One of the few things we miss about the UK is green lush pasture. We've been planning, for 4 years now, to have our own little piece of pasture in the form of a lawn but sadly, the Ants, the heat or the cold have always beaten us to it.
This year, Spring brings a new determination, a strategy that just WILL NOT fail ..... we're sowing seed before the Ants get out of bed.
One of our main purchases in March was a 10kg bag of grass seed in preparation for a 10 day good weather slot, and we didn't have long to wait. The Sun has been shining almost constantly from just after the first week in March with no significant frost since very early in the month. The temperature has hit the low 20's on occasion and it's been relatively dry so we've had to manage the moisture levels more closely, other than that ..... ideal conditions. On 15th Mar we decided to go for it!
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| Tidiest it's looked for a while. |
A quick whip-around with the tiller on the 16th raised more stones than we needed, but the rake despatched all but the smallest. Starting on Sat 17th with the 'back' lawn, we marked off 1m strips.
I drew the topsoil back using Penko's trusty implement, it's like a rake but without tines before minds start to work overtime, Jac scattered the seed in ample proportion, I replaced the soil maybe a little too deeply in places as we were soon to find out, a quick soaking and the job was done ..... on to the 'side' lawn .... tomorrow ...... we were knacked!
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| Now you can REALLY see it!! |
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| What about that for a lawn then!! |
