Growing Grass

Yesterday was one of those cool, perfect, sunny days to actually work outside in Wisconsin.  We took advantage of the beautiful weather by driving to Black Creek to pick up some sod.

Why Black Creek?  Well, there is a wonderful sod farm there that provides the sod to most of the landscape firms and nurseries in Green Bay.  The problem is that if we buy the sod locally, each roll will cost $4.00.  If we pick it up at the sod farm, we can buy each roll for less than $2.00.  So the 45 minute drive was worth our time.

We ordered 15 rolls of sod.  When we got to the farm, our order was piled on a skid on a fork lift.  A young man came to the truck and lifted each roll like each weighed as much as a roll of paper towel. He threw them into the back of the truck with little or no effort.

The former tree line awaits new grass.

When we got home, we found that both Rick and I had to work together to move each roll from the truck to a small, flat garden cart.  How that young man could both lift and toss each roll so effortlessly is beyond me. We transported four rolls at a time.  Once we lifted them down to the prepared area, Rick would fit the ends while I rolled out the grass.

Fifteen rolls of sod start to make the area look green again.

The whole procedure took us a couple of hours to complete.  Now we just must continue to water, water, water the new sod each day so that it takes.

We estimate that we will need approximately 20 - 25 more rolls to finish the job.  Unfortunately, scheduled medical procedures will interrupt our plans for a few days, so we hope to get back to finishing this process some time next week.

The new sod blurs the line between our yard and that of the
neighbor; however, grass beats a mud patch!

Until then, all we can do is to sit around and watch our new grass grow.