You can't always just pick whatever grasses you think wold be nice and be successful over time as some of the grasses are way more agressive than others and the one will crowd out the other(s) so before you spend a lot of $ on various seed, check out the compatablility.

SOIL TESTS and then find out the nutritional needs of what it is that you select to plant/grow and ammend the soil to support your choice(s). I can't recommend totally avoiding chemical sprays, as any sort of religious dogma) in all situations but proper management practices can reduce your dependence on them, perhaps to the point of not needing them to get acceptable results.

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