This was exactly my problem in 2006. I renovated the entire backyard in 2005, but some low spots developed and water puddled there and the seeds rotted. In July of 2006 this is what I had... lots of crab grass.. So in August I hit the CG and weeds with RU. Mowed it real low once the CG was dead. I bought some loam with compost in it and spread about an inch or 2 in the low spots and seeded. I just dragged a rake over the seeds to cover them a bit and rode tractor wheels to set it up nice. This is what it looked like in October OK, now the results as of 8/14/2007?

I use a continous drip irrigation system which may have helped it propogate, the top surface probably evaporated water which caused moisture to accumulate on the leaves. I haven't tried neem oil I am going to buy some though. I am pretty sure it is not a nutrient defeciency cause I have already done reservioir changes, checked pH and added a micronutrient supplement. The fungicide sprays and most fungicide treatments are preventive and actually not really that effective.

Painter here. I'm assuming prior to your first discussion with him he either A)had his roller wrapped up in the white paint B)or had his whole roller tray wrapped up in the white paint Paint settles. When it does you have to shake it. The problem is that there's no real way to shake paint while it's been sitting in a paint tray. He probably just ran his roller through the tray a few times to get it wet and then touched up the bare spots on your wall. The black you're seeing is just the tint in the paint. Either get him to shake up the paint and touch it up again. Or the entire wall needs to be painted again. The reason for repainting the whole wall is because not all paint touches up very well and sometimes it will "flash". This means the area re-painted will look a little shinier. He won't have to re-cut the whole wall though. Cut lines (with the brush around the edges) are pretty safe to leave for just 2 coats. Hope that helped!

Wow... that was a lot of information! Dmt gave good information and probably knows a lot more than me. I live in JAX area also, and had my yard trenched for AT&T. Those areas usually die b/c you would have to water it like new sod. Half of mine survived, half didn't. When I moved in last fall all my neighbors had decent looking front yards. Now almost all of them near me have what looks like extensive damage from something. My back yard has issues, not sure what, but so far my front yard, seemingly in danger from whatever is ailing my area of the street, is holding on strong. Sites like this rescued my front yard (HOC, watering, bug damage, etc...). Can't see your sprinkler head you mention. If the sprinkler head is above the ground level you could reposition it to be level with the ground (may need a taller pop up if you do that). You may have tried, but you can usually adjust the spray radius of the sprinkler heads so maybe you could even out that wet spot by adjusting the nozzles. Organic is noble, but I can't help you there. I do use milorganite (greenedge is the local almost equivalent in our area), although my wife complained yesterday about the smell of both. Oh, weed #2 looks like surge to me. Celsius will kill it I think... Bottom right of the bare spot #3 picture looks like maybe some kind of sedge or kyllinga seed heads. It looks suppressed, possibly from the previous weed treatment company. A couple weeks after you think it was treated last you could try treating it again. I think Celsius kills kyllinga but not nutsedge, and sedgehammer kills nutsedge but only 'supresses' kyllinga. So there's a conundrum-proper weed ID would obviously help. You could try each but make sure to space out apps by at least a couple weeks to make sure your grass isn't stressed from the app, probably don't want to apply the herbicide if your grass is stressed. You could probably get away with using sedgehammer on anything nutsedge like, hand pull the rest (as a general rule you don't pull up nutsedge) as they come up, and apply a quality pre-emergent in the fall. I say that b/c honestly your yard looks pretty decent. It's not that bad, at least not in the photos. Of course it doesn't' compare to the lawns of the experts on these forums, but us normal people have to keep our expectations in check. You may of course evolve into an expert... Have you checked for chinch bugs? Hopefully the experts chime in if I misspoke...