grass

While we patiently waited for the closing date on our house we drove by several times. The last drive by before the "big day" we noticed something unpleasant . . . a big chunk of the grass in the front lawn was yellow. I don't know a lot about houses or grass but I know it's supposed to be green and I wasn't happy. This was the perfect little house and that yellow grass wasn't going to wreck these upcoming first impressions to our loved ones! So I stared at it, asked around, and looked on the internet.

The most likely explanation is that of my father-in-law. We have a variety of grass that is yellow for a few weeks of spring and then will later turn green and blend in. We'll see about that. It's also thicker and more brittle and when I raked tons of it was coarse, dead knotted material. Super. So that yellow grass and I are not friends. It better turn green soon or it's not going to be living in our yard long.

There were 3 ugly patches in our backyard. One used to have a kiddie pool. The 2nd was where the previous homeowner let a small child plant their own garden. No idea what the deal was with the third one. That "garden" was mostly a pile of rocks and a noble chunk of long grass that was tough to dig up. My mother-in-law won however so now it's a little corner than maybe would like a perennial or too. We'll see when the weather warms up a bit. The other 2 patches are going to need grass - that Sam and I agree on.

So we dug and raked and then Sue took me to Agway (Sue is my office mate, dear friend, and she also happens to know a lot about gardening. She supervises me all day and now she's going to have to supervise me in my backyard too!!). She showed us what fertilizer and seed to buy for the grass. Now let's just be clear for a second . . . . we don't have a grass spreader machine and I had no intention of buying one. The package directions just say what setting to put the machine on so there was no way to know how thick or thin to spread this stuff. I used a plastic cup and tried to spread it evenly and then we raked it in . . . just in time for a rainstorm. Many thanks to the Agway lady who advised me to get my butt home and lay that grass seed before that night's impending storm. While it rained I was quite pleased. We'll see if anything happens with the grass. Adventures. Oh! And we also seeded a small patch in the front yard that didn't have any grass.

Since we have this yellow grass and a bunch more fertilizer and seed I would like to see the entire lawn overseeded at the end of the week. We'll see if Sam will allow that. We haven't bought a lawnmower yet so that's the first step before overseeding.