We have two great big brown spots in our yard where the grass has completely given up because after 3 summers in this house I am still not used to not having an automatic sprinkler system and this has been one HOT, DRY summer.
After we got the blessed reprieve from dry weather a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that some of the grass was groaning to come back so I decided to go out and give it a little help.
We have two great big brown spots in our yard where the grass has completely given up because after 3 summers in this house I am still not used to not having an automatic sprinkler system and this has been one HOT, DRY summer.
After we got the blessed reprieve from dry weather a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that some of the grass was groaning to come back so I decided to go out and give it a little help.
I'm an horticultural illiterate, but I reasoned that aerating the dry spots and raking out some of the dead grass might encourage new growth so one day while the boys and I were outside I got busy.
Nescient of the tools of the gardening trade, I grabbed the closest thing I could find to an aerating implement; a long handled, 3-pronged rake like thingy.
As I set about beating, stabbing and threshing the parched areas, Alex's curiosity got the best of him.
"Mom, WHAT are you doing?"
"I'm encouraging new grass to grow."
"WELL, if THAT'S what you call encouragement, I sure don't want to see your method of DIScouragment!"