Check out a new installation here in Fresno!

Three weeks after installation (the weather has been oddly cool and abnormal so the growth has been slower than usual):

Eleven weeks after installation:

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Okay, so remember our contest awhile back? Well, Contest-Winner-Corey has sent us a new update from his lawn diary! 🙂 Check it out:

“…The first couple of weeks were still the strange cooler weather pattern with even some rain, so not much happened growth-wise.  The past two weeks have finally been very nice, sunny, warm and the plugs responded.  I would say most of the growth seen in today’s 4 week pics have been from the last couple of weeks…I am only watering once per day in the early morning because my sprinkler timer is lame and once per day is all I can set it up for.  I’ve been supplementing by hand in the afternoon/evening if I get home before the sun goes down.  I have to get a better timer hooked up…

Weeds are not absolutely horrible, but definitely need to keep up with them or they would certainly take over.  Sigh.  I have a smaller plot so I have been hand weeding.  Tough on the back and knees…  I cannot imaging what people with larger plots do!…Ok, that’s the update.  My plan is to take more pictures in 2-4 weeks…”

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Just thought you might like to see a recent install just down the street from my parents’ house! And I’ll be sure to keep you posted on its status since I drive by it weekly on my way to the parentals 😉

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Our contest winner Corey Liu recently sent us an update on his prize! He’s yet to install it, but he’s prepping his plot and will hopefully keep us posted on how it all goes!

“Attached is a photo of the trays of grass with my three reasons for wanting to plant the lawn, and behind them is the plot that the grass will be planted onto (hopefully this weekend)”, Corey said.

Look at those cuties! Can’t wait to see!!!

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The sun’s going away 😦  I hate when I wake up in the morning and it’s dark out – it makes it that much harder to roll out of bed in the morning, doesn’t it? It looks like I’m not the only one feeling the lull of winter coming – this California Buffalograss lawn is beginning to lose it’s color and go into dormancy with the shorter amounts of daylight here in Fresno.

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Here are pics of Madeleine Mitchell’s yard in Reedley, California! Madeleines says, ” I took 3 photos about a month apart… I now mow with an electric weed eater, that way I can keep it about 3-4 inches”. She prefers a more natural looked for her lawn.

Here is her space after installion in June:

Pictured here in July:

Shown here in August:

She also captured an image of a friend’s freshly mowed lawn in Tulare, California:

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Here’s an upclose pic of California Buffalograss’s fine blades, giving it a softer feel than your standard lawn.

California Buffalograss has more of an airy apperance and feel than most traditional lawns.

California Buffalograss spreads by sending out runners above  ground. You can see where these runners have spilled out over the curb. They can easily be trimmed to prevent spreading.

This lawn has not been mowed in several months. It is a little over 6 inches in height.

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From the UC Riverside Turf Field Day (planted in April 2010):

From a homeowner in Laguna Beach – at their own private cove. I want to be there right now, so jealous! 🙂

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