How to Renovate Your Lawn - Complete Lawn Renovation Steps, Start to Finish 

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Hands down, the best cool season lawn reno tutorial on the internet. I watch this every late summer for a refresher. Thanks Tim.

Can't wait for the green grass and warm temps, sick of cold nasty weather

Thank you, very helpful. I also love the digital storm shirt! I see you like your PC's as well!

I really love the content. Can't wait until spring

I'm a Canadian temporarily in the UK with my British fiancee. She has a small front yard and a medium backyard. The lawn was completely overgrown in the front. almost all weeds. The gravel and slab driveway was completely invisible under the foliage. I mowed, hedge trimmed, and snipped everything as low as I could. Got my hands in the short grass and literally lifted massive sheets of either thin vines or really long and fallen over grass. Eventually I got it all relatively short. I weeded the driveway and trimmed the small trees. The backyard was a nightmare. Completely overgrown thorny vines along the entire border of the yard. The thorn vines coiled everywhere, some spanning over 40 feet under the lawn all across the yard. The main bushes of thorn vines stood 6ft tall and about 5 feet outward. The lawn is MUCH larger looking with all that removed. I trimmed trees back, and removed bushes and small unappealing trees. The lawn needed to be mowed 5 times, raked and mowed again. The problem I have is that the grass is very viney and it lays flat so the mower wont cut it. Raking it has been very difficult and doesn't seem to be working well. Tips would be much appreciated. I'm at the point where it's at least under control, but I want to just nuke it and kill everything. The transformation so far has been incredible. I'd love to give her a decent yard that makes the neighbours jealous.

lol that moment when the sandal breaks :P thanks for the video

Definitely agree with the use of peat moss or even mushroom manure over the seed. 👍🏻

this is great so many questions but i will look at more videos of yours

Hope you're having a great day Grass Daddy. Getting to be spring like in my neck of the woods, look forward to seeing your new lawn videos.

love the kids running through while your working!!

Very nice video. I will start my lawn renovation right away!! I liked all the part were the kids formed part of this project.

Thank you for making this process possible for a lawn novice. We had sod put down before we moved into our formerly abandoned, newly renovated house. After 2 years (with a no chemicals approach) the whole front lawn died. It seemed hopeless until one morning, I searched for what to do with a dead lawn and it brought me to your videos. I studied your recommended playlists, wrote down and followed each step (Using sod grade seed, rolling it.) The little green sprigs are starting to pop up and I feel like a proud mama. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and breaking it down into easy steps.

Great to have the lawn season starting again soon. Look forward to you tips and videos!

I work for a local lawn care company. I love this channel. You do everything we do.

Very helpful! Thanks.

Great video, all the steps in one viewing!

Your patience in the lawn definitely paid off, job well done!

Awesome video!! Very detailed thanks for this!

It ended up looking great. I have some odd ball grass types in my front that I have to work on, I am hoping I can just over seed them out over a couple of seasons.

This how my lawn looks like in the summer nice and green

Great video. Can't wait to redo my lawn.

your kids remind me of growing up in the D.R barefoot all the time playing around in the soil and eating mud lmao. nice vid just subscribed will renovate my lawn soon

Good idea on the rock. Always thought of rotten wood under there creating mushrooms but never thought of solid rock. Quite frankly never thought I should worry about it at least not in a new development. Now I do. lol

Good job That’s the best ever I seen

DUDE! It's amazing how good your lawn looks compared to before! I started following your channel AFTER the renovation, so I had no idea where you started originally! I've got some work to do on mine to get to where you're at, but I'll get there. Slowly, but surely! :-)

Lawn looks great! Got my pre-emergent down last weekend. Looking forward to the up-coming lawn care season.

Very nice work!

Thanks for you hard work in producing this excellent video. I’ll give it a shot. Regards from Australia

6:19 Oh man...Flintstones-mode activated! It's game over for that rock.

Excellent video!! Thank you so much!

Hey mate, great video. What was the product you used to avoid the washout on the sloped area? Couldn't find it in your amazon list. Great work.

Dude your lawn went from dead 💀 to amazing! Nice job and synopsis video. I would be going gray and losing more hair if I killed my lawn. It had to bother you all year coming out and seeing a peat moss lawn. Lol

Great video!!!

I've watched a lot of RU-vid videos on how to do this, and yours is one of the best! Thank you for your time. Helped a lot.

Can't wait for warm weather. Went heavy on milo last fall

Damn nice job my friend

Thanks bud. You made it easy to understand and gave me confidence that "I can actually do this". I've been hesitant, and going back and forth on whether to do it myself or pay someone. Some of these landscaping guys make it seem more complicated. My lawn is thick, weed free, and looks great compared to all my neighbors, but the previous owners (I bought this house a year ago) used several different types of seed, therefore the lawn is different shades of green and has different textures (thin fescue, KBG, and rye) throughout. Luckily it's mainly just the front lawn with all these different varieties of seed. The back is almost entirely KBG and looks good. I'm going to start it this week. I'm in Minnesota so with KBG taking 30 day's to germinate, I need to start August 1st.

Awesome video. Simple but detailed.

Great video

Found this to be very helpful

Just caught this video. Great beginning to finish video. I like vids that show entire process.

Great job 👏 👏 👏 with great results 👍 I've watched the video twice, and I'm very impressed with the job well done 👏 ✔️ ✔️ greetings from Wisconsin!

Thinking about doing this to my lawn. I feel like my soil is compacted. Should I do something like try to add some fresh soil before I seed?

Great video and cute kids!

between your videos and Ryan's i am feeling confident enough to tackle a renovation of my own. thanks for the awesome content. it has been so helpful!

Thanks for your video! I overseeded my lawn last weekend and I'm not sure if the starter fertilizer I used had weed preventer (tenacity) in it. Hopefully I dont get too many weeds. If I do, is there a product I can use to kill them or will I have to pull by hand? I'd hate to kill my new lawn while its still growing...

Nice job!!!!!

Thank you for the the tips, I sure hope I do this right to fix a completely dead area in the front of the house. P.s. Your children are too cute! lol

Thanks brother! Here in Canada,Roundup is banned,but the golf course are allowed. Send some Roundup,lol

Wow, quite a video. Good content. Thanks.

You know spring is in the air when “the” GrassDaddy starts posting vids again. Come on !!!!

I've missed pre emergent application and i have a lot of crabgrass/quackgrass in my lawn especially my front yard. Also, have lots of low spots and thinking of top dressing this fall and re seeds. I live in Winnipeg manitoba canada and our government is very restricted when it comes to herbecides. What kind of product should i use for pre or post emergent for crabgrass/quackgrass or any weeds. Thanks.

Great video and the lawn looks great. Question though - you mentioned that glyphosate doesn't kill Sedge! I've been wanting to do a reno like this for a long time but I seem to be getting more and more sedge each year. How do you recommend getting rid of the sedge?

I also did the same good job by the way!

Sprayer is working perfectly

So after killing the grass, the soil below it is acceptable for future grass? I saw you put new soil on top. Thats all for the soil portion?

Thank you

Did you end up tilling? How did you level? I’m in the middle of killing right now. I’m renovating 2K sq ft, and as I use a dethatcher it seems to be broken into fine pieces and fairly level.

Just both a house and want to renovate what kind of seed do you recommend me I live in New York

Should I aerate before applying starter, peat moss, and seeds

Did you consider renting a sod cutter to remove the old lawn instead of mowing it? I'm about to go through this whole process myself. I've already killed everything, and now I'm considering renting a sod cutter to remove the grass, and then a tiller to help level out a couple spots in the yard. Any thoughts?

hi gd, how long do I have to wait till the grass dies? I sprayed it 5 days ago but until now I didn’t see any grass turning brown. thanks

Nice a lawn vid and I won’t be out there for another 2 months... love it though!

Where ya been? Was kinda wonder what I should be doing to prep my lawn before winter.

Did you overseed after initial growth, or is that the natural spread of KBG?

what tackifier do you recommend? I could not find any products on your amazon store. Thanks man. Great video

Question, when renovating, do you need to add new topsoil to the lawn? before throwing down the seed?

How can I know what kind of grass can I grow here in Fort Worth tx I was in houston tx this weekend and saw some beautiful st Agustin and now I’m wondering if I can remove my Bermuda grass and put some st Agustin in my lawn , Good videos by the way I been watching all your videos I want to dominate the Nabors with my lawn lol

Fellow Rhode Islander very cool!

Great renovation! Love your videos- quick question- I applied Scott’s starter fert with weed control last fall and it turned certain areas white will those areas turn green again or is it dead?

What are your thoughts on using a sod cutter to remove the old grass / weeds instead of using chemicals to kill it off? would it be as effective?

Would you use clover seeds on your lawn mixed in with the grass seeds of course

Thank you! With a lawn thats mostly patchy dirt and weeds, do you recommend any aeration before seeding or maybe using a slit seeder?

I'm redoing my mulch, using the type that breaks down into soil. Might be a silly question but, will the tackifier work on holding the mulch in place? I have a few spots where the rain tends to move it around (just a little bit) during heavy rains. Btw, probably spelt "tackifier" wrong but you get the idea lol. Thanks, great video!

Thanks for the tips! I'm laying down turf lawn. Will it work the same for if I cover the dead lawn with peat moss then lay the turf? Or should I just lay the turf over the dead grass straight away? Or should I Till the dead grass? Please help! 😁

How often do you water the ground after you seed? Once a day? Every other?

Can you overseed with St Augustine grass? If so, are there any seed types that you recommend?

So you suggest using compost instead of peat moss? How much peat/compost do you use per 1,000 sw ft?

What is the name of the tacktifier you used?

Just found your channel and subd. I have to do this to my lawn many broadleaf, clover and crabgrass in mine.... horrible... Will definitely try. When is it the best time to do this? Thanks for sharing

hard work pay o ff. nice grass...

Good info....I am a rookie at this so far I renod two different areas of my yard. One came out awesome and the other is only a week old so there jury is out. In both areas I used a grass seed mix for my location mostly fescue and bluegrass and some rye. I was under the impression that a mix was better for health of the lawn...I guess not yours is incredible. Also in both cases instead of roundup I scraped up the existing old lawn spread new top soil then seeded. I did use peat moss over the top of the seeds.

So I think I am going to do a renovation on my front lawn this year. Question is I have a moderate Poa issue in the lawn. Will those seeds be growing strong with my new seed also in the fall? I have a light brown tint to my grass now from all the Poa turning brown already. Located in NE Ohio. Going to seed with a KBG mix this fall. Thanks

Thankyou for that. Would tilling soil until everything grounded be an alternative method ? Suppose spraying to deaden remnant would still be required or no?

What should I do with the thick layer of dead grass after? It is very thick and appears to be growing like bermuda, so it is extremely difficult to rake thru. Thanks.

Absolutely love this video! Thanks for making it.

will this method work over a dirt/sand like soil

I overseeded last fall, pretty good results. But I have lots of crabgrass to address this year (I'm near Philadelphia). After I put down crabgrass pre-emergent, am I correct in saying the barrier will prevent new good seed from germinating as well? In other words, there's no point overseeding in the spring after I use pre-emergent and start working on my crabgrass, correct? I just save that for the fall and deal with the bare patches where the crabgrass was dominant until then?

Thank you so much for the teaching. Finally i found a site that have step by step i lawn care. To have a nice lawn ....that is my dream all along. It is notthat i can afford to pay for a lawn care srevice but the feeling is not the same when you just sign a check to pay and to see what the out come from your own hard work. I do not know that i can ask further question down the road through you or not. But so far I am so greatful. . Already sub and like!

The Journal on your website isnt working. I was able to add 1 day but the next day is not saving and not appearing. I am also not able to click on the one that did save.

Great video with awesome information thanks! How long do you think this might take on 1/3rd acre lot with 13,000 sq ft of grass? Probably a crazy large project I'm guessing. Also that pump sprayer looks terrible lol, no fan tip? If I'm not mistaken that's the harbor freight 4 gallon right? Is it worth the $20?

Would you recommend to use an arrorator as well during this time?

Great video. How long do you wait to mow it? Also, if overseeding, would you still use the peat moss on top of existing grass? Thanks.

Noticed powdery mildew on my grass. Bummed out my lawn was coming in so nice and now there’s spots that the grass looks dead. Any suggestions how to get rid of it and what might be the reason for the mildew?

Grass Daddy how long did it take to get a final kill on the yard?

What's the name of the liquid you apply after the Peat moss, to protect the seed to wash out? Thank you for A very good and helpful tips. Awsome

Thank you for your helpful tips , Can you please send me the link for the stuff you bought for the grass seeds to stay on the hill? Thank you

Where did you get the peat moss? Did you have it delivered or did you buy bags of it? If so how many bags did it take?

Great job. One question: When doing a full renovation, is it not necessary to remove the dead thatch/existing sod after it dies, and prior to seeding, starter fert, peat moss?