The "S" Word

Depends how you look at it I guess ....

First of all I wanted to share these pics from yesterday. Little Grass Sprouts in bare ground - new lawn appearing!!  It has been quite dry, and as we have water restrictions that hasn't meant for quick sprouting - so I am pretty excited to see these little plants!   

And we usually get a few weeks of glorious, nearly iridescent Spring Green - it is starting to look like it may finally arrive.

     Now about the "S" Word - We need the moisture , it is only JUST cold enough for these pictures (below) to happen - and hopefully it will be warmer in a few hours... even by tomorrow..? - I did bring the plant pots inside - This is what we woke up to this, this morning - We even had to turn the heat on inside!
The good thing about "S" in the spring is that is quickly turns to liquid, and the ground, now not frozen, soaks it up - you can almost hear the lawn drinking! That pic on the right is the barest lawn patch we have - quite a Large Bare Patch - well-seeded about a week ago, so NOW lets see What Will Happen!

Two days ago it was over 75 degrees - this morning I put on my winter coat when I went outside with the dogs! Not to be toooooo superstitious, but maybe I shouldn't have washed it before putting it away for the summer. lol!

     These guys are just some of the 'crowd' waiting inside!! We are all living in hope.

Fortunately it is not cold enough to need a frost blanket, and as I finish posting this, the pics attached are starting to look like very old news - and that now the greening up will commence....

we...are...pretty...sure...about...that.

GREEN, GREEN, GRASS SHOULD BE GREEN

Brown Lawn spots are evident everywhere in our neighborhood. The ones on our lawn are there for two reasons (maybe three if you count two dogs as two reasons!) ... the other reason is a particularly hard winter. A winter that started early, with rain that turned to ice, then got really cold, really fast and then stayed that way for A Long Long Time. Just one of the reasons that we have been so anxious for a change in the weather.

Spring is always such a busy time in the garden, BUT I haven't got limitless hours in my day to just spend gardening, so over the years I have developed a few quick solutions that have worked for me.

The goal over the next week is sprinkle some grass seed mixed with some topsoil, or compost - whichever I have on hand that's ready to use! - on the thin or dead areas in the lawn, tamp it down, and make use of the wonderful spring rain to help to sprout the new grass. Next to fall, spring is the best time to do lawn repair, as long as it doesn't get too hot too quickly.... at the moment we are still cool enough and wet enough that I won't likely have to water the seed as well, but I can keep an eye on things for the next 2 weeks or so to make sure that new grass takes hold.

More about lawn care soon.