Hi, Yo Silver! Away!
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| Tonto! We ride for justice and lawns |
Back
in May, I posted an update on our pitiful lawn and how we were going to repair
the awful carnage left behind after our extension build. We prepared the area, dutifully followed our web
printed instructions, planted our grass seed then waited….
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| BEFORE - trying to repair the lawn |
The
sun then blazed down for weeks in an unprecedented British heatwave frying the
seed to a crisp. What wasn’t deep fried
was eaten by fat pigeons or left under watered.
Freshly planted grass seed should be watered at least twice a day
initially but when you’re on a water meter and with a potential hose pipe ban
in the offing then understandably a scant sprinkling every few days is clearly
not enough.
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| Is it growing yet? |
For
weeks nothing sprouted, gardening paranoia set in and I was beginning to think
it might have been the top soil itself.
Could it be contaminated in some way?
Perhaps I should have used more compost in the mix? Did I leave it too late to sow? Maybe I should have watered it more? There are umpteen reasons why grass seed
won’t germinate and ours didn’t seem to be wanting to make an appearance any
time soon.
Bring
on the rain. It’s amazing what a change
in the weather can do for a garden. Cloudier
days and lots of lovely rain saved the day.
The lawn ranger rides again! Eh
Tonto.
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| Finally signs of life |
Grass
(and weeds) have burst forth covering the bare dirt patches with a thin comb
over of fine blades of grass.
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| More weeds than grass |
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| This is now the top of the soakaway |
To
help things along, I’ve sectioned off a small area which I’ve weeded taking
care not to uproot any of the new grass.
Having left lots of tiny craters in the greenery, a light sprinkling of
compost (minus free live frog hiding in the bag) together with a bit more grass
seed might help cover the bald spots.
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| Sectioned off for further pampering |
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| Free frog with every bag of compost |
With
a bit of time, water and lots of TLC, our lawn might end up looking as good as
when we first moved in over 2 years ago.
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| Now you've done gardening, how about a belly rub? |
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