Jefflog

When we returned from our trip last week, the first thing we noticed was that our backyard looked different. When we moved in, the front yard had been sodded but the backyard was nothing but dirt. While we were gone, the home builder had graded and hydroseeded our backyard. That’s great and all, except that we’re supposed to be around to water it every day. We had told the builder we were going away and to wait until we returned to begin the hydroseeding, but it turns out they forgot. Luckily, they had just done the seeding the day before and we really hadn’t sustained any disadvantage by the day-and-a-half we weren’t able to water.

Since then, watering the yard has been my primary task. For the first six weeks, I’m ideally supposed to keep the ground moist at all times. They say that a light 10-minute watering four times daily is all that’s required, but due to the size of our yard, I can’t cover the whole yard with two sprinklers. Watering the yard means moving the sprinklers to several locations and watering other places manually with a hose. I may be home all day but I don’t have that much time. I just do what I can.

I saw some seedlings pop out of the ground for the first time yesterday. That’s exactly the encouragement I needed.