Watching the grass grow

Okay - so it's the time of year to plant our winter rye grass! I prefer sod. But Ross got a hold of this rototiller and wanted to play with it - and well, seed is about 90% cheaper than sod...and about 99.9% less man power to lay!

Oh, I should mention that they went to home depot every weekend for 3 weeks to get their ripped bag pallets, you know where you pay $5 for an entire pallet of all their ripped bags - manure, peet moss, potting soil, miracle grow anything!! So we had plenty of "top soil" after it was tilled! So here are the boys tilling the ground by the sweat of their brows!





this is our 1 week mark -- whole yard and what a patch looks like



Here is the 2 week mark -- again - whole yard and the same patch of grass as last week



You can also see our little "patch" of pygmie date palms!



They grow slow, but make a cute little oasis in the back area! After the grass is in, we'll plant some annuals around the base of it, for a splash of color! And eventually we'll have decking around it - leading up to the pool - if the funding actually ever makes it here!

The problem with our yard currently is that we seem to have a dry spot in that back corner! I'm sure you can see it - so I'm going out extra each day w/ the hose - we have to change nozzels on the sprinkler heads so the back one lets out a little more...just haven't gotten around to it - especially since we are watering the back 4 times a day - it's a little moist to be walking out there!

OH - and poor doggie! She hasn't been able to go back there to use the toilet - she's had to use the neighbor's grass patch! LOL!

Hopefully at the end of three weeks (next Monday) we'll be able to call it established & mow it! Can't wait for the rest of these patches to grow in!!

(edited to add pictures from week 3!!)