" wrote:

I am trying to prep front yard prior to selling house. I do not like
grass so covered yard in oak leaves past 10 years and planted some
azelias, bushes etc. realestate agent says I need to plant grass.
Can I just till ground and leaves and plant fescue now. I live in
Atlanta Ga.

If not fescue any suggestions. Would rather not pay big bucks for
Sod.


Can't disagree at all w/ others, but just because the real estate agent
says so isn't necessarily a reason to do it. If it looks ok and isn't
totally out of place in the neighborhood, you may be just as well (or
even better) to leave it as to have a non-established new yard in the
spring (which, as others noted, is exactly the wrong time to try to
establish a cool-season grass in the South).

If you really need something done, and have a fairly dense stand of
trees, I'd suggest asking into other ground covers other than just
grass/sod.