My wife and I bought our dream home last year. It was already beautifully landscaped as far as trees, bushes, plants and flowers but the grass is not so good. I'd say it's 95% weeds. I know little about this sort of thing and don't really like yard work, actually hate it,but I can't afford to pay someone else to do it and my wife is on me about it. So I've read some on the internet and it seems the 1st step is a soil test. I just sent that out through our local Southern States. I guess my question right now is with most of the lawn being weed, is it easier to just till it all up and start over once I find out what the soil needs? I guess I should mention that there are a handfull of hardwoods scattered around the yard. Most of the yard gets alot of sun but a few areas are shaded quite a bit.