SORRY for not getting back. I had it set to update when a post was made and I have not received a thing. Thought I would check and noticed all of the replys. Well TW, sir, you just through a wrench in my plans! lol, I appreciate your input greatly. I talked with Easton in December. They were very helpful and they have a store in Derby, Kansas which is right up the road. They were really high on the Patriot. In deciding I used the following link as a determinant on what I selected: http://www.eastonsod.com/index_patriot.html I am still open to a different variety as I do not know nearly what some of you gents do. I really want something that can compete with the common stuff that my neighbors have. Hopefully this is not wishful thinking.

This is my backyard and I'm still working on it. This is an area where I recently installed a fence gate and it would be considered very high traffic, hence the very patchy (what I now know is definitely) bermuda. I'm thinking about adding pavers and bermuda is exactly what I want between them as I feel it would fill in nicely over time. Thanks for the response dchall_san_antonio!

A golf course carpet looking Bermuda lawn is NOT low maintenance.... Bermuda *Can* be low maintenance ... but it will look kinda funny... It has a very clumpy/weedy appearance and an apple green color when you neglect it... It also doesn't spread nearly as well.... but it certainly is tough to kill... The reason for frequent low mowing and high doses of fertilizer is that this kills or suppresses most weeds and other grasses... which are trying to grow up to a certain height that is about 5x the height of Bermuda... Many grasses and weeds will burn and die at Nitrogen levels that just makes Bermuda green up... This culture is especially effective at controlling tall broadleaf weeds and grasses like Fescue and KBG that grow up into tall clumps and don't like being scalped... The fescue clumps in my Bermuda lawn are already starting to die -- they just can't take being scalped to 3/4" every week.. and the 3rd round of 39-0-0 really hammered the nail into the coffin... I found that my own Bermuda (Sodded this fall) is already developing a strong root system -- It is already staying soft and green much longer than the Fescue seeded lawn (Also this past fall).. The key to the drought resistance is watering culture -- Water deeply and infrequently and the Bermuda will be the King of the Droughts.. The only grass that will handle droughts like Bermuda is Buffalo grass... and it doesn't spread nearly as fast. Thanks John

My first guess at the problem you have in the corner is lack of deep water leading to just a slight increased susceptibility to chinch bug. Chinch bug almost always strikes at the edges of warm concrete. Notice how only the edge is being attacked along the sidewalk. For more on what chinch bugs look like, check YouTube. There are some very good images of them. How often do you water and for how long? What kind of sprinklers do you have?