The Grass Doctor

What's the best way to grow grass and get rid of everything else?

I bought my house last year and I'm going to start fixing up my lawn this year. The previous owner planted things all over the yard. Bushes, shrubs, small trees, lavendor, mint, various flowers, etc. All I really want is some nice green grass. Is there a way to kill everything and grow grass at time? Or do I have to dig everything up then plant grass? I already chopped down some bushes but can't get the stump out. Can I put stump killer on it and grown grass there or will it take a long time for anything to grow there again? Thanks

Public Comments

1. Patience is a virtue, my gardening friend. Everywhere you put weed or stump killer, or any kind of killer your grass will not grow. You have several options, though. You can pull the stump out with a chain and a truck, pull everything else up buy sod and dig the whole yard up for it. The quickest way is the sod. The most economical way is to put fertilizer (weed & feed) on it and let it work. Then in the spring make sure to put fertilizer with "halts" on it to make sure no crab grass comes up next year. If you just use something like the Scott's fertilizer system (explained on their bags) you should have a nice lawn without replacing everything. Or you could get a tiller and till the whole she-bang up, then plant grass seed and wait for it to come up. But your lawn will be fragile for a long time with that method. Good luck! Happy gardening.