Brown areas near your sidewalk might want to do the screwdriver test? See how far a screwdriver will go into the ground. I was amazed at the amount of old concrete and stones I dug up in my tree lawn that was getting brown every summer
Fly Eagles Fly. I just ordered a bag for my lawn. Mines started to yellow in early June but I was not fertilizing. I threw down some seed and starter fert in late April so I think a lack of nitrogen maybe had something to do with it. I also put down Milo 3 weeks ago and it helped a bit but its still yellow in the main areas. I bought a rain gauge yesterday and noticed I was under watering when I did water. SMh. It's my first year at this so I'm learning a a lot already.
I used stress blend right before the 4th with decent results, i nees to follow up with another round of it i think for maximum benefit. In hindsight i probably should've used some differwnt and saved the stress blend for now and in a few more weeks. It's good stuff my timing was off