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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you can fix the yard in a season or two.  Though ideally, someone should have told you to fix it and reseed this past fall - it's too late now to grow grass until spring, I think.

I spend a fair amount of time on my lawn and when a neighbor's tree fell during the derecho, all of my weekends spent working on the lawn were for nothing.  Once the giant oak tree was removed, 2/3 of my back lawn and 1/3 of my front lawn (where construction debris had been piled) were completely bare, except for the crabgrass which had aggressively moved in.  I think I did actually cry.

And then I got out there every weekend and pulled crabgrass by hand.  I created a new garden where a (now fallen) tree had been before and extended another garden.  I aerated the soil and put down ProSeed OneStep, a mixture of grass seed, fertilizer and mulch, and then overseeded with regular grass seed.  A couple of weeks later, where almost the entire back yard had been bare, there was gorgeous new grass.  (so pretty I wished i'd pulled out the old grass too.)  The yard looks amazing.

In March, get out there and prune whatever needs pruning, remove any plants or shrubs you dislike and clear away the rubble.  In April, do what I suggested to reseed the lawn.  Then water on nights there's no rain.  Lay out some flower beds and plant some flowers, then mulch around them so the colors really stand out.  (perennials should come back yearly, but often annuals are more vibrant.)  Geraniums and petunias and vincas work well in my yard.  Some azalea or hydrangea bushes would be good too.  Good luck![/quote]

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