Beginner Gardening: First Time Homeowner + Landscaping = Much Help Needed!, 2 by JustinKent83

JustinKent83 wrote:
Hello everyone, my name is Justin and I am new to the Dave's Garden forums. As the subject suggests, my wife and I are first time homeowners. The previous owner took 'immaculate' care of the lawn and did all of the landscaping himself. After only a couple of months living here, I am saddened to see the sorry state of things as compared to when he lived here. The lawn itself didn't even look real. The green looked like it was in a magazine or something. The landscaping and plants around the house were unbelievable.

Now we are two months down the road... Surprisingly enough, once the previous owner left the lawn and plants went south at an alarming rate. Both my wife and I are willing to put in work to bring back the curb appeal. We are both just complete novices (unless there is something lower than a novice). I am going to supply some images so that you guys can see some of the glaring issues we are currently facing. As far as climate goes, we live in central Kentucky.

Since we have lived here I have haphazardly sprayed water on the lawn a couple of times, we mow the yard about 1-2 times per week, and I trim once a week usually. So here are the images, anyone who feels that they can give any information would be greatly appreciated. I don't know what kind of grass we have, why some of it is brown and some isn't, how long it should be, what kind of plants we have, why they are dying (possibly insects), what to do about the weeds that are showing up in the lawn, etc. I am really clueless.

(the first picture was at time of purchase)

This message was edited Sep 19, 2013 12:20 AM