawn beside my new driveway and want to ensure I match my neighbours lawn.

Does this look like Kikuyu?

In Midwest. Any insight on what the purple stuff is? If so how can I get rid of it? Was not present last year.

We bought this new build home last August and I didn’t do much with the lawn.

The builder put sod in the front and natural grass in the back.

I have sprinklers in the front but none in the back.

I recently mowed it short, dethatched, scarified, put down fertilizer and laid down some Kentucky 31 Tall Fescue.

I need to do a soil test, but fear I’m doing this all wrong.

Any advice?

These are my results after a month of applying new grass seed. I have mowed for the first time today and have seeded again. Any advice on how to control knotgrass and other common weeds. I used Scott’s turf builder Rapid Grass sun and shade mix. Thanks in advance for.