Lawn grooming for idiots- any help?

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We have a cute small yard in front of our house.
Unfortunately, the grass there is "patchy" (i.e.: there are patches of nice green grass here and there), and in between- dry brownish grass, tons of weeds (we rooted out as much as we could)- and you really can't walk barefoot on it.

We would really love to have a nice, green, homogenized lawn, for DS to be able to run about for summertime.

Do you have any tips?
shall we uproot what's in now?
do you use a special machine for that?
will fertilizing help?
shall we buy grass mats and plant them? or seeds? or what?

Any pointers, tips or ideas?
Many thnx.

Apply weed and feed now - this will feed the existing grass and kill the weeds. It's a bit to late for seeding at this time of year. Then in the autumn scarify (rent a scarifier if your lawn is large), this will take out any thatch (dead bits) - you can then seed the bare bits.

We use a lawn care company who come round and do the necessary 4x a year - it's actually cheaper than buying the stuff yourself. they also do scarification and hollow tine aeration which we have done on alternate years.

Green Thumb

One of the best things you can do is mow lots. Get the blades quite high, then mow it twice a week. This encourages the grass to grow.

Although when we have a heatwave/drought, don't mow - try to let the grass grow long in this period, as it retains water better.