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Joe's Side Yard Reno (After Midnight, Mazama, Blue Gem)

1.6K views 15 replies 4 participants last post by  Carlson  
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NOTE: I've completed the reno that I originally had started here. I'll be posting my log from Aug 2024 to today.
 
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2 of the 3 KBG Cultivars I am using were top rated for CT in NTEP. Curious about Blue Gem, did not hear much about it - since it ranked so high in CT NTEP testing, I added it to the Mazama and After Midnight.

This is the North Side of the house. The area adjacent to the foundation is mostly shaded. I'll be adding a hardscape walkway from the backyard to side garage door pictured.

Glypho'd the lawn and power raked.

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Brought in 6 yards of topsoil from the same local distributor I used in the front lawn.
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Spread topsoil and leveled. My neighbors and I built a leveling drag to pull behind the tractor.
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Kept Dragging and dragging for as long as I could. Finished by dragging with the leveling rake and pushing small pebbles and rocks off to the side.
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The hardest part about using blankets, to pull or not to pull? I have consistently seen folks pulling them up after germination, but at what cost? Considering this is KBG, I went for it. I'm still fairly impressed with the germination results.
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