Forced efforts

This shall be the grass growth update chain (the dogs so desperately want a yard again) (day 0, planting day, may 4)

Lmao of course (may 6)

Packaging claims there will be grass by two weeks, I have my doubts. If we go by the day it was actually warm and not the day of planting that would be the 21st

I went and weeded and in the process found a ton of little sprouts! They’re all safely hidden deeper in the soil so the little sparrows haven’t managed to gobble them up yet. Also found a buttload of worms and an empty baby snail shell so I’m hoping this means my yard is returning to a fruitful state capable of sustaining life (it was straight clay before). Did my best to re-bury the sprouts so the little chubby beepers don’t eat everything but only time will tell

Half the yard is starting to poke through 👀 the other half I only see sprouts deeper in the soil

Baby green grass is visible all throughout the yard 👀

A faint green tinge is visible from a distance!!

Some patches are growing absolutely nothing, not sure if the birds ate it or the storms we had made the seeds rot. We’re gonna wait another week or two to see, once the current growth is tall enough to shield the ground a bit I’ll add another layer of seeds to fill the gaps and hope the grass conceals the seeds from the sparrows

Some patches are filling in and the baby grass is long enough to get little glimmers of morning dew! The left fence line is having a hard time, it’s almost entirely shaded so I’m barely seeing sprouts starting over there. Thankfully we are planning on putting some low light native perennials along the fence line so it’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t fill right to the fence but I do need another foot or so to spread over there ideally

The fence line is starting to fill in! I was most worried about that since it really looked like nothing was happening but it’s taking off now! A lot of the patches are also filling in quite nicely! I think we’ve finally hit a point where there is more grass than dirt! Exciting! And it’s looking nice and lush!

It’s supposed to rain this week, if it does I’m going to add an even layer of seed to help the final gaps fill in. Up close you can see that there just isn’t much growth in those spots so they’ll need the extra help. The stepping stones will now need new seed of course as well

I’m glad I’m taking these picture because in person it feels like a patchy mess making no progress but looking at it it has indeed filled in more, especially around the steps!

I will say from mowing over it that the grass that is there is very lush and looking really good. Just need those spots to take 🤞

This will probably be the second to last update, I’m going to wait until all the patches have filled and do one final “it’s done” at that point! Once the second round of seeds have set in the dogs will be totally free to zoom again, probably still watering down whenever they pee though.