Welcome Back, Get To Work
Crabgrass Farm Last week we traded in our work boots for flip flops and headed down the shore. This was a week of sun and sand, mini golf and ice cream cones, and we loved every second of it. By the time we got back from New Jersey it was dark, so the next day we woke up to this: In case you were wondering, it takes one week for crabgrass to take over bare soil in July in Massachusetts. When we left, there was nothing there. I suppose all that green gives a sense of what the back lawn will look like when it's filled in. Before vacation we had been debating rakes vs. rototiller for preparing the lawn surface, but all the crabgrass made the decision to go rent some big guns a no-brainer. Tilling the Fields Driving to the Seabrook Home Depot sucks on a Saturday afternoon thanks to the beach traffic. We tried to avoid it by going to Kelly's , but they didn't believe the rototiller would fit in the hatch of a Ford Focus . So at the Home Depot we were able to get the ro...