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March 16, 2006
Grass and ants!
Categories: Personal
It's spring break here at Winthrop, so I've taken some time to do things around the house. Yesterday, Sarah and I put new grass seed down in our front yard. I chose bermuda, since it does well in direct sunlight and is pretty resistant to heat and drought (both of which happen in the summer here). I know, bermuda goes dormant in the winter and turns brown. But, it's the winter, dammit! Your not supposed to have green grass in the winter.
Sarah and raked the yard to losen up the soil and get rid of some rocks. Man, do we have a lot of rocks. I'm not sure why the builder saw fit to turn our yard into a gravel pit, but that's clearly what happened. We then spread a few bags of Scotts Lawnsoil on some of the bare spots. I then spread the seed and put out some starter fertilizer. Finally, using our new sprinkler, I watered the yard. We probably won't see any real results for a couple of weeks, since bermuda is such a warm weather grass. But any results are better than the red clay and rock festival that is our yard now.
I'm new at this home ownership thing, so I am not sure I am doing the lawn thing exactly right. But I'm trying to be patient about things and learn. I do know I liked working in the yard MUCH more than painting the bedroom. Those summers doing landscaping work must have paid off. Maybe I'll leave the interior stuff to Sarah.
The ants are in my office. I literally had to stop typing this entry because they were IN my keyboard. Because it is the break, the university is closed today and tomorrow, so it will be next week before I can call anyone about the ants. That's what one gets for having an office in a building that's 96 years old, I guess.
Posted by Nakia at March 16, 2006 11:07 AM
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