Spring lawn care questions

[FABMAN]

Now that the snow is going away I wanted to start a lawn care thread.

I noticed that mice made surface pathways through parts of my front lawn and wondered how and when do I go about fixing this.

I already raked the grass, cleaned the areas and loosened some of the winter compaction. I am now left with some bare spots where they made their paths.

Is it too early to seed? Do I need to lay top soil first? When should I fertilize for the first time this year?

Lawn was redone in August when I had landscaping done so it was near perfect in the fall. Looking to get it back to that state as soon as possible.

[Scrape]

I am subscribing to learn more. I believe that Ghost Rider is our lawn expert. His grass is so green that I can see it for miles.

[ZR]

You can see Daves grass from space.............it's killer

[redo75]

My wife has raked our lawn several times to remove pine needles that flow endlessly from our pine trees. Just before our endless rain, I dropped a Costco bag of fertilizer to green the grass up with extra on the yellow spots, now waiting for a few days of sun.
Your little trails in the grass are from moles travelling through.
I would wait until the grass greens up to apply grass seed and top soil, so you don't feed the birds a buffet.

[mavrrrick]

I rake and put a bag of lawn response 9-1-1 (Scotts) down. Thickens up grass. Then month later fertilize - turf builder green max...i apply once a month. Hot weather - water 3 times a week (sprinkler system)

[WidowrRacing]

I’m going to rake mine in areas shortly and have noticed a couple mole tunnels also.

Every couple years I rent a aerator from Home Depot and this is the year I will again.
After I do that I’ll fertilize with some added grass seed.

Going to look into underground sprinklers also this year.

[mavrrrick]

Sprinkler system well worth the $$$ IMO. Money well spent.

[WidowrRacing]

Sprinkler system well worth the $$$ IMO. Money well spent.

For sure. My front lawn I’ve managed to keep decent moving the sprinkler around each summer but my backyard is far to big for that. I didn’t really care before but now that we’ve got a pool and spend more time in the back I feel it’s necessary now to get them.

My lot is 100x250 to give you an idea.

[IanGTCS]

Sprinkler system well worth the $$$ IMO. Money well spent.

My house came with one and I like it but honestly wouldn't spend the money myself. If my grass goes brown in the heat of summer I'm ok with it. Watering the gardens isn't so much of a hassle that I'd pay for irrigation. I've also been taking out the previous owners stuff and planting native plants that handle our summers pretty well.

[mavrrrick]

I go nuts when grass goes brown. That's why I have system. LOL