Showers and rain today.
Which is a good thing, I spread some grass seed on the front lawn in hopes of rain showers,
Our front lawn is looking a little sparse in spots, and this year I've decided that nothing I do to it could make it worse, so I might as well try whatever I want on it.
I've started with liming the lawn early in the spring. We have trees in front that shade the house wonderfully in the summer, but also shade a large portion of the lawn. Plus, as I've read, trees protect their territory by making it a little more difficult for other plants to grown beneath the.
So far, in addition to the lime, I've spread some fertilizer and allowed it to soak in. This week I have followed up with the grass seed. I'm hoping that the preparation, liming and fertilizing, have prepared the ground for the seed and it will do well.
If not, then more liming and start looking into the ph of the soil. I have been told that trees like it more acidic, and that it is not possible to 'oversweeten' the soil by adding lime.
If I were truly following the scientific method, I would have gridded off the offending portions of lawn, and performed experiments with amounts of lime, fertilizer and grass seed to see which proportions worked best. And kept track of things in a proper notebook.
On the other hand, it's just grass and any extra I can grow is more than is there now.
I would go out and examine how it is performing, but it's raining today.
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