Moss

Well, given that I live in Portland, I have moss growing everywhere in my yard. I work a lot, so I don't have much time to keep on top of it and it can get out of control. I've tried a few things to get rid of it, but nothing has really worked. I have one sunny patch of lawn where it really bothers me, because while it's nice and green in the spring, it dies during the hot months and looks really bad. Also, when it rains it gets really muddy. I read that moss likes a low ph, so I figured my lawn must be acidic. I thought, what's cheap and basic? Baking soda! So, I got a big bag of baking soda from Costco and sprinkled it liberally all over the area where I want the moss to die. In a couple of days, it looked like this:

Ignore the mole damage for now; I'll tackle that another day. See how there's a bunch of yellow spots? That's dying moss! Very exciting. It looks pretty bad, but not much worse than it usually looks, so my neighbors probably aren't too upset. A few days later, I got went out and pulled up the dead/dying moss in half of the area and planted some grass seed. This is what it looks like now:


Hmm, not so pretty, but if the grass seed germinates, it will look better. I'm not sure if it's too early for the grass seed to sprout. That's why I only did half of the area.