I know you guys hate zoysia but this is my front yard, which I wasted God's aquifer on once this year in either the last week of June or first week of July, whenever it was that we had that 2 or 3 days of 90° weather. Zoysia laughs at crabgrass, scares away dandelions. Last year I pulled out a sprinkler twice, in 2021 I may have wasted water three times. I gave away my grubicides, fungicides, herbicides and haven't fertilized in four or five years. I did put down granular lime each spring the last few years as I got some of that damn wild garlic, seemingly the only thing that can penetrate the zoysia. Being in my early 70s I really did not want to waste time or water on Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye, etc. etc. anymore. Only drawback I have seen since I let seeds from a neighbor a couple doors down take over my own lawn 15 or 20 years ago is that zoysia needs sun, which I have plenty of now that the last tropical storm eliminated my last decent size trees, and it does go dormant from November through April, and during any extended drought.
