I was going to link directly to your pics but they are huge. If you can make them smaller (like 800 px wide max), then use the following code to link them directly The quotes are important. Your links are good, just too big for this forum. Looks like too much shade and/or water. Near the patio that could be urine damage. Usually it is a much more well defined spot, but your grass is so thin. Where do you live? If you live in the south, would you consider St Augustine?

Your best bet is to ask the person that sold you or installed your sod. They should have a better idea of your sod and your local climate. Generally though, you want to water it daily. If it's very hot you might want to do a light watering once or twice a day in addition to the regular watering to make up for evaporation and to help cool the grass. See if the link below is helpful. Here is a link that might be useful: Establishing a Lawn From Sod

My worm bin has been doing fine in Central FL this summer even without ice jugs. The bin is pretty big and deep. Currently about 2foot by 2 foot by 16 inches deep. It will expand to 2 foot by 4 foot as the population increases. Anyway, even when the top of the bedding dries out, the lower levels stay moist and cooler. I have a good location for them, in an old dog kennel with a roof so they are in the shade but plenty of air to keep things cool. As for the ice jugs, it might not be necessary to keep the worms alive in the heat but it could help keep the temps in a better range for worm breeding. FYI the bigger the bin/deeper bedding, the more insulated the center will be from all adverse outside temps.

Hi everyone, Adam here, a newbie to these forums, well I've been lurking awhile and this my first post. Hoping someone could answer a few concerns I have. I'll admit I don't know much about turfgrass or gardening but my wife and I bought a house about a year and half ago that had a beautiful St.Augustine lawn, not sure what variation. Anyways last years drought coupled with me messing up by putting weed and feed and fungicided on my lawn (been over a year since) destroyed about half of my front lawn. There is still good St.Augustine everywhere there was shade, so basically the slopes where there is full sun and side yard is dead. I just had a new irrigation system installed, and I'm determined to get my lawn back to looking how it was when we bought it. I've done a lot of research and have pretty much decided Floratam St.Augustine is what I'll go with. FYI I live in the San Antonio - Medical Center Area) I guess some questions I have are...... 1) How and where can I get a soil test? 2) Can anyone recommend a good company that installs sod? Are any sod producers favorable over another I've mostly seen King Ranch and Milbergers? 3) A big question I have as I am in the process of getting bids is what is the best method for extracting old sod and putting new sod in. I've read so many different things, not sure what is best but would be nice to have some info when deciding on a contractor. 4) Being that I have still have good grass in the shady areas and back yard where I have live oak canopies, is resodding even necessary? I've heard from some that I could get some really good quality compost and just top dress and my grass may come back on its own. 5) If I do resod, can I just resod the dead areas or will that look strange as I doubt I have Floratam now. Just curious how mixing different variations of St. Augustine works and what it would look like. I'm willing to fork out the money to completely resod my front lawn if necessary, just curious if people here that know much more than me think I should as I feel overwhelmed and confused honestly. The first bid I got was for $2000 7 pallets of sod to redo entire front. Ok sorry to ramble and for the long post, thanks to everyone for any info for those who have already provided very valuable info in my months of lurking here. It is appreciated.