8/16/11 - 1 Year 1 week

6/5/11 - June Update

Looking pretty good. Color is a little off due to 4 80 degree days in a row.

6/3/11 - Tenacity at work

This is what the POA and crab grass looks like after 4 rounds of tenacity.

5/20/11 - Nice Color

I had to take a picture when I was at the neighbors picking up some tools when I noticed the contrast in color.

5/16/11 2nd Mow

Things have come a long ways since my first mow. The grass has thickened a lot and filled in some of the bare spots.

5/8/11 Weed or Grass ID

Not sure what this is but I have a few small and fast growing tufts of grass that don't appear to be blue grass.

Soil Test Trend Results - Sent 4/10/11

4/30/11 First Spring Pics

Unfortunately the weather hasn't been great this year for early spring growth. Color looks nice but here's what the lawn looks like as of April 30th. I haven't yet applied Synthetic Nitrogen (just one round of organic N via Milorganite).

4/23/11 - Weed ID

I think I might have a little bit of POA in the new reno. Fortunately the patch is small enough (and the only one I see so far) that I can likely pull it by hand and allow spreading to take over or plant one of my remaining 4 pots from last fall.

April 16 2011 - Grass greening + snow

I don't understand why our winter has been so long this year. Last year at this time I had probably mowed 3 times and fertilized by now.

April 1st 2011 - Snow Clears

This is the first picture after the snow cleared. You can see the thin spots of grass showing through but you can also see how green the grass is compared to all the neighbors. Not bad for the first spring of it's life.

Not Much Grass - 2/22/11

Yeah we had a fair amount of snow cover this year.