I am trying to grow grass around the patio that was just reconstructed. I wish I had just bought a bunch of sod and been done, but no- I am trying to grow grass in a high traffic area with a dog who walks about as light and gingerly as hurricane Katrina rolling into New Orleans.

Eventually it'll all fill in again with lush grass but until then it's nature and nurture to get this stuff growing and no dog's allowed...