Hello everyone, I live in North East Ohio, long story short I just raked my whole backyard yesterday and put all the leaves in a large pile in the back. Most of the yard had been covered in pine needles for who knows how long, I moved in a little over 2 years ago and only cleaned up the front part of the back yard and left the far back due to the lack of grass. Now that I’ve done the process of raking up everything, what kind of grass can I plant in the spring to have ground cover and not have a huge mud pit?
by Crazy_car_guy96
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Cut it down. Pine needles are acidic and make your soil too acidic to grow grass.
Pine trees?
Its going to be a struggle but I think you would need to start by tilling all that dirt up, put down some good soil and sod and water frequently.
I regret to inform you, you dont.don’t.
Edit: At least your wall of leaves is protecting you.
Where are the pine trees?
Clover, maybe?
But if those are your pine trees, I’d cut them down now. Waiting is just asking for higher costs or more destruction.
Test your soil using a reputable lab to see if the ph is in fact the problem. If not, don’t worry about those pine needles unless they smother the turf.
crushed limestone, i bet you need to being the ph down and it will do the trick for a long time.
Chainsaw goes grrrrrrrrrrr!
Step one – Remove pine trees
For a second i thought you had a dead giraffe in your yard.
I would have advised you to not rake up the pine needles until after winter.
Clover should grow but it’s going to take a little bit of struggle getting it started.
Periwinkle.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4f/af/c5/4fafc56e49e266ba4b2ac1281d750f93.jpg
This is periwinkle grass? Vinca ? There is like a vine ground cover that has flowers . Someone called it the original periwinkle . The lines will grow any where but under trees it Impossible to rake w/o tearing up the vines
Cut down pine tree
Rye grass
I’ve had success using pelletized lime. It’s a cheap soil amendment and it works well. Test your soil ph and go from there.
Are the pine trees in the room with us?
It’s a challenge to grow grass where pine trees are. Good luck
Remove the pine trees 😂
Looks like you have a ton of shade. Could be a contributing factor