It's a Sod Job...
It's a sod job, but someone had to do it. After the crazy rains a couple weeks ago I decided to lay some sod to prevent a recurrence of the sudden crazy erosion that occurred. As it turns out laying sod isn't terribly difficult. Most of the work is actually in the preparation. Once everthing is tilled and raked it's not terribly difficult to do the actual laying of the sod. If the entire lawn were being done but had already been graded I'd certainly consider installing a sod lawn again.
As you can see in the pictures below, the sod provided an immediate erosion control barrier along both sides of the driveway. These pics were taken after the first mowing and I'm pleased to report that thus far the sod is doing wonderfully. We've had several torrential downpours and I haven't had any problems with washout.
Click on either picture for an enlarged view. The "dirty" looking section in the left pic is actually some straw that's covering a small dirt transition from the old lawn to the new. The straw covered areas were seeded since I didn't have enough sod to do the entire lawn. Little grass seedlings have recently started popping up and I anticipate raking out the straw in another three weeks or so. Thus far the encore version of the landscaping project has gone quite well. Kudos to my wonderful father for not only helping with the sod installation but for also putting up with the fact that this was actually the second time we'd done this bit of landscaping within the span of a single month.
As you can see in the pictures below, the sod provided an immediate erosion control barrier along both sides of the driveway. These pics were taken after the first mowing and I'm pleased to report that thus far the sod is doing wonderfully. We've had several torrential downpours and I haven't had any problems with washout.
Click on either picture for an enlarged view. The "dirty" looking section in the left pic is actually some straw that's covering a small dirt transition from the old lawn to the new. The straw covered areas were seeded since I didn't have enough sod to do the entire lawn. Little grass seedlings have recently started popping up and I anticipate raking out the straw in another three weeks or so. Thus far the encore version of the landscaping project has gone quite well. Kudos to my wonderful father for not only helping with the sod installation but for also putting up with the fact that this was actually the second time we'd done this bit of landscaping within the span of a single month.
posted by KzooJason at 10:45 PM
2 Comments:
Looks very nice J. I'm glad it went so well for you and seems to be holding up. At least the continual downpours make the sod seem worth it, as if you had redone the seeds they would have washed out again.
sod it all, you've done one heck of a job, old bean.
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