Does anyone have any advice or tips on getting that perfect green lawn?

I think it’s futile and quite a waste – why not try a more vibrant and varied yard of local vegetation? I’ve never been able to get the lawn “perfect” so I think going for a rock/flower/small plant filled yard is great.

All I know is that dog pee makes for irregular patches, in color and grass length. Oh, and that pouring a gallon jug of milk on your lawn in the summer is really, really bad…..

@3or4monsters Oh yes, when I had my dog I hated all the yellow pee patches all over the lawn.
dare I ask about the milk on the lawn? lol

@btko We do have several raised gardens and are working on planting some trees and adding flower gardens but I would like to have the lawn look just as nice as the rest of what we do with the yard.

Fertilizers (Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium)
2 (20%) 3 (30%) 2 (20%) for growth.

LAN – for a lush green lawn. (limestone ammonium nitrate)

Apply to lawn and water well do not leave unwatered it will burn, follow instructions on fertilizer bags.

Manure (chicken especially) is very high in nitrogen and can burn your lawn, also there is a chance of pests and diseases with organic fertilizer.

And if you need to fill in on the lawn use a light sand as this will not create a heavy crust and suffocate the lawn underneath after watering and drying in the sun.

there’s no hope, just take what comes natural and work it the best you can. I’ve tilled the whole yard, gave it new dirt, reseeded it with grass I wanted, then hired Tru’ Green 5 years running. Guess what, water lillys still grow in my backyard, even though it doesnt have standing water (I put a purposeful grade/slope in the yard to ensure against that). Where I live is filled in swamp and that just proves the point o’ nature will grow no matter what you do.

@WifeOfBath Thanks! I will definitely give that all a try and keep this advice in mind. :)

The perfect lawn is so yesterday. These days it’s going to be all natural vegetation, no toxic potions, all indigenous plants that you will find, surprisingly, absolutely beautiful and also easy to care for. And it will require the water your area naturally gets, so no waste there either. Be the first on your block!

Many many many cans of spray-paint.

The lush, green lawns I see in the suburbs are usually on lots with no trees, and are the result of feeding, aerating the lawn, and seeding in the spring and fall. And continuous watering. Lots of water.

To me, the perfect lawn is a signal that the owner doesn’t care about his environmental footprint. It says more about the willingness to waste resources (water, especially), pollute the water table with pesticides, herbicides, and manmade fertilizers, and increase health risks for young children and pets. Like a fur coat, it says more about vanity and selfishness than it does about quality. Disregard the risks just to obtain some artificial notion of what is “real” and “good”.

This is not to say that I prefer to let me lawn degrade into uninviting tundra. It’s just that I have readjusted my idea of perfection to include the health and well-being of my family and the planet.

Plant native and hearty varieties, water infrequently but deeply (4–6 inches soaking into the soil), never mow shorter than 3 to 4 inches, then let nature take its course.

You probably have bum homeless soil. Buy a small roll of Zoysia or Bermuda grass online at Zoysia Farms, scatter plant the grass plugs & give it a few seasons. Zoysia will thrive without water, work, or pestcides. Zoysia will even grow under a cardboard box.

I should have been more constructive with my previous response rather than rantatious. Sorry.

Take a look a gardens alive for some ideas and products for naturally beautiful lawns. I have used there fertilizers, and I got a pretty good lawn out of pretty poor soil.