18th May 2025
I wanted to do something different today.
A week ago I attempted to reseed a number of crappy areas of the back lawn, but after looking at it I couldn’t see any positive changes taking place. Normally after this time, with regular watering, I would see something happening.
So today I was going to place new turf on these bad places. I had bought three rolls, each one five foot long by two foot wide, I thought this would be plenty. Rather than cutting the turf into small pieces to fill the spaces I decided to clear a lot of the patchy grass, and lay new strips. This was harder than it looked. Most of the grass had rooted well and resisted my attempts to remove it. I hated to remove good grass and just throw it away, instead I took it to an area where have placed other grass that I had removed from the front when I remodelled the flower bed.
That grass had established well, now I was able to add more.
I was surprised where the turf went, I only managed to cover the worst areas, there were still many patches left to do, I might try to use some of the lumps I’ve removed to fill in.
When I’d finished, it looked a bloody mess, I know it takes a bit of time to take root, and blend in, but if it fails, I’ll cover the area with gravel.
Kelli has always expressed concern over the literacy of Americans. She had showed me many examples of bad grammar and sometimes the use of completely incorrect words, but this one on Market place made me laugh.
Another Lifetime to go 