I dunno, it looks pretty dead to me!
We weren't exactly singing, "It's good to touch the green, green grass of home..." when we arrived home two weeks ago. It was more like the BROWN, dead grass of home.
Before we left for vacation we use a liberal dose of Roundup® on our lawn to kill the weeds that had taken over. Of course, the grass perished along with the weeds. It was an intentional kill -- deliberate & premeditated. While we were away, things started looking pretty brown & crispy, so our dear neighbors had a little fun by parking their cars on our lawn & having a "party." When we arrived home, they had a welcome back sign with the photos & a message that read, "Welcome back! We hope that your trip was as fabulous as the party we had on your lawn!" What a hoot!
We wanted everything to be good & dead so we could begin the process of putting in a new lawn. Killing the grass was the easy part. We wondered what the various prospective buyers of the house across the court were thinking as they looked over & saw our sad lawn. There wasn't a "sold" sign up after we got home, so perhaps we are to blame.
We rented a sod cutter, a high-powered garden tiller, and a roller. We borrowed a truck, & had soil amendments & new sod delivered. We also had to borrow wheelbarrows, shovels, and rakes from a few different neighbors. Mr. Smith and I made several trips to Lowes & Home Depot for irrigation parts. It's a good thing the "Depot" is close by. We had several helping hands from neighbors. (Hooray! We are blessed to have good folks living all around us.) Dr. Don even made an adjustment to D's back & neck -- and better still, he made a house call!
After several days of hard work, we have a lawn that looks MUCH better. I am including before, during, and after shots in the slideshow.
We will soon be moving to the backyard to do a few more improvements, but I think we will take a well-deserved break from lawn chores this weekend.
