Archives for January 2015

Well like many of you this week has been composed by getting my kids safely and happily back into school. Only this year we changed schools so it was all TOTALLY different. Not good if you have 2 boys. I have found boys are not good at different. They like the smooth control of normalcy. Or at least all the boys in my life do. Anyway, now on day 3 we are all into a routine and we were out of the door on time this morning. Not bad for day 3!

So now that the kids are all good, (I mean obviously from their photos hey! So normal! ) I am back to my routine at the farm and office to make sure everything runs smoothly and happily here again. Its back to making sure you can get the right turf at the right time to your place! And I must say I am enjoying today. I love my grass (only the LAWN type) and its great to be back into the swing of talking grass and helping people get the best lawn for their yard!

Hope to chat to you soon to make it Greener on your side of the fence with a Coastal Turf lawn.

Chat soon

Sare

Blue couch is a True Blue Aussie. It has all the good Australian attributes. It doesn’t whinge ( stays greener fir longer) , can hold its liquid (most drought tolerant turf grass available)  and is of course a Green colour. Just missing the Gold, but i think that the gold stars that we stamp on the Blue couch lawns makes them Green and Gold.

Theses are some great examples of some DIY (another great Aussie attribute) lawns that some great Aussie have installed themselves by following the instructions on the back of the invoice. Looks so good. Love the Blue Couch and its easy going way of life!

And remember we can deliver to you guys over the Australia Day long Weekend. That means you can do the real Aussie thing and have a BBQ and Beer and ask your mates over to have a sausage, a cool beverage, and lay some new lawn.

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Oi oi oi

Sare

My goodness it has been extremely hot! Even the kids are hot. Mostly my kids run around not noticing the heat, but even my little ones are complaining about the heat at the moment. There has been many a little trip to the creek this weekend. But I think the best time we had this weekend was installing a new lawn. It meant that there were sprinklers going left right and centre. And of course we all accidentally walked through the water. I can really see how the light watering in the morning and night that I recommend you do after you have installed new turf is so refreshing to the lawn.

As weird as it sounds I really do like installing new lawns, even working with my husband! (Like many if you I can only work inclose contact with my husband for short bursts. Its better that way). Tony the Turfman and I helped some lovely people in Cabarita Beach transform their dirt into amazing new beautiful lawn! And managed to get hot and then cool in the process. And I definitely earned our knock off beer in the process!

As you can see, turning someones lawn from dirt and dusk and yuck to Green lush Beautiful Blue Couch is amazing. It transforms a house into a home!

There house takes out my award for Greener on their Side of the Fence this week! It looked amazing, felt fantastic under our bare feet, and the kids couldn’t stop running around on it. We put them on watering duty! Turned out that was one of the Best things I have ever done!

A lovely friend of mine is building a house and called and said he wanted a hard wearing, tough, shade tolerant but not expensive lawn. He said to me that with school going back in 3 weeks, funds are pretty tight. And I totally understand what he is saying. Uniforms, shoes, books, bags, hats, USB sticks to name a few.

So I said to my friend I think I have the turf for you! So this is the birth of our Back to School Buffalo. Back to School Buffalo is that we are calling our new paddock. This paddock is where we have planted some Buffalo but over the extreme dry of last year and then lovely rain of the past couple of months, the Buffalo has been invaded by Green couch. When we had a look out over the paddock it is gorgeous and green, but it is definitely a mixture of grasses. It is the perfect Family Lawn for those on a budget, but want the look and feel of the buffalo. This lawn will be great for shadey areas with kids and dogs playing hard.

And because we know that going back to school can be a huge expense, we are offering this paddock out for $5.25 a sq.

So while you can have the kids at home you can have a back yard full of green lush grass. And then when they head out to school you can still have a lovely green lawn! Call me for more photos or come out and have a look!

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Sare

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Well there is only 2 weeks left until school goes back. And that means that my kids are just about at that stage of nearly hating each others company. The first couple of weeks we had exhausted family time, and then we had love to play with each other, and now we have the hate each other one moment to your my best friend the very next. Thats how I know that the school holidays are coming to an end. They are being to get sick of each others company and are looking for their friends again. THANK GOODNESS WE BOUGHT A TRAMPOLINE FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!

I never thought I would utter those words, especially after the fun time my husband, father and i had putting the thing together on Christmas eve in semi darkness. But after this week of having the kids in and around the office, I love it. We live on our farm and the office, although detached from the house, is still pretty much staying home for the kids. So in the wet weather, when they can’t go down to the farm and play on the paddocks, I have sent them to the netted trampoline. The rules of the trampoline we bought say no shoes should be worn on the trampoline. My kids naturally think this means no shoes should be worn near, around, or even if you think about the trampoline. So they run from the verandah to the trampoline. Oh how I love my Palmetto to Coastal Mix lawn!

The area in the back has the Palmetto Buffalo near the steps to take the heavy step falls . Its the place that gets walked on the most. And it stays thick, fluffy and bouncy. This then goes down to the Coastal Mix in the larger paddock. And this is the one lawn that I truly love. The Qld Blue os so super soft and the carpet grass is tough and being so tough and soft means that they don’t let tother “Weeds” like bindis get in. So my kids can run like wild crazed animals to jump like monkey gets tired and still love each other at the end, run back inside for a drink to repeat it all again. All no shoes! soft lawns means happy kids.

Soft Lawns mean Happy Kids, Happy Kids means Happy parents, which means happy holidays!

Well it does at our house!

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Sare

Holl on the Jumpoline. From Palmetto to Coastal Mix. Bare feet all the way.

These the old saying that says it always Greener on the other side of the fence. At Coastal Turf we want to help you make your lawn the Greener side of the fence. Why bother looking and lusting over your neighbours lawn when yours can be the greenest softest fluffiest lawn in the street when you start out with a Coastal Turf Lawn?

I believe that your lawn should be something you can enjoy and relax either on or while watching. That’s why Barbara and I make sure that we match the right lawn type to you to make sure you can have more time enjoying your lawn than worrying that the other side of the fence is Greener. And of course get all your neighbours looking over at your lawn as they drive past, casually walk past or stop to have a chat with you about how Green Your side of the Fence is.

So Sun, Shade, lots of water or dry conditions we have a new lawn waiting for you to be enjoyed and envied….

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Sare

I am so excited about 2015! I always like New Years any ways because they always bring a new sense of adventure, fun and excitement.

Well my big exciting moment of the morning was that the boys on the farm said we have Empire Zoysia again!!!! I am so excited. This means all of you who have been waiting for zoysia may have your lawn looking fantastic again.

So Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful year in the GREEN. Playing, relaxing and breathing in the sweet natural wholesome goodness that is a natural turf lawn.

Chat soon

Sare