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Finally finally finally. Our backyard is green.
Well, it’s actually been green for several weeks now. Mostly due to the GIGANTIC weeds that had overgrown everything. It’s kind of hard to find the motivation to walk back into the ruins of your backyard to take care of a few unwanted plants when you know that Sod is coming.
Sod redeems all of your gardening sins.
In any case, the landscapers were here bright and early this morning. By mid-morning they had scraped out all the crap, bushes, left-over stone, and at least five cinder blocks that we had missed while deconstructing our fountain. By five o’clock, the sod was in and beautiful.
For a few shining moments, I was utterly thrilled.
Then they handed me a pamphlet, dealing with the subject of caring for my newly laid sod.
“WATER YOUR SOD WITHIN A HALF HOUR OF THE SOD TOUCHING YOUR DIRTY DIRTY DIRT OR IT WILL DIE AND YOU WILL HAVE WASTED MONEY!”
“NO MORE THAN AN INCH OF WATER SHOULD FALL UPON YOUR GROUNDS OR YOUR SOD WILL DIE AND YOU WILL HAVE WASTED MONEY! NO MORE! NO LESS! G-D HELP YOU IF YOU USE THE METRIC SYSTEM!”
Phrases like these make me nervous.
No, those exact phrases didn’t actually appear in the pamphlet. But there were a lot of rules for watering, depending on how long it’s been on the ground. It’s complicated. And it’s no easier when your wife is giving a Final in the evening and you’re no where near your daughter’s bed time.
I managed. My daughter watched more YouTube videos than she’d normally be allowed to, but I did manage to move the hose every 20 minutes to a new area of my yard to ensure total coverage.
And it looks beautiful.
