The Grass Doctor

How can I plant grass seeds over my existing lawn?

We just moved into a new house and the old owners probably didnt care about their lawn. It's neatly trimmed, but there's a lot of variety of plants -- i.e. grass, weeds, crab grass and some other weird stuff that i really dont like. My problem is, Im a noob when it comes to gardening. So how can I start over? Could I just cut the old plants really short, buy some top soil, put it over the old grass and throw the seeds in? Please help! Any help would be gladly appreciated! =)

Public Comments

1. Go to Home Depot or Lowes or a store such as this...they have pamphlets / brochures that will help you with this. I would start with a weed and seed type of situation to kill off the weeds. You need to figure out what type of grass you have to get the right type that will promote that grass. It is better to start this way since you already have some thing. If worse come to worse then you go for the cut really low and top soil approach or dig it all up with tiller. But, I would work with what I had first. Also, I almost forgot both of these home improvement stores have sections that cover stuff like this...where they have videos that cover weed and seed / lawn maintenance / etc.