Watching grass grow is like…well…watching grass grow.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006The new Mentele Hacienda has gone thru some recent improvements. Last week (09/15/06 – 09/18′ish), my brother and dad came over to give me a hand in leveling the land, dropping in some drain tiling and throwing in a sprinkler system. It was a lot of work, but I’m told it will be well worth it…that is of course, once the grass grows in. We dropped a whole bunch of seed on the ground over a week ago (on the 18th of September). I was optimistic for the first couple days…watching as the seeds settled into the ground and began to turn a darker brown…i kept waiting for the grass to start sprouting up. Then, Sioux Falls turns into rain-central. We got about 3 inches of rain over a matter of a couple days…Yes, rain IS needed for grass to grow, but too much rain causes my yard to run down the hill. Luckily, the majority of my yard stayed in place and only a few sink holes developed, but the grass seed started to gather where the water puddled…So, now it’s been dry for a couple days and I’m STILL waiting for the grass to grow…I’ve been watering it a couple times a day…just enough to keep the ground damp…but, I’m still waiting for any grass to peek out from its seed. Maybe I just got some defective grass seed? I don’t know. I’m going to give it another couple weeks before I completely sell it out…but I’m really hoping that I have some grass before too long…
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