Our Yard

Well, as usual - we've been busy. So the first thing to get cut - blogging. Oh well. I'm here now. So I thought I'd write about our yard. I posted some pictures on fac.ebook, but I will here as well. We got a bid for the sprinklers and to have them put hydroseed down. Now, this is the first time we've ever put seed down and not sod - granted, this is only our second yard. But still. And there is definitely a difference (at least this season, anyway). Sod is instant lawn. Instant, beautiful, almost ready to walk on the minute you lay it down. But sod is A LOT more expensive. Seed is work! When you put seed down, there are going to be weeds. Lots and lots of weeds the first season. It's just hard to look outside right now and not see a perfect lawn - especially with the way Brad takes care of it - case in point, our yard in Utah.

Seed is work and more work, and then when you think you’re done, more work after that. But, seed is a lot cheaper. And with how much grass we decided to put down (0.57 acres to be exact – 25000 square feet), we needed the least expensive option. And maybe it would be better if we didn’t live where we do. Number one, there is a ton of tumbleweeds up here, and mix that with the wind, and on top of that – no fence and that equals one big weed mess. But I’ll just say, it’s a work in progress and where the grass is growing – it looks awesome and thick. We just need to take care of the weeds. So here are some pictures of the befores and afters.

And I keep forgetting these post backwards now, so here are the afters first (if that makes any sense at all).