This summer we had a new garage/workshop built, installed new fences and landscaping too. That has left me with a large mess of a yard in terms of where grass should be but is not. My problem is we are STILL having telephone and alarm problems due to the fence guys running their auger bit through my cables.
So I have the alarm guys coming out Oct 31 to fix, once and for all, the phone and alarm systems.
I'm in USDA Climate Zone 5. If I put down grass seed and lay straw mats over it on or about November 1st, will it do any good? Should I just wait until spring? Something is telling me it won't grow at all this year but will start off fine in the spring if I plant it Nov 1. Or will I just be wasting money and should I hold off until next year.
BTW, I can't go out today (eventhough I am home) and spread the seed because the alarm guys will probably end up re-trenching a stretch of lawn area 140 to 150' long and would undo the effort.
So I have the alarm guys coming out Oct 31 to fix, once and for all, the phone and alarm systems.
I'm in USDA Climate Zone 5. If I put down grass seed and lay straw mats over it on or about November 1st, will it do any good? Should I just wait until spring? Something is telling me it won't grow at all this year but will start off fine in the spring if I plant it Nov 1. Or will I just be wasting money and should I hold off until next year.
BTW, I can't go out today (eventhough I am home) and spread the seed because the alarm guys will probably end up re-trenching a stretch of lawn area 140 to 150' long and would undo the effort.