Is there any good sentence that includes the phrase, “comes with bugs in it?”
Is there any good sentence that includes the phrase, “comes with bugs in it?”
A new sod lawn is exciting, right? Maybe you’ve already bought new backyard furniture and sent the invitations to your first big backyard cookout. (Don’t forget brownies. Everybody loves brownies.)
Then you realize your new sod is turning brown.
Maybe you just got lucky: your neighbor is putting in some new garden beds and digging up some grass to make room — do you want it?
Or maybe you’re really tired of seeding that pesky bare spot, and you just want to transplant in a patch of new sod.
You don’t want to be the neighborhood’s example of bad sod installation. People pointing, whispering, driving really slowly past your house.
You went through that once when you installed your own roof, remember?
Sod installation in Florida isn’t the hardest thing in the world, but it isn’t the easiest, either.
If you've been preparing your soil for sod installation by talking to it in a soothing voice and telling it how pretty it will look with fresh green sod, you’re doing it wrong.
Florida has a lot of cool stuff: oranges, gators, a famous mouse.
If your new sod lawn is home to a family of swans and the occasional bottlenose dolphin, you’re watering too much.
You’re eager to make sure your new sod gets enough water, and that’s a good thing.
The cool thing about being a grownup is the only reason you really need to replace your old lawn with new sod is that you feel like it.
Ha! So there!
If your yard is in full sun, you’ve hit the lawn lottery.
It’s easy to be in a hurry when it comes to new sod.
You can’t wait to walk on it barefoot and invite your friends over for mango margaritas to show it off.