Don't look at my yard

No, really. Don't look at it. Don't examine it, or wonder why there are large brown patches and extremely dry sections in such a higher than normal rainfall season. Don't tell me that no one else really notices the crabgrass except for me, because I know that's not true.

Last year the neighbors would walk by and say how nice my garden looked. This year I don't get to hear that much. I can barely step foot in my garden (which I haven't done much of this year anyhow) without a neighbor and their dog walking by on the sidewalk and saying "hello." Not only are my weeds overgrown, but so are the perennials that need trimming and flowers that need to be dead-headed.

We've barely fertilized the lawn - certainly NOT what the lawn care experts would tell us. Certainly not what my mother would tell me. My front lawn is almost completely covered in crab grass, and my back yard is crawling with the Creeping Charlie galore. So much so, the neighbors ares look at us funny when we show our faces on the deck.Yes, I sprayed them with an herbicide earlier in the year. It was obviously not enough to maintain it through the season. I'm just waiting for the second season of dandelions to show up and scream to all my neighbors to take just one more look.
Really, I mean, who has a garden blog and doesn't take care of their yard?

Ok, enough about how horrible it is. Let's see what I can do with this lawn now. I'm hoping to start watering, yes,  I said start. I have watered the front lawn a little bit, but not enough aparently. I will also promise to get some fall fertilizer, and even rake the mulch out of the lawn to let the nutrients get down deep to the roots. We're hoping to get a little aeration done this fall, if our budget will allow.

There's a fine line between finding rest - and being lazy. My yard is beginning to call me on the carpet. Perhaps a little more attention to the watering and fertilizing is in order.