Archives for February 2015

Quite often your lawn is the last thing you think about when you build a house or when you are renovating. And then when you get to the end, you start to wonder if you really need to spend money on “JUST GRASS”. Well, that Just Grass will give you back soon much more than you ever give or spend on your lawn.

Financially your investment into your lawn will return to you on average $75,000 extra value to your home. Recent studies have shown that a well maintained and green lawn can add up to $75,000 to the value of our home. Even for the fanciest biggest Lawn we have installed and looked after here at Coastal Turf and Tony the Turfman, we have never even got close to $75,000. So your small investment of maybe $1500 will give you a return of $75000. That I think is better than putting the money into shares.

Looking out onto your lawn, how do you feel? At the worst you may feel you need to mow your lawn at the moment, and the cardiovascular exercise you will receive mowing your lawn is really good for you. Really! And while you are there take a big deep breath! Know how that amazing oxygen gets into the air for you to suck in as you run around and play on? Thats right your LAWN! An average lawn makes enough oxygen and absorbs enough CO2 to sustain a family of four per year. Your lawn makes more oxygen and stores more carbon than all the trees in your garden.

And by putting your lawn up against your home, you are cooling your home in summer and warming your home in winter. The average lawn has twice the cooling capacity of an average home’s ducted air-conditioning system without the accompanying negative environmental effects of energy use and carbon dioxide emissions.

 

So your lawn already today has added money to your home, given you oxygen to breathe, and saved you money, and given you a little cardio.

 

So the least you can do is say Thank you lawn with a little love. Not much to ask

Chat Soon

Sare

I had this wonderful plan for my blog this weekend. I was going to write about how romantic it would be to have a private picnic in your backyard, fences around you, blanket on your beautiful freshly installed new lawn, pillows thrown around for your comfort, cheese and wine placed delicately on the rug. Lying back relaxing and whispering sweet nothings to each other on the lawn, letting, lets say nature take its course. But with all the rain predicted this weekend, its not going to be a good weekend for a picnic. In fact if you go out on your freshly installed new lawn this weekend, you may end up in more of a mud bath than anything romantic. (But if that is your thing, hey go for it)

So Instead, I’m going to chat with you about my recent, sadly, necessary adventure of my chat with a Health Nutritionalist. She was a lovely positive lady who was saying that be careful of Valentines Day, because of all the red colours around. (I did have a little giggle here as my husband and I have been married for 10 years this year. I think he believes most of the romantic gestures have been done by now.If i’m really really lucky I might get a good morning kiss and a Oh Happy Valentines day as he goes to work in the morning. Only if I’m really really lucky.) Red is a colour that  makes you feel hungry. Thats why many fast food restaurants have red symbols. On a Positive note, She did say that Greens and Blues are calming colours that help you focus your life. And after I got over the initial sulk of her telling me what I can and shouldn’t eat, and more exercise and stuff (sigh), I though about what she said. And when I am on the farm and outside on the turf I do feel calmer, more Centred. (And less hungry). So for this Valentines Day, I am suggesting that we instead of Red Roses and Red chocolates and everything like that, why not give the gift of Greens and Blues to your Loved one. This means they won’t get fat, always a bonus (either way they can’t blame you for getting fat), or be starving and hungry all the time, and you can be outside, together being calm and tranquil. And give a gift that will last a lifetime. A Gift that will bring you both happiness and Joy for years to come. A place to actually enjoying each others company. And when the sun does come out again, you can have that picnic on your Coastal turf beautiful soft lawn together being Happy. And the gift of Happiness is the best one I can think of.

Chat soon

Sare

(Fingers crossed I am luck and so are you!)

Over the past couple of weeks, our lawn has been used for some many many different things. It was

A football oval – a very intense game between the boys verses girls in our family. We lost.

A soccer field – I’m better at soccer. The girls won that one!

A dance floor – my daughter and her friends had an impromptu dance party on the lawn to entertain everyone! I’m not the best dancer so no prizes for unco mum here.

Somewhere to fly their kites – That was awesome Fun! I haven’t flown a kite in years!!!

Gymnastic arena – our lawn is routinely used as the best practice place for cartwheels and forward rolls. Into mum is really really no good here.

A race track – I thought the kids were racing around the house, but I couldn’t work out how my youngest was winning, then I realised that it wasn’t actually a race but a chase him down thing. I WON that one!

Book reading couch – both myself and the kids love the lie in the sun on the soft lawn reading a good book, much more relaxing than the racing.

Study area – Now I have one in High School, finding a place without TV or phones for distraction is essential! And I read somewhere, hopefully not Wiki, that learning outside for boys can be more productive. All I know is that he set his homework completed faster outside than he ever did inside. Maybe its the tranquil green around him. Or the need to finish and get back to his playstation – who knows. Don’t really care either, as long as he completes improperly.

Car Park – we had friends over and ran out of car parking spaces

Dog playground– as you can see our largish dog (he isn’t fat to matter what the vet says) who loves running and playing on the lawn, kids or no kids with him.

 

And thats just to name a few! So probably like many peoples lawns, my lawn is defiantly not there just to sit there and look pretty. Don’t get me wrong, me y lawn is green, lush and soft, but it is very much a functional part of our home. It is well loved and very much well used, intricate part of our home and Lives. Our Lawn is the first part of my home people see when they are welcomed into our home, but it is there to be used! I love my lawn – and I think it loves all the time we spend together…

Chat soon

Sare