The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.
--Ancient Proverb
The grass everywhere around us has been greener for the entire 3 years we have been in our house, but we finally have a lawn! Well....sort of. And we don't have to mow it.
The grass we chose for our lawn is a buffalo grass that only needs to be mowed once a month and watered once a week (after the 30 day establishment period). Sounds great, right? Well, it IS awesome once it's installed. This type of grass is not available as seed or sod, only plugs.
A few guys from church came over & helped Ryan plant yesterday morning, then in the afternoon, Ryan, Sheri (my sister), and I worked on it some more. We're all sore today, as this is a fairly labor intensive type of installation. The planting is not quite finished, but will be in the next day or two. Several people have asked to see the progress as the lawn fills in, so here it is...
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Day 1: Installation (2,000 sq. ft. yard)
A Tray of plugs
One plug in Ryan's hand
Our yard before plugs
The guys planting
The yard with plugs
An installed plug
4 comments:
That's awesome you only have to mow once/week. . . how long until it all fills in?
It should take about 2-3 months to fill in.
Sounds really great!! It looks good--I'm excited to see how it looks when it all fills in.
Yay for grass! :) I wish we had a lawn that only needs to be mowed once a month. We have huge lawns that HAVE to be mowed once a week! blah...
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