SKYlark wrote:
butt, WHY do you want grass???? i don't know where you live, butt
if you live in an area where there are droughts and the town or
municipality says, "stop watering your grass," ewe're gonna hafta
do what they do in or-a-gun: PAINT YOUR GRASS!!

why not xeriscape your garden from the beginning??? why not plant
native plants which don't require extra watering? what better time
to start than from the beginning????

or just let the grass go dormant in the summer.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

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Date: 9 Mar 2005 06:37:53 -0800
Subject: Sewing Grass on very stoney ground

Apologies in advance but I am a complete newbie in the garden!

I want to sew some grass where the previous owner had his garden
shed. When we removed the shed we found the ground cover in pea
shingle. I've tried raking as much as I can but it's firmly mixed
in with the soil.

My question is:

Is there a problem with sewing the grass into stoney ground?
Should I just try and rake the top layer stones away once the
grass has grown a bit?

Thanks in advance.

Charlie