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This past year I had the great pleasure of attempting to start lawn. The planting part was great, and my excitement grew as little tips of green started to break through the straw. We regularly watered the thirsty little lawn and soon it well on its way. But as the weeks went by, I felt as though something was missing. Rain. It had not rained since we had thrown the seed down (or did it rain that first week?). Either way, drought had set in. Water restrictions were being issued and my water bill…

There are a couple of key things to note when using a spreader.

First, if you stop moving, close the trap that releases whatever your spreading out the bottom. If your spreading fertilizer like I was, and forget to do so, you end up with a pretty large pile sitting underneath the spreader when you come back. Unfortunately, this falls into the category of not applying the fertilizer according to the directions, which in turn negates their claim of not burning the seedlings. I now have a…

I woke up early the next day. Between the excitement of getting my lawn going and the pain from prepping the day before, who could sleep. Ok, it was mostly the pain that woke me up. Anyway, today was going to be a good day. Thankfully, the rest of the plan involved riding on the mower. Once again, I pulled the mower out, and this time hooked up an aerator. Weighted it down and proceeded to roll it over the lawn until it was thoroughly filled with little holes.

At this point, I looked ba…

It was time to try again. I was ready to go. I had it all planned out. The first thing I had to do was... was... oh yeah, I had to wait. Fall (so I have been told) is a good time to plant grass. The problem with this is timing. You want to do it before it gets cold to give the seedlings time to get a healthy little root system, but late enough to dodge the hottest months. Plus, I was really hoping some rain would start to fall. Heh. The closest I was able to find for a recommendation was to seed…