A&M is also an excellent school, and has been rated by Texas Monthly
magazine as the "best value in higher education in Texas."

"animaux" wrote in message
...
I was mocking them. But they do know what they are talking about
regarding
turf.


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:28:18 GMT, "Alternate Personality"
wrote:

the "Texas Agriculture and Mining" website - do you mean Texas A&M
University? If so, the "A" stands for "Agricultural" (not "Agriculture")
and
the "M" stands for "Mechanical" (not "Mining"). The site is www.tamu.edu.

-alternate
(TAMU '75, '78)


"animaux" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:12:19 -0500, Mike Dahmus

wrote:

But my neighbor has something which looks like buffalo (or possibly
leftover rye) - my initial assumption is that his lived and mine died
because I failed to rake the 6-inch leaffall when I first moved in;
but it could be that he has a different grass that just looks similar.
(Couldn't ask this weekend; he was out of town).

Is it possible that the near-constant summer shade lowers the
temperature enough to allow another grass to at least survive the
summer?

---
Mike Dahmus
m dah mus @ at @ io.com

Well, not really. There is a grass seed in the fescue varieties which
has
some
heat tolerance. Buffalo has NO shade tolerance. I've seen some people
planting
mondo or dwarf monkey grass in deep or light shade and it can also be
mown, but
it is coarse, unlike the fine leaf you are looking for.

Do a search around on www.google.com and see if you can locate the
drought
and
heat tolerant fescue they've developed. Take a look also at Texas
Agriculture
and Mining website. They have a very good take on turf in Texas.

Good luck,
Victoria