Grass

[sleigh]

I don't understand the neighbors who have to water their grass daily, and feed it fertilizer, and re-seed it every year so they can have a yard. I must have super-grass or something in our yard, since without benefit of watering or seeding or chemical stimulation, my grass is perfectly capable of growing on concrete, as my sidewalks and driveway ably attest.

Obviously the problem is that they're trying to grow grass in dirt.

Comments

[lauriemann.livejournal.com]

We bought a new house four years ago, and had lived there about a month before the builder blew on grass seed. They did the front yard on one day, and the back yard and side yard on another day.

From the beginning, the grass in the backyard has been a much more robust grass than the grass in the front. After the first few months, we never had to water it, and it's always been in better shape than the grass in the front, that turns brown pretty easily.

When we mentioned this to the builder, we were told they always used the same seed, but that just seems so unlikely.

[cathshaffer.livejournal.com]

They are overfertilizing. People do it all the time, alas.

[slaynsoul.livejournal.com]

we got tired of having our lawn turn yellow from all the drought rationing, so we opted for a grass free yard. now we have bark for ground cover and lots of drought resistant plants. they're on a watering system, but it runs about twice a week in the summer and usually gets turned off in the winter. Not only is it saving water and the time it takes to fertilize and care for grass, I don't have to mow the lawn anymore!

[almsthvn.livejournal.com]

You must have some kind of alien mutant grass.

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, we always had the best lawn in the neighborhood, despite ours being the only house where the kids were allowed to play in the yard. Well, okay, the other kids could play in their yards, but my mom was happy to have every kid on the street come to our house and run around and trample the lawn. Other kids' dads fussed over their grass and resented little sneakers.

Someday when I buy a house, I plan to have as little lawn as possible. I hope to grow moss instead.