I found this forum last fall, and have started applying the lazy principles of mowing high, etc. we have a large backyard that is being overtaken with violet. Granted, the grass back there hasn't benefitted from our new systems much yet, and we did spend a lot of time last year digging up the violet by hand, but it is spreading faster than we can dig it.
Since things are poor back there now, should we till the whole thing, adding topsoil and compost, and then start from scratch with tall fescue? Or will tilling just chop up the violet and make it spread faster?
Thanks!
PS- I know many will ask why not leave it, but we prefer grass for the kids... We are taking about a fourth of the yard and expanding the garden...
