I don't do chemicals and sprinkler systems so I get weeds. The stuff
we call grass here, you would call a weed.
I always tell people, if you want that lush lawn, you should have
stopped in the Carolinas somewhere.
Once the weed problem is resolved, little chemicals are required. I take a spray
bottle with me on the mower and will give weeds a shot when I'm mowing - one
weed at a time. I do put down a pre-emergent weed killer in the fall and again
in the spring.
The problem here is if you are not putting an inch of water on the
grass a week here, minimum, the grasses we have here will not survive
the dry season so we who care about wasting water, learn to live with
the drought tolerant stuff you would call seeds. Most of the grass we
grow here, even with chemicals and a **** load of water, would be a
weed in your yard.
The most popular turf for people who want to see a lush lawn (Floratam
aka St Augustine grass) also requires lots of chemicals because we
have bugs that love it. I will stick with the stuff that will grow
naturally. It never seemed right to pump my drinking water out on the
lawn when the static water level in the aquifers is dropping a foot or
two a year. I am down 80 feet and I expect to be sucking air before
summer. It was artesian when I moved here 35 years ago.
City water? Sure if a penny a gallon is OK with you for a lawn.
That sticker shock has grabbed more than one northerner the first time
they get their bill.
Yo Tim!
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