3 years in the making, we finally put in the lawn. I’m sure our neighbors are relieved! But first I needed to figure out how wide the hedge border was going to be; then we needed to figure out where the concrete border was going to go; then I had to plant 4000 crocus; then we had to dig in the irrigation lines and the sprinkler system (the digging of which killed many of the crocus!); and finally, after much research on grass varieties, we planted the lawn in our 3rd summer. (2007)
We planted 4 types of grass. 2 types of warm season grass, and 2 types of cold season grass. Our plan is that the lawn will look great during both seasons, which should be April through November. Blue grama, crested wheat, buffalo and rye grasses. We’ll see how it does, but so far it looks great!
Also, in this last pic you can see my lovely little baby hedge shrubs starting to grow. (The line of green between the lawn and the edge of the driveway.) They made it through the winter; I had my doubts as they were completely buried in snow for 2 months.
And the green scraggly looking plants in front of the lawn are orange day lilies which we brought back with us from a visit to Brian’s grandparents farm in Missouri. Aunt Judy was all too happy for me to dig a bunch of them out for her. I planted 75 on both sides of the driveway, in front of the lawn.