Wednesday, October 22, 2008

And....we have grass (lawn, that is)


Sorry for the lack of posts, we have been very busy both with the yard and on other things as well.
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We finally got the planter area in the middle of our front yard filled with bark (took a lot of time for me to spread out landscape filter fabric and then move 23 yards of bark by hand). You can see the planter I am referring to in the middle of this photo.
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I think you should also be able to see the grass starting to grow in the dirt areas, and this is very exciting for us. I weeded about an acre of yard area by hand and then spread the grass seed and fertilizer using our riding mower and a tow-behind spreader I borrowed from my sister and brother-in-law. We then turned on the sprinklers and crossed our fingers!
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It has been about a week, but it looks like the grass is starting to come in OK! Another month or so and I can start thinking about mowing....