[sonick]

Ya last year I made a point to try to rejuvenate my backyard lawn to see how successful I would be, and if not I would just plan to nuke it with something lower maintenance.

Time and cost of it was less difficult than I anticipated and the results were decent enough that I've decided to continue on for this year. Its not golf course or professional lawn but it was equal if not better than most.

Based on research my rough schedule last year was this:

Spring
- lime (early march, 1 month before overseeding)
- corn gluten pre-emergent (late March/mid April, applied wet and few days of dry)
- dethatch (early April)
- overseed (mid April)
- beneficial nematodes (early April 10 deg soil temperature)
- fertilizer

Summer:
- killex weed killer (above 19 degrees)

Fall:
- lime (early September)
- aerate (early September)
- corn gluten (early September)
- overseed (late September)
- fertilizer