I live in North AL with the dreaded red clay yard. As you can tell by the pictures, I have a yard problem. Just 3 years ago, this back yard had thick bermuda grass. Over the past 3 years, it's gradually thinned out.
I would blame the shade, but if you look at the first couple of pictures – you can neighbors have trees with bermuda under it.
My yard is driving me crazy. I've gotten quotes to just turn the back half into a flower bed with mulch, but the thought of having to re-mulch every year makes me shudder. I don't want to pay for sod if it's just going to do this again.
I'm at my wit's end trying to figure this out. The only thing I can get anyone to say is "Well, you have a lot of shade."
I just want someone to give me practical advice on how to fix this. The second half of the pics is during a rainstorm, to show you where some water is sitting. It does drain, but just not while it's raining.
You can see how behind the fence it's eroding, but the neighbors don't have that problem.
Please help me. I really have had 4 different people/companies come and just say "Well, you got some shade. I'd just mulch it and be done with it." Only one of those companies suggested tilling, topsoil, and sod, and they wanted $5000…but if there's a deeper problem, or if shade really is the problem, I don't want to have to go through this again in 2-3 years.
HELP ME PLEASE!! I'm looking for suggestions!!!
by ministerman
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