"Tom J" wrote in message
...
A few days ago there was a lengthy discussion about how often lawns needed
to
be watered. My current lawn, small monkey grass (liriope), the kind that
has
fine blades and grows to about 8 inches, was sprigged in the spring of
1995. I
have photo links below. This grass has not had water applied since the
day it
was sprigged in and has never shown any signs of distress, even when we
were
going through the worst dry months these past 4 years here in Georgia. It
is
always the dark green color year around and weeds can't make their way
through
it. I do have to walk over it in May & June and pull up tree seedlings
that
sprout up through it, mostly pine, tulip popular and sycamore. This takes
1/2
day each time. That, and cutting with the lawn mower in March and again in
September is the total lawn care needed for this lawn. I do apply a light
application of 8-8-8 fertilizer mixed 50% with dolomite limestone just
after
cutting in March.

The photo here is an overall view from the street
http://avionclub.org/full_grass_lawn.html

The view here is a close-up showing the texture of the grass and the
current
height of 6 inches.
http://avionclub.org/full_grass_depth.html

The dirt before starting this lawn was North Georgia red clay. I hauled in
enough well rotted horse stable cleanings to cover the whole lawn to a
depth
of over 10 inches. I then used a rototiller to work it into the soil to
over
12 inches deep from the original clay surface, giving me a soft loamy soil
over 16 inches deep. Nothing has needed to be done since.

Tom J
who likes his lawn



How is it for wear and tear from kids/animals? Has anyone heard of it being
used in the north central Texas area? By Dallas? Is it expensive? Easily
available? Sorry for the shotgun questions, just curious....I've got half
an acre of bermuda grass, and an acre of...well...weeds. Trying to figure
out what to do....wondering if this would work in my region.

Mary