Pull the henbit. Reduce your expectations for the lawn for this year. The time to finish putting seed down was last fall. This new grass will likely die before August from the heat and pressure from crabgrass. Then next fall hit it again with more seed. With your full sun you should strongly consider going to Kentucky bluegrass. Even the builder's grade KBG can look exceptional. KBG has the huge advantage of becoming very dense all by itself. That will keep weeds out. It has the disadvantage of going dormant in the winter.

I faired much better up here in Habersham County...only lost one young windmill. My 15 footer took some major frond damage but has 3-4 new ones pushing out now. Med Fan totally defoliate but is also pushing new fronds out. Finally, all needles and sabal minors show zero damage. I do put a 100 watt spotlight about 18" from the emerging spears on nights dropping below 20 degrees though. Even that didn't keep my Med Fan from defoliating but did likely save it from certain doom after our winter. Good riddance Jack Frost!

I just noticed I was replying to a very, very old post, but figured I'd leave it in case anyone is still reading. I had a bad experience with this zinsser oil based interior/exterior cover stain as well. I did not tint but it is tintable. I used it right after buying from depot and having it shaken for 5 min at the counter. I applied on an outside beam that was partially prepped with a wood hardener after removing dry rot, but the majority was just the previous paint that was in good shape. 2 days after painting, it's still slightly tacky. I called zinsser support and they said the only thing they could think of is if I had been applied on too hot of a day, saying it needs to be under 80F. It was topped out at just under 70 the day I painted, but the sun here does get hot in the South Bay below San Francisco, so maybe the surface was hotter?? I'll check today compared to air temp. If temperature wasn't the cause, then my experience seems similar to yours. In my case it would be a huge job to remove the product from the large outdoor beam so I'm looking for other solutions. I still need to add an epoxy pc woodie filler where I had removed and cleaned out dry rot before applying the cover stain (just used to make sure the pc woodie epoxy would stick and add an extra layer of protection against the weather to the entire beam...which I now wish I had skipped!) My current plan is to wait it out a week or 2 and hopefully dries (next week is supposed to be low 70's but the rest of this week is 80's. In the upper 80's the 2nd layer is even forming a few bubbles, so I've just been popping those to make sure it dries out beneath. It's only slightly tacky, but looking for no tackiness before I take the next step. If anyone has any tips or any idea if waiting longer will help, let me know please. Thanks! And for the next time, a better product to use than this zinsser oil based primer which was highly recommended by depot.

Ongoing saga of this place!!!! I have stood up to DH and have found a custom cabinet maker to finish out these cabinets!! Since they are custom, I can pick any color for the perimeter. The island will be the barnwood that is gray with a whitewash on top. Perimeter cabinets will be shaker with a bead. So, now I am looking for SW, Ben Moore colors? I've heard about Urban Bronze. Any ideas for good taupey gray to go with the fireplace? Counters - I'm leaning towards soapstone perimeter and marble for the island. For some reason, I am liking the juxtaposition of that combination.