Lawn update

The lawn is the bane of my existence.  And it embarrasses me.   Daily.  It's a sore spot for us, but we are working on it... slowly but surely.  And FYI, growing grass in the south is difficult.  Especially growing grass that looks halfway decent.  Southern lawns were meant to be filled with weeds, I think. 

We got out lawn powerseeded for the first time this fall.  And no, we didn't do it.  We hired a company.  Good thing, too because we would have done it all wrong.  We didn't realize the scope of the problem.  The worst of it was that we had to kill a bunch of Dallisgrass before we could begin the process.  It's an perennial weed that overpowers laws, and grows tall, fast, and ugly.  Really ugly.

So, now that you've had your southern grass lesson... I'll show you the pictures of our lawn after the power-seeding.  We had to "strip" it down really short and then the company came through and ripped it up further to bury the seeds.  You can just lay the seed down on top (overseeding), but on slopey areas, it doesn't hold up as well, plus covering the lawn with straw to keep the seeds protected introduces new weeds/seed into your lawn.  The downside is that it makes your lawn look worse than when you started.

 

See what I mean about looking worse?  And then, miracle of all miracles...

Grass sprouted a few days ago...  real live GRASS.

Not perfect...but it's a start :)

Here's how it went down around here...

We are so happy.  So very happy.