Thanks to Craigslist we where able to find a landscaper who rolotiled the yard and then installed our sprinkler system at a good rate. The found yard is a pretty good size, roughly 1000sq feet.
We decided to make the rest of the front yard a DIY project. The sod arrived bright and early at 6am. I wanted to help my husband lay the sod, but each roll must have weighed 50 pounds. I decided to take pictures and make lunch!
We had 2 1/2 pallets delivered
The makings of a curb appeal
From this....
To this....
{ We painted our house right before we laid sod, pictures coming soon after Halloween, our house
is full of spooky decor! }
EDIT: When laying sod, make sure you stagger each roll so that the seams don't line up. Use an xacto knife to cut pieces of sod. When laying sod over a sprinkler head simply make one slit for the head, that way your sod is seamless. After your sod is installed, water it for twenty minutes in the evening and two times a day. This varies depending out what type of sod your purchased and the weather you live in and season.
Thanks for the comment on my kitchen! One step at a time, my dear, one step at a time! I had to live with those countertops for (what felt like) forever, so I know what you're going through. I had my yard "re-soded" (if that's a word) too, and I give you guys props for getting it done yourselves-even the lunch helped! I had to call in some help, 'cause I have a black thumb! :) thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling! My yard is such a mess of weeds so this is on my project list. Can I ask how long it took for you to kill off the weeds and if you have any tips for doing so? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Kasey ~ It took about one month to kill the weeds, we have an older home and those weeds didn't want to die!
ReplyDeleteAfter the weeds dried out, we would rakeup the dead weeds and re-apply the clover killer and RoundUp.
Nice! We need to do the same thing in our yard.
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