My "New" House's Lawn is an UGLY DISASTER
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- How I saved my dump yard without tearing it out and less work than you would think. Got to prove my wife wrong & saved thousands doing this myself. See what I did step by step that you can do too!
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Question;
We have property in Western NC at 4000ft and the rolling lawn we have was once a Christmas tree farm that had been cleared. Seems we are down to pretty hard packed soil and the lawn has been taken over by wild tall grasses. While that is nice, is it possible to see similar results following this method or does this mean we would have to add a top soil layer since that area was cleared?
I live in New Hampshire as well. What a great spot you have , good luck with it!
@Silver Cymbal I received a scam reply to my earlier comment on this video that I posted 3 days ago. I know it's a scammer's bot and not you. Just wanted to make sure you and others are aware of it being on here.
@@W2mNm I did too.
After getting bitten by a tick, developing the bullseye of Lyme disease, and having to take weeks of antibiotics... I can appreciate the effort you put forth to protect your kids and allow them to enjoy the outdoors safely near your home.
I'm sorry to hear that happened to you and appreciate your words. Lyme is no laughing matter and this safe area is very hand for kids especially when they are little rolling around on it.
Ticks dont live in a normal mowed lawn. They live in low brush and talk weeds. Generaly in areas where rodents, rabbits and smaller animals like to hide.
@@BS.-.- ticks love shade, tall grass and bushes indeed.
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So sorry to hear that !
Guessing you can't look at the grass again after that 😳
Australia 💕Christina
You can thank the military industrial complex for that disease bc it came from camp hero, NY
I wonder why I like watching your content
I think it's just relaxing somehow lol
Glad you enjoy it!
One of the most informative channels on youtube, hands down 🙌🙌🙌
Much appreciate sir thank you
I agree, this and the project farm channel are the best for learning
Yeah! I love it when he does reviews on tech. My favorite!!!
I'm looking to purchase a battery generator that can power an Xbox series X and an OLED TV for about 5 hours or more. He did some great reviews on those generators sometime back. I wish he'd do them again ☹️☹️or I have to cycle through lots of videos to see which one will meet my specific needs
I agree!
I look forward to all your videos. Your grass looks amazing and has made me rethink the overall care (or lack of) of mine. The overall quality of your videos is fantastic. Applauds every time you post.
Much appreciated. I am pleased with the results and the fact that I am not a slave to the lawn. It's a good balance of having a nice space without spending a fortune. Thank you for the nice words.
Your lawn system works. I live in the Mid-Atlantic region and this past September/October I followed the instructions in your previous videos and my lawn looks FANTASTIC! In fact, my neighbor was so impressed they wanted to know who I used for my lawn service. Anyone who is considering trying this out but is a little intimidated, it isn't that difficult to do at all. The only "issue" I had was that I took a day off of work to make sure I could rent an aerator from Home Depot due to high demand for the rental on the weekends. Thanks for the great tips.
I really appreciate the good feedback. Up front its definitely some effort but after year 1 its much easier and mainly mowing, and basic fertilization.
Tell your neighbor for a "fee" you can make his lawn like yours as well ! LOL
Great video. My lawn's much, much smaller, so (I hate chemicals), I cut it short in the spring and then used a mower blade with vertical tines on it because most of the weeds were broadleaf. It took out 90% of the weeds and the new grass did the rest.
It's taken me 5 years to get my parents' front lawn somewhat reasonable. My Dad was sick so the responsibility was mine to do it. We don't have any herbicides here at all none of them legal. But finally it's looking good. I found aeration is OK but dethatching and scarifying does more than aeration. Scarifying even more so since then I seed and fertilize.Top dressing is hard to find so it's just me and a rake. All weeds pulled by me by hand 1,000s of dandelions. All all my tools the dethatcher scarifier was my best investment.
I'm a homeowner in Queens, NYC... and I'm digging your channel. You cover plenty of the stuff I need to educate myself on. 👍🏼
New lawn is looking great!
Making the world a better place one yard at a time. 👊
Awesome transformation - at least 500% better. Great job.
I tried something different this fall with Tenacity. I was reading somewhere that you can apply it after the first early frost. The weeds take that as a sign to suck in nutrients and toughen up for winter. Applying the Tenacity at that point (not what the label recommends) means they really take in that stuff. We had a warm fall and it is early December and my lawn is still pretty green but I do see the weeds I sprayed turned white. We will see what happens in the spring.
Looks Great! ⛳
Thank you
My Hero.....will be getting some of that Tenacity real soon.
Great job! You are your wife's best investment!
Much appreciated, I will be showing her this comment!
You are everyone's Internet Dad. Thanks for all the great advice.
Isn’t it strange how this particular video really brought out all the nuts? When you did your first tenacity video, it was a super hit with everyone. Social media is such an odd construct.
Yup, I think its that my audience is a broader than my earlier days. Funny thing is compared to every other lawn channel I think I use less chemicals than anyone and most don't spot spray they just dump and dump which I don't really like. I like it to get it to a good spot and then just maintain it which is so easy, I appreciate the comment too! Thanks
@@SilverCymbal I’m a huge fan of all your stuff. I’m in the Sonoran desert just outside of Phoenix so Tenacity doesn’t do the job here. I tried Celsius and it seemed to work pretty well. Love the channel and the content!
Awesome work. We moved back in June and had a similar yard. Only had time to focus on the front, but it's so rewarding when you can do it yourself and get results like this.
Thank you, hiring people these days is insane too. Saves a lot of money too
Another great video as always. I really admire the pride you take in your properties and I aspire to do the same. I find it extremely rewarding to work on our home and make it a nicer place for my family.
Love you took it upon to make it work. These yards are the best to see it transform. It's a mental therapy to work it, slowly but surely.
Thank you very much! This one was a little scary but worked out in the end
4:20 -- I feel like this video greatly underestimates how nice it is to have a functional irrigation system. Lots of fixer upper homes need $1,000 to $3,000 worth of irrigation work before you can even start the lawn work.
Imagine how much tougher this project would have been if you had to dig up all the pipes and lay down new PVC and sprinklers 😳
Ooh. Grass. Flippin' great. Dream bigger, buddy.
Great job! Wow! What a difference! I got started this past summer with your recommendations, with tenacity and the blue dye and so on, and it definitely made a difference with my crabgrass. My clover seems to be a little tougher to kill so I think I will need repeated attempts, but if it weren’t for your videos, I wouldn’t even know about the products or have made the progress that I have. thank you.
A lesson in maintenance. A video to file for future reference. Thank you!
Nice job, Silver! Great reclamation. Knowledge and patience are key!
You're a great man and husband. God Bless!!
Nice video! I did almost the same steps as you, but didn’t have as severe weed issues. The one thing I did different was that I spread a few bags of granular humic acid at the same time as I seeded. I have a lot of clay just under the sod surface so the humic acid encourages the grass roots to penetrate deeper which mean less watering. Doing aeration, overseeding and humic acid granuals every 2-3 years is a great way to have the best lawn in the sub.
Great results! Keep up the good work my friend 👍🏻
About the only time I'd recommend sod is with St. Augustine, and even then you need a good soil base. When I was a kid someone talked my dad into putting down sandy loam and sod on top, and that was such a bad idea! It took 20 years for the sod to get a good root in, and before it had you couldn't set foot on the lawn if it was wet or the sod would just slip out from under you.
If a seller can't maintain their yard like that, then it's often a sign you need to be extra wary and get a super detailed inspector that you trust to inspect whatever else they might have neglected to maintain.
Not a very reliable sign. Lots of people don't care about their yard being manicured, only cut. And lots of people neglect even mowing their yard as they get ready to sell in cases where they've already moved out into a new house or whatever. The condition of the lawn means very little.
Congrats on the new home! I've gotten used to your old spot over the years. Looking forward to more videos; you're one of my favorite channels.
Okay, clearly this is the channel to watch for all things grass related, lol! I was particularly impressed on how well you managed to get the grass to grow later in the season, usually Spring is the best time to start grass to get those kinds of results.
Yard rehabs are easy and yet so many people do them wrong, trying to do all the work in the spring - when the big boxes put the seed out for sale.
I'm glad you broke each step down as to how you rehabbed and transformed your lawn. I find it crazy that the sellers left potentially 100K on the table when they sold the place . If more people were as dedicated to their lawn as you are to yours , alot of lawn care businesses probably wouldn't exist .
Love that Property ! Wintertime sitting in that enclosed room is probably amazing .
I followed your instructions from your first house, and my lawn looks awesome 👌
Great job chris! yard is looking primo 🔥
That robot mower looks pretty cool man, i want one! lol
Glad you made this video, been wanting to redo my lawn but not with astronomical figures
There are so many good landscapers out there, and no disrespect to their hard work but the prices have lately been off the charts. Just too much work and not enough people. DIY is good for this
This video is exactly what I needed ! I do have one question how does this procedure effect wildlife I mean I don't want to kill off squirrels or birds and for sure not the neighbors cat ?
Another fantastic video ... great job!
Thank you
The MA house was amazing but I really like your new home in NH. The home is beautiful with tons of potential and the property is absolutely awesome! Congratulation to you and your family.
I really enjoy the Silver Cymbal channel!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
impressive work, love that round rock in the lawn!
You started Mowing and Clean Up in the Summer, June.
You applied weed and feed in the Summer, July.
You applied Tenacity in the Summer, Late July.
So all the prep was on or about the "Dog Days of Summer", when it was the hottest.
Then Aeration and Overseeding in September. Then you watered the lawn consistently, and did not mow for 4-6 weeks.
That means at 3:10, your results section of the video, that must have been around the first half to middle October.
All told, the transformation took about 5-6 months. Very helpful and insightful video! Thanks!
The house I bought had bad weeds too. A "Weed and Feed" product is really the way to go. The one I use has Dicamba and MCPA(?) which works a treat on broad leaf weeds. From there, it's aeration, seeding, and lots of care and regular mowing and watering.
What a difference! Persistence
Thank you, I am really happy thr way it turned out. Not a golf course by any means but a million times better
Amazing transformation!
Great work, keep it up! Ignore the commenters with the left handed apology. If your work is that upsetting, they can find another channel.
I appreciate that, people forget when you live in the woods, no lawn means tick central and with kids and pets the lawn is a tick free zone for them.
Looks awesome! Love all your video's and content. Thank you so much for sharing, and "welcome to NH!
Amazing. I also had a cool season lawn to renovate. Mostly crap grass some broad leaf. 1/3rd acre pretty small. After 2 years it's much better. Thanks for the inspiration and good ideas!
Love the channel and your new home.
Looking good brother always great info thanks again
Good job keep up the good work.
That looks GREAT and what a difference!
Really worth the effort ♥
Australia 💕Christina
This guy is good!
We're encouraging wild flowers with mowed paths on our 2 acres. Beautiful look, environmentally friendly and a pleasant trail. Chickens for bugs, especially ticks and fleas.
That's a great idea and I highly recommend have both natural and developed areas. I will be showing this in more detail in future videos.
We have a newborn. Someone posted in the birth-month babycenter group about a rash their 2-month old had after the dog had a tick.... Their baby had Lyme disease! If you want to try to control ticks with just chickens, a little risky in my opinion
And chickens to control fleas? If you have pets, I'd definitely treat them with advantix or seresto
My back yard is shaded and damp, and the soil is acid. Over several years I have cultivated it to become 100% moss. A thick, luxurious green blanket that I don't have to mow! Twice a year I use a string trimmer to lop off the few weeds/seedlings that attempt to grow.
Your a lawn care legend!
Been watching your videos for a while now, going to tackle my backyard starting in the spring. I'm in the Pacific Northwest. Going to use the same process and hope for similar results.
Can you post a short video of your yearly fertilizer regiment?
Thanks for all your content. You're one of only three channels I follow on CZcams. Definitely worth it
I would've plowed up all that grass and planted an epic veggie garden!
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Gives you hope for all lawns! 👍
Edit: Don't fall for replies to your comments from anyone saying to contact them for a gift they have for you. It's a scammer. It's NOT Silver Cymbal.
Did the house come with irrigation?
Yes, very much a shock for us. No air conditioning or heat in parts of the house but they added this years ago. I was told the system died the year after installation from lack of winterization. We ere able to get it back online this season.
My man!
Natural yards look so much better than a boring manicured lawn
5 Hours! You're definitely dedicated.
That looks great!!
Very useful video thank you
Now time to reel mowing 🎉
New subscriber watching from Kingston Jamaica
That's a nice place, looks fantastic all round. Where I am a property like that would be astronomical even in pre-manicured form.
Thank you very much. New Hampshire is a really nice place. Winters are long and you get a lot of snow but the acreage you can afford and rural areas are really amazing. Slower pace of life for sure but I like that
Beautiful property
I wouldn't call that neglected. Our house is rural too and I'm purposely turning my lawn into your 'before'. It's called rewilding. Allows better habitat for native wildlife and allows native plants and tree saplings to eventually start growing.
This channel is definitely not about wild lawns though. It's about those suburban manicured lawns. I like the wild look too though I wouldn't mind this in the areas closest to the house.
Just to add to your comment, since I have been here, we have deer, moose, weasels, bobcats, salamanders snakes and tons of unusual creatures. Sure, spraying nothing or doing nothing is best but just as gardeners like plants I like the grass and my kids live on it, so it's not just a showpiece. It also stays tick free by cutting low and being in the sun. It may not seem it but I use about 70% less chemicals than most other CZcams lawn channels, that's my choice My lawn isn't 100% and I am ok with that, save money and is good for bugs and bees. Our biggest need for the lawn is tick prevention, they stay off it and that's mainly where my kids and pets play with no deet on them to deal with.
That's a lot of Lawn...wow..
Super video
Good stuff.
you should get more windows, or bigger ones. husquavarna makes the best auto mowers, in case that one doesn't work out
I guess you really did wanted to live in a more rural location than the Cape area. Good luck Chris with your new home in the countryside!
Came out awesome! I used JG Black Beauty this fall for my overseed and it made a massive difference. Excited to see how it copes with summer next year. Question though... I know the 1/3rd rule when mowing, but when you cut really tall grass like this, do you need to follow that and just make several passes or can you just do one large rough cut and then trim down from there?
Thank you very much, so glad to hear JG has worked out for you. Its been a great seed for me over the years. So for the 1/3 rule it was definitely out the window for this mess. I do break that rule sometimes, its impossible if you are working and can't mow. I dont feel its ever caused me a big problem, but I am sure its best to try for the 1/3rd for best plant health.
Why do you use an aerator instead of a slicer/seeder? You get 99+% germination with a slicer/seeder. Just my opinion.
That's a great question. You certainly could, this soil was super compacted and I would have need to do an extra step. The other issue I find with slicer rentals is they are often mis-calibrated and in one case years ago dumped 50# of seed in two passes! Not good but I realize if its tuned right they are great for seeding but for a regular home this two in one has worked so well for me I just keep sticking with it.
Wait, this is NOT your main channel?!
Sorry I just meant the main channel guide, yes this is my main channel and I have a smaller shorts channel too
Great job as always, well done:)
I love these videos, but I do like some diversity in my lawn.
Thanks for the videos! My neighbor refuses to properly drain his grass which sits lower than my adjoining property and grass so the root cause of the kyllinga is not addressed and is taking over my front lawn. The neigbor's lawn service sprays 'Celero' to treat the kyllinga which is harder to control than nutsedge but it seems somewhat expensive and tricky to come by. Have you ever tried Tenacity kyllinga and nutsedge?Though tenacity states it handles these two weeds I believe and have heard Tenacity doesn't really work that well on them.
Can you show the products that you use from the Andersons during the different seasons?
Sounds like the landscapers wanted a fast fix for you and that 100k you saved 😂
But I’d guess most homeowners may not like a 3 to 4 month occasional work hopeful fix, that worked in your case.
What I want to know is how to grow native plants in your yard. You did a wonderful job though.
That's easy, check out some of my other projects with my pond czcams.com/video/O6gn0M7EylI/video.html But for pure growing fun, this summer we are planning to plant Christmas trees, sunflowers and probably pumpkins also.
@@SilverCymbal yes! I saw your pond video. I want to know how that works. If you ever figure it out, please make a video about it. Oh really? That's flipping awesome!
My outlook... You can't eat a manicured lawn but a pasture provides nutrition. 😇
Can I put down the Surge and Tenacity at the same time ? Sorry if you answered this already looked but didn’t see it. Thanks !! Awesome info !!
Nice video. Congrats on the new house and "new" lawn. Both look great. Did you install sprinklers or did the house come with sprinklers? Thanks.
Does Tenacity kill stilt grass? It’s my biggest lawn problem. Thanks.
I get lawn envy when I watch your videos. You make it seems possible to tackle the projects myself. I have paid someone for years, and my lawn has gradually worsened. I've decided to do the yard this year. I have a ton of different weeds and very thin spots all over my grass. Can I seed and fertilize at the same time in the spring? Since my lawn is well established, would you suggest using Tenacity (after seed and fertilization)? If so, how long after fertilizing? The weeds have taken. Can you recommend a schedule for the most efficient way to tackle my project? My lawn looks so bad there is only one way to go.
Great recap. Do you use mulching blades or do you bag?
Thank you, for now I am bagging mainly to ensure all weeds and weed seeds come up but long term I will try to mulch at least 50% of the time.
Thank you greatly appreciate the video. We had our lawn test results in PH-4.20 should be 6-7 my soil ppm 7.13 should be 8-16. Your thoughts mostly needed lime? Last fall added 23 bags of pellet lime 20,000-25000 sqft.
How do you have the time?! Amazing work… 😊
Other than the crazy mowing and 1/2 day aeration and overseeding the rest has been not bad at all.
I wish you could take a look at my lawn and give me advice on what to do. I don't want to spend $$$$ hiring a company putting in new sod, etc. I'd rather do it myself and save money.
Great piece of property. What time of year did you start the process with the surge product?
Thank you, first treatment was June
Any tips for moss growth over the winter? spring time and my lawn is covered.
Living Colorado mountains at 10000 ft Im glad I never have deal with stupid grass. the expenses and wasting my time of mowing , fertilizing, watering. And grasses that grow the deer ear them down
Dang it I'll have to take this USED SEED BACK TO STORE🤦😁
Did you use starter fertilizer in first 4-6 weeks or did the you realize you did not need it after getting the soil analysis back?
Initially the only fertilizer I used was the weed and feed when I did the seeding, I did use starter fertilizer to help with root development and to prevent killing the new seedlings