Case Studies

Green & Weed-Free: A Backyard Lawn Health Program

In early 2022, a client came to Automated Lawn & Pest Control, a Spokane lawn care company, with a patchy, weedy, compacted backyard lawn. She wanted a yard where friends and family could kick off their shoes and play cornhole without stepping on a spiky weed or a compacted, dry spot. A simple lawn health program and some sprinkler system adjustments got it there.

Started
Early 2022
Starting point
Patchy, weedy, compacted backyard lawn
What we did
Lawn health program and sprinkler system adjustments
Result
A thick, green lawn built for bare feet and lawn games

Before & after

Weedy Lawn Before & After

The same backyard before the program and after.

Before: patchy backyard lawn full of clover and weeds beside a wooden deck
Before
After: thick, even green backyard lawn with a cedar fence and trees behind
After

A backyard made for bare feet

Clover, weeds and thin, uneven grass beside the deck became a thick, even lawn, green from the fence line to the deck.

The story

How a Lawn Health Program Fixed a Weedy Backyard

A patchy, weedy, compacted lawn doesn't always need to be torn out. This backyard came back with a simple lawn health program and a few adjustments to the sprinkler system.

The problem

The lawn was patchy, weedy and compacted, and it wasn't a yard anyone wanted to spend time in. The client wanted the opposite: a place where she, her friends and her family could take their shoes off and play cornhole and other lawn games without stepping on a spiky weed or a compacted, dry spot.

The fix

We put the lawn on a lawn health program and adjusted the sprinkler system. Dry spots often come from sprinkler coverage that misses part of the lawn, so getting the water right was part of the fix.

The result

A thick, even, green backyard lawn built for bare feet and lawn games, and one that has the neighbors talking.

Last updated September 18, 2026