Friday, November 10, 2006

How Green is My Lawn

Compare the above picture with one from July:


Sure, heavy rains have helped, but at least half of that is overseeding. We'll see how it looks next July!

Two weeks of heavy rain has prevented any other progress. I may have missed the window for mulching, unless we luck out with a sunny weekend day. Or, I can just let it go. Our Experienced Lawncare Professional neighbor tells me he is neutral about mulching, saying, "It just makes the weeds grow more." Minimally, I need to put down lime fertilizer on the hydrangea, to make sure they still have the same amazing blue color they had this year.

Now that the cold, rainy season has begun in Seattle, this has become a popular activity: