How to Revive a Brown Lawn

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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook breathes new life into a dead lawn. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the official This Old House YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thisoldhouse Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJx52yMjwWA&index=22&list=PLkJADc1qDrr-ZmCu0t_YNmTXHVt80JDyE How to Mow a Lawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2cwo-pEgDY&index=69&list=PLkJADc1qDrr_0NxtmzECiOWkr5de82kXV How to Shopping List for Reviving a Brown Lawn: - type 12-24-11 starter fertilizer, used to promote root growth - grass seed, used to create new lawn - compost, for enriching the grass seed Tools for Reviving a Brown Lawn: - garden rake - walk-behind broadcast spreader - leaf rake - square-blade shovel - wheelbarrow Follow This Old House: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisOldHouse Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisoldhouse Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thisoldhouse/ G+: https://plus.google.com/+thisoldhouse/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/thisoldhouse Tumblr: http://thisoldhouse.tumblr.com/

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My method is easier. I just call the landlord and tell HIM to worry about it.

Enjoying watching a man who knows what he's doing.

Is there any way to revive my lawn without using phosphates? I heard nutrient pollution is a big problem

Great! Love it! Thanks!

Wow, that lawn came out beautiful!

Ahi , I from Syria ,no grass hir

Something I noticed was the pine trees that are next to this bad patch of grass. Would you suggest a lime powder of some sort to reduce the acidity of the soil as well?

Would like to see the end results

This old house.
Can I mix seed
with St.Augustine.
Since they don't sell St.Augustine
seed ?
😇😄😄😇

Aerate
Fertilize
Seed
Compost
Water.
😇😆🐬💜😇

The accent. The guy with the moustache, what accent is this? it's very strange

I think I was more excited about that privacy fence! !

people from NY talk like Divas. Makes me want to punch them in the face.

Can you come to my house and look at my yard, in Atlanta :-)

or you could move to an area that has no snow

So basically he did everything that needs to be done as if he had no lawn, and he gets a lawn. Sounds good, where can I not get me one?

i'd die for a lawn like that. living in the NW it generally doesn't rain in the summer which basically is the death nail for grass.

hi, I live in milton canada, we are new here and we accidentally sprinkled the wrong kind of fertilizer and may be also at a long time...the grass has burnt in patches what do i do....

This is owesume roggeahh. Ma yad looks amazing