Archives for July 2016

This is what my week has been taken up with. Well the last 8 weeks really. Our wonderful super Turf dog Ethel had 8 puppies. And they are a joy, but also another crazy element to my life. It was really helpful during the kids school holidays though. There was never a moment that the kids came to me and said they were bored. They had puppies to play with, puppies to clean up after, and puppies to feed. And now we have a new turf pup to add to our mix. Little Millicent will be joining our Turf Dog crew. These dogs help us road test our turf paddocks to make sure they can handle to wear and tear of puppy and dog feet on the grass when it becomes your new lawn.

Their real job is to keep feral animals off the farm and to stop animals coming and pulling up the grass to make nasty holes in the turf. Well thats their offical title. Really they are great companions on the farm as well as in the trucks.

So when you give us a call and ask us about dogs in your yard, and how they will effect the turf, we have really good practical idea. And I am making sure we train our next generation of farmers, like Marcus, about this important issue as well. Because our lawns to the families like ours who have furry little members as well, are not just the green space around the house that helps to temperature regulate the home, and make the place look aesthetically pleasing. No No. The lawns at our homes are also playgrounds; adventure filled wildernesses that hold smells and excitement; they are race tracks; they are the fun place that the whole family can play together on. (And also a toilet)

Thats why lawns are so important to us all. And why we also know how important it is to keep them looking green, and feeling soft. So after your lawn is installed, if it is by us or by yourselves, never forget you are more than welcome to ring for more tips, or expert advice on site to keep your lawn as smick as it did when it first arrived.

Chat soon, but when we do ignore the puppy noises in the back ground.

Sare.

I have an 8 year old. And we have two 22 year olds working for us. And that means Pokemon has entered my life AGAIN! I remember Pokemon from when I was young, and I was even a little excited when my youngest started collecting the Pokemon cards. Although I had no idea what you did with them. I’m just not that type of exciting Mum.

Part of being a family business is that the people who work for you also become part of your family. And our family business means that the guys that work with us have to understand there will be kids running around the farm in the morning when they arrive for work. And, if they get here early enough, they will get a cooked breakfast with the kids. At one if these breakfast Josh and Toby (the 22 years olds) were talking about their Pokemon app and how many they had caught. And it peaked the interest of my 8 year old. And after many weeks of resisting, I finally allowed Marc to download the app on my phone.

So off a Pokemon hunting we went. It turns out there are a lot on the farm. Which makes sense I guess as its nice and green. I guess thats what Pokemon like. I know its what real live Ducks, little Roos and lots of different types of birds enjoy about the farm. Marc told the “Men” about the Pokemon on the farm this morning and they were devastated as they were out today installing someones new lawn. Not on the farm. But I think tomorrow I will have a lot of the farm work completed all over the farm. Hehe

I now know why my desk at work has been so messy though! I had a Pokemon living on it. A cute little turtle looking thing. Obviously this is why the papers had been spread all over it. Not the fact that it is tax time.

Chat soon everyone, and hopefully we roll up a few Pokemon with your turf and deliver it to you this weekend.

Sare

This weekend finally looks like it s going to be warmish and sunny. Thank goodness because I am at out daughters hockey this Saturday from very early, and there is only so many layers you can wear before someone looks at you funny. Last night while we were sitting watching the girls trainmen in what felt like minus degrees temperatures (really it was only about 11 degrees but I am a really cold frog) I got talking to a lady whose lawn she said was looking sad and almost like it was mulching itself.

She said she had been watering non stop and she cant understand why it was a problem. Well, I said, there is your problem. The watering.

With all the rain that was around, the ground has sucked up all the water it can. And this can mean that all the little tiny air pockets in your soil can be taken up with water. This in effect almost DROWNS your lawn. As well as needing air from the leaves, you lawn also requires air from the soil to be able to get to its roots to ensure your lawn stays healthy. The best way to your lawn back to being healthy and happy after all this rain is to aerate now.

So grab your golf shoes, your football boots, and your garden fork or your weird spike shoes like the gentleman above and put some holes in your lawn. Get some air pockets down into the root area. For the garden fork people every step drive your fork into the earth and wiggle slightly to open up some air pockets in the soil. For spike shoes people BE CAREFUL. Boots with tags can rip up more of your lawn than put many air holes in their. Probably, unfortunately, not a job of the kids. And spike shoes are REALLY tricky to walk in. So don’t do it with a stubby in your hand.

This lovely lady whose weekends like mine are taken up with hockey, thought it might be a better idea to have a high heel party on her lawn. I agreed. So this weekend after hockey I am off on of course surely business related reasons to drink wine and walk around in my high heels across her lawn.

Chat soon after you too have organised a wine drinking High Heel parry on your lawn.

Sare