Sowing grass seed to start an entire lawn from scratch requires a lot of patience while waiting for the grass to grow. If you don't want to wait the weeks or months it takes to establish a lawn from seed,lay sod instead. Newsodoffers the appearance of a lush green lawn almost immediat...
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Cut into the seed with a sharp knife or scalpel. You don't want to create a large hole, just a small wound that will allow water to penetrate and have access to the embryo. Lay the seeds on the surface of the soil and cover with a 1/4 inch layer of moist soil. Keep the pots ...
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Use a sprinkler or irrigation system (ideally) to water the newly planted grass seed thoroughly. Do this right after you lay the peat moss, in two increments of ten minutes each so the water doesn't puddle and shift around the grass seed. You want the water to seep down about five to...
To the same old world we left Wind Through The Trees Oh my deserted one You must put down your father's gun When the sundial reaches midday Shut your eyes and then looks away Something's wrong, they're all gone I will walk through the long, long grass and say your name Shot through...
At the base of the grass plant, roots grow down into the earth. Typically, grass roots are fibrous, or threadlike. They extend into the soil like fingers, collecting nutrients, soaking up water and securing the plant to the ground. Grass stems, called culms, grow up from the base of th...
We used scrap plywood to lay down over the ground as we planted, to avoid footprints in the ground from our feet. This method worked great reducing the need to re-seed because the seed did not puddle in the low spots. Tools: Garden tools, such as rake, shovel, rototiller, screed, an...
Roll up each section and either compost it in another location or lay it over your lawn, grass-side-down, to return nutrients to the soil. Spread a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost over the grass-side-down sod. Once the sod has died and turned completely brown, till the soil with a...
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