Archives for March 2016

I know my stomach is very full of chocolate now. My kids were lovely and “shared” their chocolate with me. Well, by “shared” I mean that I got all their chocolates that they didn’t like. Which is great cause I love peppermint chocolate. And now my nieces and nephew in Qld are on holidays, and are relaxing at home. While my NSW kids are still at school.

But I think the most exciting thing happening this week is that Daylight savings finishes. This week will be our last week of getting to our NSW farm in the dark. The last week of confusing people when our drivers day they will be there at 8am and arrive at 7am. The last week of accidentally calling someone at 7am instead of 8am because they live in Qld and didn’t mention it on the message. I for one will be so glad and relieved. I think Sunday will feel like a HUGE sleep in for us all. We will gain an hour, but we will lose an hour as well.

We will loose an hour because we have been able to accomodate both NSW and QLD people with the 7-8am delivery slot with ease. Now there will be more shuffling and arranging to make sure everyone gets their turf early in the morning to install your new lawn.

So this Saturday book in for Saturday morning early deliveries

Chat soon

Sare

While walking over the paddocks this week I have found lots of these little sweet bunnies skipping through the grass.  It must be getting close to Easter. The beautiful Blue couch is the perfect place for a Hippty Hoppity Easter Bunny to hide delicious sweet Easter surprises. So is your lawn ready for Easter Egg hunts?

The beautiful Blue couch paddock was the perfect hiding place of these little bunnies. The long soft leaves of the Blue couch provides a great place for bare feet to run happily across to find sweet treats, or for little bunnies to hide.

This Easter make sure your lawn is never mowed shorted than your second knuckle when you press your finger down into the soil. Autumn is the time of year your lawn is hunger and like a bunny or bear is trying to store fat for the winter. So feed it up with a organic pelletised fertiliser, like the Dino Fert, just before rain, or top dress with a sandy loam with chicken poo mixed through. This will give your lawn a big feed, and

This is the standard joke at our office and farm. That the Couch (the lawn grass) is spelt the same as the Couch (the lounge sofa). But there are similarities. The Blue Couch Lawn is soft and comfortable just like a blue lounge and both are great to sit on. But unlike the lounge, the Lawn will not mind if you spill drinks or food on it. In fact it will just grow a little more softer. And just like when you buy a brand new lounge, and its new and impressive, your new Blue Couch lawn is very impressive, but all year round. And it gets better with age.

But more importantly, the Blue Couch lawn will be OUTSIDE where everyone can see it. And its more impressive to have your new important purchase out where it can be the Envy of everyone else of the street.

There are other  differences between the Lawn and the Lounge. Like you shouldn’t mow your lounge, bad idea. And lounges are best inside, but the Lawn is definitely best in full sun, where you can occasionally mow it. And you really shouldn’t water your lounge, but please do sprinkle your blue couch lawn when it curls its leaf. But if you have a lounge that curls its leaves please please send me a picture. That would be very cool.

So Blue Couch it up, and maybe even get a lounge to match your Lawn!

Chat soon

Sare

PS You should also never stab a pen into your Blue Couch Lounge, just your lawn. Ask my then 4 year old son. Never stab the lounge!

Women I think Women have been in the Turf industry, and especially Agriculture since the beginning. Most our the farms were al started out with Mums and Dads running the company. And definitely in my case, I have never been treated any differently on the farm from any of the boys there. Especially my brother. We all just worked as hard as each other. And we all got paid the same. And this has continued in the case of my three kids. My two boys and one daughter all have to work the same.

And its this “we are all have similarities and differences” attitude in our industry that makes all of us Women in Turf have the fun similes on our faces, and the ability to laugh at ourselves, and each other. Especially when its your daughter, or mum or sister.

And thats the #equalfuture that Coastal Turf has always had, and will continue to have. So that when my daughter comes up through she too can smile laugh and Turf with Pride. And my boys as well.

And I think we also have wonderful customers who also are happy to listen to both Barbara and I’s advice about varieties and lawn care, and not dismiss us because “we are girls”. I think in the Agricultural and Landscape spheres women are seen as having the same information and knowledge as the men. And we are proud to be out there growing harvesting and installing lawns everyday. And proud to be serving your needs!

Chat soon

Sare