Watching the grass grow

Want to learn how to go from bare dirt to a lush lawn in less than 1  year?  I’ll show you the steps I took to get these results!

Growing a lawn in one year from seed
Growing a lawn in one year from seed

Oh, the joys of building a new house – you get to establish the lawn.  Of course, we could always just pay to have it done, but being super frugal we’ve decided to plant it ourselves.  Here’s some pics to see the status.

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October 11, 2015. 10 days after planting Tall Fescue. 4″ of topsoil brought in to the front yard, with irrigation system.

We used mostly Tall Fescue from TSC for this planting, although since we were so close to winter I decided to throw some winter rye in the mix just in case.  I didn’t get this grass planted until October 1 in Michigan, which is LATE!  2 months earlier would have been just fine with me. My other post lists different grass seed options and the pros and cons of them.

October 15 - starting to see some real green
October 15 – starting to see some real green
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October 25 – Finally filling in!
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October 25 – just starting to fill in. Thank God this was a warm fall!

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