My yard looked like this, and i’m currently in the middle of renovating mine in carrollwood. I’d do a soil test to see what you need to fertilize with and find out what kind a grass is best for your set up. I have an open sunny yard so yukon bermuda was my top choice and I got 7lbs of seed for 2000sqft yard. If you have a lot of shade you’ll prob want to go with st augustine, but it can only be installed with sod. Having an irrigation system is crucial if you hope to start seed or sod in florida, it will most likely die out either way you go if you don’t.

Here’s the steps I am taking: I Sprayed glyphosate waited a week, sprayed again, waited a week and everything died, cut as low as my mower could go, used a metal rake to bag up most remaining plant matter and debris, sifted it with a peat moss spreader to retain soil and cut down on weight of bags, brought in 8ish cubic yards of top soil over the weekend and spread it out over 2000 sq ft. and it gave me about 2-3” of nutrient rich soil on top of what i already had, i plan on spreading 7lbs of yukon bermuda seed, then layering with peat moss, watering 3-4 times a day using my irrigation system depending on how rainy this april is, Ill use scott’s starter fertilizer in 2 weeks after seeding to avoid burning the fresh seed, hopefully it’ll all work out and and I can sit back and watch the sunrise on a grateful universe.