I know that I have dandelions, white clover, crabgrass, some sort of actual grass (maybe more than one type, depending on the area).
The only thing I fight are the thistles. I don't like using chemicals in my yard but I make an exception for thistles and goat heads because they hurt my dog's paws. Everything else just gets watered and occasionally mowed.
Let it grow. 🌱
Zone 7a, eastern Washington
by Scared_Category6311
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I second this approach. I bought a property recently and I am really just fighting the Poison Hemlock and the cockleburs. The rest of it is just green to me!
Hell yea brother
All I see is green
At this time of year, I would do a granule weed killer to make sure it hits soil. Maybe even a spray weed and feed if you have more grass than weeds. Make sure to get the kind that doesn’t kill grass.
After 2 weeks, hit it with another spray week killer on a hot day with no rain in forecast. And then possibly a third spray weed killer 30 days after first spray.
Cut regularly and low enough (2 inches) while bagging clippings to not spread weed onto new areas. IT WILL BE UGLY but after 45 days you should a drastic decline in weeds.
I use spectracide orange top and it works for me but I started late. Next season will be much better.
Two years ago I started overseeding my front and back yards with microclover, it is starting to take over large patches of the yard now and is even filling in the bare spots under the trees at the back. Microclover doesn’t get more than about 5 inches high, though at that height it does look a little uneven compared to 3 1/2 inches, which is where I usually mow it to. (Mowed earlier today but not trimmed or edged, got too hot.)
It is starting to crowd out the weeds, which was my primary goal. The tall fescue, which we put in 27 years ago, appears able to co-exist with the clover, but in a supporting role.
I used Barricade pre-emergent this spring, it has less of an effect on clover than most pre-emergents, and the clover seemed to rebound quickly from any effect it might have had. I plan to put it down again this fall.
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