So some housing updates. About a month ago we had grass put in... kind of. It was going to be $2k for sod or $250 for hydroseeding. The cost benefit was what swung us. Sod is quick, (relatively) easy, and has instantaneous results. Plus no weeds. Hydroseeding is economical. That's about it.
Hydroseeding is applied by spray. It is a mixture of newspaper product, chicken poop fertilizer, and seed. Tall Fescue is the variety we got. It's what the local nursery recommended.
After application, we have an aqua colored carpet. It needed to be watered four times a day to keep the seed moist for it to sprout. Once it reached 1" we reduced watering to once a day. (And yes, we had our LOVELY neighbors call the Water Police on us again... But I'd already notified the city that we were restarting our lawn so we didn't get penalized. This time.)
This is Day 8 growth.
This is day 21 growth. We probably will not be mowing our lawn until December. Which is fine. Because we don't have a lawn mower.
Since we haven't been able to walk on the grass until this week, the inevitable weeds sprouted. The back yard is quite this weed zone... Definitely more weeds back there than in the front. A lot of nutgrass weed in the front and back, but I am choosing my battles and nutgrass is not one of them. I will be spending approximately 1-2 hours a day for the next week to try and get the weeds under control in the back yard. The back yard grew in thinner, so I want to throw out some extra seed to help fill the yard out - but not until there are "no" weeds .... A lofty goal....
