new grass almost looking green

Category: daily chores | Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:47 pm

Babying my new grass patches. Watering every day, sometimes twice. (although we're scheduled for a rain today, maybe I'll get some time off this chore?)

The areas are starting to have a green cast to them ........if I stand back and sort of squint....maybe it's still just wishful thinking.

I've had a hard time keeping kids off the patches, too big, too many to stake off & the kids are all developmentally disabled, so most normal systems won't work for us anyway. So, just praying to the garden gods here that the grass grows in a jiffy & the dirt disappears.

The yard is looking so shaggy, as I'm not mowing til the new patches are established. I am hoping to pick up my dads first lawnmower (plain old walk behind, man powered variety) when I visit there this coming week. The plan will be to get it lubed and sharpened and then use it to mow the little pieces of lawn near the front door and walks. The big mower can be used for the large areas unless I decide to let them go to pasture. Not a bad plan with the increase in gas prices. I can harness the 4 horses and let them munch away for free.....heck, they are boarders, so they will be paying me to cut my grass. Much better plan.

No other chores this week end.........full up with kids and I'll be really earning my paycheck for the next couple days here. So, I'll content myself with watering and counting the new things that are up in the garden. First planting of leaf lettuce is now up, just waiting for the first real leaves.....Cosmos are up..........the baby lupines are starting to look like plants and I've got masses of blossoms on the free strawberry plants. And, the first bud is out on one of the inherited rose bushes.
The 2 rescued shrubs are looking like they are going to make it. I think they are looking perkier...but again, I'm an optimistic gardener........they would have to be totally crispy before I gave up on them.

Off to the garden, I hope everyone gets outdoors for a bit at least today............

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Gardenstew wrote on Sat May 06, 2006 8:50 pm:

Great idea with the horses hehe!

I think everyone is having a great gardening day today. You can tell when the site is relatively quiet :) Then of course it gets busy again when members have stories and photos :)