Redoing My Lawn - Quick Trip Report w/ Pictures

[jjshabado]

When I look at these pictures, I totally see the Hash Driveway from Trailer Park Boys.

[Austiger]

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Grass is like television.

It really serves no purpose but for some reason people are fascinated by it, and want it to look pretty.

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Wow, bad analogy.

GL with the yard.

[train.]

i'm assuming you couldn't get a dump truck to the yard was the reason you bought dirt in bags. The local sod farm used to sell a pickup truck load for about $10 (that was about 20 years ago tho.) You could've dumped in the front and wheelbarrowed it in. Couldn't have been much more work than totin in all those bags.


I used to spray my whole lawn with roundup in the early spring. I didn't have to start mowing until about mid May. And my grass was very nice. But I waited about 2 weeks too long about 7 years ago and my yard was brown all spring and summer that year. My wife has banned the use of roundup at our house now.

[El Diablo]

Phresh: awesome.

bd: "your fence post is only buried around 1' deep instead of 2' in this picture." How did you figure that out? I'm sure it's obvious and I will feel dumb once you say.

[DWarrior]

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Phresh: awesome.

bd: "your fence post is only buried around 1' deep instead of 2' in this picture." How did you figure that out? I'm sure it's obvious and I will feel dumb once you say.

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You can tell by how high the fence posts protrude over the regulation sized fence boards. It's about an extra inch.

[kyleb]

Very nice. More pics when it is done!

[Your Mom]

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Looking forward to the upcoming week and two week progression of your lawn and TR... good luck.

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Cultivate, Loosen, Airate (sp?), Weed.

It does it all.

[yellowdoyle]

I want to redo my lawn but get rid of the grass. Get something that doesn't actually require more water than what my climate (Mediterranean - coastal southern california) zone provides. Having said that, grass is nice and soft and my dog can chill on it. Is there a grass alternative that fits my criteria?

Phresh, i too look forward to seeing the progression of this TR.

[Bill Ivey]

That looks way better, nice job so far.

Don't forget to wipe off your feet before you go inside.

[TheSauce]

good luck with the project. I'm thinking you may have trouble with weeds/ crabgrass coming back in before the lawn gets established. May need to treat with some chemicals to keep weeds at bay. Grass seed usually has a week or more germination time. A Weed and Feed fertilizer might be a good idea... kills weeds while fertilizing the lawn.