Archives for February 2014

Wasn’t the rain such a welcome relief this week. My eldest son woke up on Tuesday night worried because he almost couldn’t remember what the sound on the roof was. After he realized it was rain we all ran around shutting windows and getting just that little bit excited. rain is such an invigorating occurrence. It revitalized not only our lawns, but I really think it revitalizes us as people as well. The brown of dust, dirt and dying lawns is just depressing. The Green healthy glow of lawns, trees and shrubs around our homes just makes people smile I think. I know running around with my husband this week to chat with some of his maintenance customers, they were feeling the Love of Green. It really does make a difference to our lives. Families are more inclined to go outside together on green lawns, we are all more likely to go to a green park to play with family and friends, and it is  so much more enjoyable taking the hairier members of our families out on the lawn when it is green and refreshed.

Green is good and green needs rain. So bring on the rain more and more so our existing lawns can look gorgeous green again. And for those of you whose lawns have been lost over the harsh dry heat of summer, Give us a call to discuss what variates will work best for your Lawn. We will work with you to discuss what you wan to do with your lawn, how often you want to take care of your lawn, and who wants to use it and how. Like below, Keith likes to use the Palmetto Buffalo when its long as a lovely place to relax.

Keith loves his Buffalo!

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Sare

Over the past very very hot humid weeks, without the rain, I have been irrigating and irrigating our paddocks. And it really has given me a chance to see how the dry effects the different types of grasses. And I must say that the Green couch has impressed me. Now its not often that you hear me sing Green couches praises. I think it stems from all those years of sitting on green couch at school. Yes it was soft, but our groundsman at school was an ANT LOVER (or lazy, who knows which one) and let millions of ants live and bite anyone one who dared sit on the soft green couch.

But now I am seeing green couch in an entirely new light. Throughout this dry time, and we are watering the green couch paddock, the green couch is still SO GREEN! I know its name suggests it should be, but the toughness of this grass just amazes me. Its roots system is so deep (I’m told up to 4m deep in some tests) that it is tapping into water not seen by the naked eye. Its colour is deep and rich, and just with dam water. It usually takes rain to turn a lawn from green to Dark Rich Healthy green, but this paddock of gorgeous green couch is so deep a green it makes us all want to sit on it. And not being an ant lover (nor hater until they bite me) our green couch has no ants or bitey things in it. Yes watch out Qld Blue Couch, the Green couch may be taking over as my new favorite.

Its robust toughness and deep roots system does not only mean it holds it colour and drink well (if only we could all say this), but its also supper tough with wear and tear. That’s why green couch is used on sporting ovals, footpaths and parks. Its tough enough to stand your dog and kids playing hard on your lawn, and pretty enough to look great as you gaze adoringly at your new lawn and home. Almost as cute as my puppy.

Green Couch. Holding its own

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Sare and Ethel the puppy. (Yes Ethel. its amazing what names your husband and 3 children can come up with. Not princess, not flopsy, but Ethel. She definitely does not act like a lovely little old lady though. More a wild crazy young thing.  )

Well its the first week back at school, and I think I may be more exhausted now, than when the kids were at home. I don’t know about you but getting the 3 of them then the 2 of us organised to go to school and work in the morning is a pretty full on adventure! And mostly we are on time to school. Mostly. And it doesn’t help the morning routine that we now have the new pup who helps us in the morning – you know really helpful things like stealing shoes that you have to hunt for, and sitting in the most unappropriated spots, or showing her pure love for us while we are trying to eat breakfast. She is a joy but a handful at the same time. That is why we have taken to having breakfast on the out door table. Firstly it eliminates the TV from any breakfast conversation, and secondly, it means the pup doesn’t whine becuase she can see us but not get to us. I though it was a time saving idea, sometimes my plans don’t really go to plan. And like recomending varieities of grasses to people I really do like to test try and prove to myself what works in various situations and what doesn’t.

Like the Queensland Blue couch above. I know that it can handle some wear. 2 rambunctious puppies playing on it all day, and 3 kids sparatically playing on it and it has held its own over the holidays. I love how even though it is soft under foot, it can still take my 3 kids and 2 dogs out “practicing” on the lawn. Now holidays are over, and school is back, the kids are now into practicing their respective sports which will start soon, and the pups are practicing to be Big Dogs. But when you look out the window it looks more and more like they are all just running around crazily on the lawn, and then falling haphazardly on the ground and rolling about. But they assure me its all for the better good. I do think that the lawn will be happy now the kids are back at school and it can have a little break, as will grandma. Recovery is sometimes the key to happiness in all our lives.

And what can I say? Qld Blue is definitely a good grass for our family. It is super soft at the moment, and a great green colour, so who wouldn’t want to roll around in it? I can safely recommend the Qld Blue Couch, but not the eating outside for breakfast to save time. Maybe I will unplug the TV at the wall so neither the Husband nor the kids can turn it on in the morning…

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Sare

Qld Blue – recommended by Kids and Dogs of all ages…