Don't know what type of lawn you have, but I have a tall fescue lawn and when I see it start greening up I throw the bagger on my push mower and knock the brown off (mow at about 2" height). Then I let it grow before starting mulching at 3" or higher.

After some internet searching I've formulated a plan. Feel free to critique.

I am going to cut my lawn once south to north, then again west to east. I will collect the clippings. Then I will apply my pre-emergent.

That will be this weekend.

I have taken photographs of my whole yard, Post weed pulling, and by summer will have some photos to compare.

Yes, go ahead and mow. I mowed my st augustine lawn today to get rid of dead grass and allow more sun to the ones that are growing. It's only one inch off but that's all my mower can handle. Too much brown everywhere...

I think you have bermuda Princess 77 right? Mow as low as you can. They will grow from ground anyway. Dead grass is dead grass so get rid of them and allow more sunlight to warm up the ground. Pre em will help a lot to keep weeds out while bermuda start to awaken...

Mow man mow

To start, first drive to your nearest liquor store. Pick out a refreshing beverage. Resist the urge to consume on your drive home. Then, do your annual mower maintenance (new gas, sharpen blades) while drinking 2 or 3 of said beverages. Then mow, but dont take too much off. Then mow again (all while drinking). Then, when your wife starts yelling at you because you've spent all day in the yard, put the throttle up a little more and pretend that you can't hear her, and mow again. You and your lawn will be happy and refreshed and enjoying the bliss that is 80 degree days in March.

The first one to mow his lawn WINS!

I try to put it off as long as possible.

David,

Is your lawn still green after watering weekly through the winter? Mine went almost completely brown after cold January then it got warm during Feburary so my grass started growing earlier than usual. In Houston at my mother's, the lawn is green and does grow a bit in the winter...

I was not home to water weekly. In fact I was not home every other week often enough to keep it green. I ran the soaker hose in one spot 3 weeks ago and again last weekend. You can really see it greening up along the soaker. It will be interesting to watch that area. I'm not planning to move the soaker around the yard this year...a little experiment.

My wife is shape-shifting the front yard a little this spring. She's taking out grass to join the beds between two of the trees to make it look more tropical. I don't foresee any other impact to the grass.

I haven't watered my lawn since... December? Anyway, grass are growing a bit and I fertilized my lawn with Texas Tee since it was cheap enough. Actually, cheaper than Scott's organic fertilizer. Now I'm watering them in. Thanks to La Nina weather, I haven't seen much rain so I don't have much of choice but water with plants starting to grow.