# Landscaping/Yard Care Question **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landscaping-yard-care-question/202277 "2009-03-19T11:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![foz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/foz/32/6028_2.png) [@foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/foz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landscaping-yard-care-question/202277/21 "2009-03-20T11:04:09Z")
> [@The last movie you've seen, and rate it.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-last-movie-youve-seen-and-rate-it/27425/352): > > you might want to thatch your yard first, get all the old dead grass out, and then you’re going to want a dusting of new topsoil not much, just like an 1/8 inch, throw down your new seed, starter fertilizer, and probably some type of lime, because if your dog is back there pissing and shitting, the ground is probably somewhat acidic, a lime will help to neutralize that, then on top of all that throw down a tiny bit of mushroom manure, once again, like an 1/8 inch, just enough to cover the seed to keep the birds out. > Thats the best way to take care of the problem, and trimming the trees would help as well. I’m a foreman for a landscaping company, we do it all the time. I did pretty much the same on what would equal 1/4 of my yard, if the spaces were all added together. We had a ton of little dead spots, ranging in size from 3" circle to over a sq ft. It looked a little odd at first with all of these dirt piles across the yard… but it turned out nice and we had a “whole” yard. Granted I haven’t done anything but cut it since… (6 or 7 years ago now) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landscaping-yard-care-question/202277)._