April 5th 2022:
After almost 2 years, it's time to make a new journal.
To recap where the last 2 years went:
Wife and I sold our house in October 2020 before I deployed.
We then moved in with the in-laws while we built our new home.
"Supply Chain" issues slowed us down in the construction process immensely. We were originally suppose to be in this house thanksgiving 2021, but didn't move in until April 1, 2022.
So….he we are.
Somewhat moved in and giving all my attention to the yard.
This left side of the property, which is approximately 1700sqft is the flattest. This is going to be the Main Stage. I'm so far behind on the water, my only hope is a few days of some good rain will bring it back.
It's incredibly uneven and undulating from where the builder laid it with minimum effort then tore it up building a retaining wall and installing a fence, so not sure if I'll be able to get the reel mower on it this year. It's going to take several top dressings to get this ready for a reel.
The front lawn is…well…it's a normal front lawn.
Only problem being that it's so sloped that I don't think I'm going to be able to ever get a reel mower on it.
It slopes pretty drastically from the front of the house to the street.
But I'm still hopeful. We shall see.
But this is where the "Frankenstein" lawn comes into play.
On day one of putting sod down, the builder was putting down Tiftuf from SuperSod.
And they started on the left side yard (main stage) and worked their way across the property.
Well on day 2, Tifway was delivered and they put that down starting on the red line.
So everything to the left of the red line is TifTuf and everything to the right is Tifway.
Should make for an interesting view in a few months. Not sure what I want to do yet.
Toying with the idea of ripping up the Tiftuf in the main stage area and putting down Tahoma 31.
My plan for now is to continue to water, feed, and mow.
I'm planning on doing my first top dressing in about 3 weeks. So fingers crossed that it smooths out enough to get the GM1000 on the main stage.
After almost 2 years, it's time to make a new journal.
To recap where the last 2 years went:
Wife and I sold our house in October 2020 before I deployed.
We then moved in with the in-laws while we built our new home.
"Supply Chain" issues slowed us down in the construction process immensely. We were originally suppose to be in this house thanksgiving 2021, but didn't move in until April 1, 2022.
So….he we are.
Somewhat moved in and giving all my attention to the yard.
This left side of the property, which is approximately 1700sqft is the flattest. This is going to be the Main Stage. I'm so far behind on the water, my only hope is a few days of some good rain will bring it back.
It's incredibly uneven and undulating from where the builder laid it with minimum effort then tore it up building a retaining wall and installing a fence, so not sure if I'll be able to get the reel mower on it this year. It's going to take several top dressings to get this ready for a reel.
The front lawn is…well…it's a normal front lawn.
Only problem being that it's so sloped that I don't think I'm going to be able to ever get a reel mower on it.
It slopes pretty drastically from the front of the house to the street.
But I'm still hopeful. We shall see.
But this is where the "Frankenstein" lawn comes into play.
On day one of putting sod down, the builder was putting down Tiftuf from SuperSod.
And they started on the left side yard (main stage) and worked their way across the property.
Well on day 2, Tifway was delivered and they put that down starting on the red line.
So everything to the left of the red line is TifTuf and everything to the right is Tifway.
Should make for an interesting view in a few months. Not sure what I want to do yet.
Toying with the idea of ripping up the Tiftuf in the main stage area and putting down Tahoma 31.
My plan for now is to continue to water, feed, and mow.
I'm planning on doing my first top dressing in about 3 weeks. So fingers crossed that it smooths out enough to get the GM1000 on the main stage.
