Thursday, October 23, 2008

Soon to be Lawn


Pulled out the bluegrass, hairgrass, panicum, catnip, roses and the weeds. Apparently the plants i had planted had become mutant, with the bluegrass getting 5ft and the rose that had like 10 flowers per stem......... The soil when i had planted it was poor, i could barely pick-axe a hole to plant. Now after 2 years, its almost like butter, with chunks. The grass better grow like the pope and mother Teresa blessed it..... Im tilling it all by hand with a pitch fork, digging down about a ft and turning it over, adding some topsoil and pinebark/soil conditioner. If i do it right, the grass should be thick and highly drought tolerant when it matures. We'll see. Next step flatten and put one more topsoil layer on and seed, water and wait. Hopefully its not too cold to seed.....

Wednesday, October 22, 2008


So almost 3 years in the making and its still a work in progress. Had to dig out the Panicum, catnip, blue grass and 2 roses. Pictures to come

The roses are out, of the probably 15 varieties i had, only about 7 are still alive, i oughta strangle reggie for that..... Blooming now, 'Sounvenir de la Malmaison' and 'Marchessa Bocella' smell great