Watering

Dana came home mid afternoon to take care of the watering. It seems like we have a lot of green around the edges of the yard but we’re still struggling in the middle. We’ll see what happens.

It’s supposed to be in the high 80s today. Tomorrow may be a bit cooler and it might rain (not holding my breath though). I was up before my alarm and got right outside to start watering. Covered both sides. While I still have no idea if the new seed is growing, the old grass is getting quite high. I know ACN said to wait until the new seeds are 2″ or taller to cut the grass the rest of the grass is growing like crazy and is already higher than 6″ in many spots. I guess I just need to be patient.

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I did the final watering of the night. Just before starting I took some photos. I also got some photos we took the other day of another yard we like up on the site. We’re not certain but we think we might have seen some sprouting. Perhaps by tomorrow night we’ll see something more concrete.

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Dana came home midday to run the sprinklers again. It was in the mid 80s today. Hopefully this is working.

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Dana took care of the early morning watering so I could get to the office a touch sooner. As always, she watered both sides. Still waiting for a sign of new growth.

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I was late leaving the office so Dana got the sprinklers going. By the time I got home she was just finishing. Still no sprouts. Starting to worry a bit but trying to be patient. We’ll see what happens.

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Dana stopped home midday today to run the sprinklers. Today has been a warm, dry, and sunny day so the yard will need it.

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Up for work at 5:30 I went out to start the sprinkler. It is supposed to be near 90 degrees again today. There is some chance of rain but I’m not banking on it. Still no sprouts visible but the old grass is looking better than ever with the new soil and all this watering. Also, it appears greener. (That could, of course, just as likely be a visual result of green against black. After all, the reason the grass is always greener on the neighbors lawn is you are looking at it from your lawn which means you are seeing the sides of the blades of grass and there is greater surface area for the light to reflect off the blade. If you look down on your own grass from above, you’d see the top and not the side of a blade–less transmission and therefore less green reflecting.)

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The sun hasn’t quite set yet. Dana got the sprinkler started while I got dinner started. Corn & dogs on the grill and water on the lawn. Still Nothing sprouting, though.

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Dana came home from visiting with Kim and immediately got the sprinklers out to the front of the house. We’ve managed to stay ahead of the heat today and the ground has remained moist. We have some concern still that we might be overwatering. Guess if nothing grows that will answer the question of whether it is possible to overwater a lawn in this dry climate of ours.