Question
A little over a month ago, we planted seed in our back yard.it has come in good through out most of the yard, but now a lot of weeds are coming up and there are some dead spots that are getting larger every day.what can we do to fix this problem? thanks.

Answer
Hi Kira;
The dead spots could be a fungus called brown patch.
disolve 1/4th cup baking soda per gallon of water and spray the area to drench it well. That should take care of it if it is a fungus.
for the weeds, go on a totally organic program, and enrich the soil. weeds will not thrive in rich soil.
Put 1 pound sugar per 250 sq.ft. of lawn and garden, and water it in well.
sugar doesn't kill anything or fertilize.
What it does is nourich the beneficial microbes that enrich the soil. these microbes work round the clock, all year long, enriching the soil.
Make a healthy enviornment for toads, lizards, grass snakes and beneficial insects, and they will feed on the harmful insects that are attracted to your yard, and you won't have oests to deal with, so you will never have to buy insecticide to get rid of grubs etc.
DON'T use ANY chemicals.
If you put down the sugar and get the microbes active, and them oput down a pesticide, fungicide or fertilizer, you will kill all the microbes.
For every harmful insect that comes into our yards, there are hundreds of beneficial ones that feed on the harmful ones.
Chemicals kill the good along with the bad.
Chemicals don't SOLVE problems, they CREATE them.
Using chemicals is gardening artificially.
Natural is by far the best.
God designed it so the good will eat the bad, and everything will work in harmony to make a beautiful thick and lush lawn and garden.
I broadcast the sugar by hand.
I do it every spring and fall, but if i don't get one down, then I do it when I get around to it.
You can apply the sugar when there is snow on the ground, or when the temperature is 100_.
If you spill a bunch of sugar in one spot, it will just waste sugar, it will not burn your lawn like a tad too much chemical fertilizer will.
there are some other things organic you can use that will further enhance your lawn.
If you want more information on organics, just write me. I am happy to share what I have learned.

For the past 8 years, I have done nothing but put sugar on my lawn twice a year, and make compost to till in with my vegetable garden.
then the watering, mowing, and edging of the grass, and the pruning and planting flowers and shrubs.
My lawn is gorgeous and weed free.
Charlotte