Grass pron anyone? (that means photos of your yard)

[LEaSH]

it's a wee little yard but I converted it from a weed lot and haven't had to mow once this season. This is my first attempt at a mow-less yard. Looking forward to seeing how it comes back in the spring...and
DANG Jack that's some nice yard you have!

What is that variety? It looks plush and full. I'm googling mowless mowfree among other things and finding nothing. Is it your own secret hybrid? If it's not secret, can I get more info? Is that an eco lawn blend of things you have there?

 

[henktermaat]

 

[Boilers]

Has anyone here seen the 'grass' in the parking lot 'medians' at the Indianapolis Art Museum? It's obviously NOT MOWED. It looks spikey. I kind of like it.

If you're up that way you can't help but notice it. It almost looks like a bunch of low-growing pineapple tops.

 

[1946]

You'll get no photos from me. We have over 5 acres we mow around the house---we call it a yard, not lawn.

 

[Boilers]

what is the difference?

 

[cubby]

what is the difference?

about $20k an acre................

 

[misconfig]

This is before I got my riding mower; as you can see the push mower did a crappy job.

 

[Boilers]

It wasn't so bad that you had to set it on fire!!!

 

[seawolfxix]

I thought I was gonna get to show my closet garden from college...

 

[WhitleyStu]

Finally got the rain a few weeks ago so I have green instead of the usual brown...

 

[Boilers]

nice. looks ideal for football, soccer, badminton, etc. I wish I had more open lawn/turf/yard.

 

[WhitleyStu]

nice. looks ideal for football, soccer, badminton, etc. I wish I had more open lawn/turf/yard.

Actually it is a rifle range in the side yard and a pistol range in the back yard...

 

[Boilers]

Decided to tear up the mulched area around the tree (red bud) in first photos, and put down grass.

Put down Scott's Premium grass seed, Kentucky Blue mix on Saturday evening. This morning, just 5.x days later, I already have pretty good amount of grass over an inch tall! That's gotta be a record for me. Photos from about an hour ago.

Yes, this picture is the growth in just FIVE DAYS! And Kentucky Blue has never been a good starter/grower for me.

Also, I happened to see our newest little friend today, too. He looks like one that I saw about 90 feet away on other side of house last week.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/693/img6777e.jpg

 

[Boilers]

My grass photo above just popped up as my desktop background (random photos setting).

So, it reminded me of THIS thread.

How's everyone's lawn/grass doing this year? So far, in my own opinion, the weather has been SUPER for good lawns. At least in my neighborhood.

Don't have any recent photos at the moment, though.

 

[LEaSH]

Holy smokes! I was thinking about this yesterday and was going to search for it when I got to my pc. Thanks for bringing it back up.

Now for my lawn - I'm not too fanaticle about certain things, but I'm kind of happy that I have repelled most weed seeds (considering all the surrounding properties had a sea of dandelions prior to the rains).
I'll post a few picks after I sharpen the blades and mow.

 

[Boilers]

Yeah, we've had our fair share of dandelion farms around us, too.

 

[EvilleDoug]

Several years back there was a metals processing facility, not too far from where I now live. They closed down and sometime during the last 10 years the EPA came in a conducted a soil survey. They, the EPA, found that there were higher than normal levels of lead in the soil and ordered it to be removed. The photos below are the aftermath:

Sod is supposed to be put down sometime this week, and my carpting can not wait.

 

[LEaSH]

err. That would be unnerving.

So how much soil was removed? Just a thin top layer or did they go pretty deep and replace it?

 

[EvilleDoug]

Supposedly 6 inches, but while watching...I'm not so sure. Some spots looked like six inches, others looked like it was just enough to remove the grass.

 

[gage]

What is that variety? It looks plush and full. I'm googling mowless mowfree among other things and finding nothing. Is it your own secret hybrid? If it's not secret, can I get more info? Is that an eco lawn blend of things you have there?

No secret. It's a fescue blend from the link below. It established fast with no weeds in sight so far.
Wildflower Farm