Archives for July 2017

This last couple of months the Turfman and I have been looking and looking and looking a different cars. We are buying a new Ute for our Family and work. And after a while I couldn’t distinguish between my Toyotas or Mitsubishis or Fords or any of the others that we looked at. They all kinda mooshed into the one car in my head.

 

It made me think about how really hard it is when you are making a decision that will effect your family’s life. Like your lawn. It is one of those things that you will look at everyday. You will use most days, and your kids will be on it with little bare feet. Your animals will play out on it everyday. And you want to make the right decision about which on his the best grass for your new lawn.

 

Sometimes you have past experience with different lawns at your place. Like when you are replacing your existing yucky lawn, to a beautiful new exiting value adding lawn to your home. I kinda equate this to when you go and replace your old car with a new one that will better suit your changing family. In those cases you can at least rule out the grass varieties you know won’t grow at your place. And the grass varieties that will not fit with your changing lifestyle.

 

And then there are the cases when you are moving into a new house and you haven’t lives there. You don’t have the experience with your yard to know how much light your lawn will receive all year round. Like when you are looking at a totally new different type of car. Going from a sedan to a ute. Its going to be  difference in the lives of our family.

 

So after going through all this fuss and bother and stress of a new car, I have a new appreciation of what people go through when they buy a new car. In the interest of this, we have our display plots at JH Williams at Chinderah (24 Ozone Street), kinda like a display yard for lawns. And we offer you the chance if you want to come and walk on our paddocks at the farm at Round Mountain (near Hastings Point and Cabarita Beach NSW. Surfers always know where we are) you are more than welcome to make an appointment with me.

And if you are still confused, take home small bit of grass and see what you think.

And I have made up some info sheets with pictures for the different varieties so you can take it home and read through them again and again. Like you do with cars.

We also have some lovely clients who are happy for you to drive past their lawns and see what it looks like in your area. I think this is the best one. Because you  can see how normal people take care of their lawn. And how it grows near you.

And best yet, I can have one one of the Turfmen come to your place and look, touch and tell you what they think will work best.

Hopefully this will help you choose the best grass.

Or let me know a better way to move forward. Any thing we can do to help you choose the right lawn for your place, and make that process easier for you I would love to know.

Chat soon

Sare

It has been very cold this week in the mornings. And I am not very good at cold. I love the warm weather. Hot days bring them on. I hate putting on heaps of layers to go outside to take the kids to the bus in the mooring. Today when I came back from the bus run, I sat down with my hot cup of tea at the office desk, and started to flick through Facebook. My little vice I must admit.

 

Last year the local Sports and Bowls Club at Cabarita Beach came out tot eh farm and bought some beautiful blue couch for in-between their stunning Greens. This morning when I was flicking through Facebook, I saw a stunning picture of outdoor parties they are having on this area now.

What a great idea. Having a party on the Lawn is fantastic. When your wine glass is spilled, in my case usually because I have a child tug on my arm to tell me something really important, like they are hungry; the grass can suck it all up. Perfect! No clean up! Or when the very hungry child is running and their sausage falls on the grass and sauce is spilled everywhere, the Grass Carpet will absorb all that sauce and the party continues with a smile. The smile does come after the child gets a new sausage, as in at our house the sausage on the ground will be quickly disposed of by a lovely fat dog helping with the clean up. All you have to do is clean up all the cups and plates at the end.

But if you go to the local Sports Club, like Cabarita Beach or Pottsville, you can have your party on the grass. Enjoy the warm winter sun, enjoy your wine, get hot chips for your hungry kids, and ignore the spills, and have them clean up all the mess for you! Even better!

 

And isn’t that why we have our lawns in Winter? Its a place we can go to and enjoy the sun of winter? Give  us a call and we can help you create a fantastic Winter escape for you and your family friends at your place.

Chat soon

Sare

This weekend its a BIG time at Byron Fields. Splendour in the Grass is on. I love anything that is excited about Grass! The lawn Grass. The Lawn Grass.

I love Splendour in the Grass. They get great Bands, great location, and most important they have a Coastal Turf Lawn to Splendour on.

 

This weekend I will be Splendouring in my own Grass. I will be relaxing and sitting listening to the music on my soft Blue Couch. Some of the music will be lofting up from the Amazing Byron Fields and some will just be my own music coming out of our house. I won’t be lining up for drinks. I will just have it sitting next to me. Also when I dance on the Grass with my kids, only my husband will laugh at my mad dance moves.

 

So to get the authentic On the Grass experience, give us a call. And we have the soft Coastal Turf Grass on your lawn. And you won’t have to pay a fortune for the drinks. Or see my mad sick dance moves. Just enjoy the music you love, and the Grass that you will love even more.

 

Chat soon

Sare

This week has been pretty exciting for me.

Coastal Turf and Tony the Turfman are great believers of being part of our community. And encouraging our kids, families, and friends to play games of all sorts on REAL GRASS. There are so many many health benefits of playing sport an a real natural surface like grass.

 

The bodily fluid absorption is a big one for me. My kids are the type of kids that although not extremely talented in any real sport, they throw their body on the line. I have told my daughter time and time again, especially as a small child, that skipping hand in hand with your best friend, although super fun and super cute, and probably quite talented, is not a real sport. If its not in the Olympics, its not a real sport. Where as Hockey, and football (of various varieties) are Olympic and Internationally recognised sports. And being children of a Turf Farmer and a Turfman being on REAL GRASS makes then especially appealing.

 

Take Football. I love that the Tweed area have started a Womens league for both Afl and NRL. I totally do not understand either of them. But we want to support them running on the grass, tackling on the grass and falling on the grass. Coastal Turf supply the Womens Tweed Coast Tigers with some Green couch for their oval. And support the Tweed Coast Tigers.

Go the Tigers! Love that Green Couch to run on and fall on.

 

The Tweed Coast Raiders Junior and the Senior teams are all supported by the Turfman. We believe that it is so  important to get kids out and playing sport so they will carry the love of REAL Grass and being outside playing sport on REAL GRASS for the rest of their lives.

Coastal Turf was very proud to support the Kingscliff Hockey Clubs juniors to arrange for them to all have a training shirt.

 

 

Nothing better than smiling faces of kids playing sport. So much fun.

 

So go out and enjoy your lawn. Train your future REAL GRASS players. And get them down to Kingy Hockey Club or Tweed Tigers or Tweed Coast Raiders and join them up to play on REAL GRASS some REAL sport.

 

Chat soon

Sare

PS Look for me at the next AFL Tweed Tigers game. And come over and explain to me what is happening, and appropriate times to cheer.

 

 

 

 

I am a mother of a Teenager, and 2 Tweenagers. And yes this does make me slightly crazy. But also it means that I hear a lot about what is trending on the net. At the moment all I have been hearing (other than stupid Narwal song. OMG! Do not look it up!) about is how People aren’t getting enough.

 

Now this can start off as an awkward conversation with your Teenager. When my son came and said to me “Are you getting enough?” my first face must have been one of shock and confusion. Cause his next statement was “Of Sleep Mum. Really get your mind out of the gutter!”

And of course I am not! I have a Teenager, and 2 Tweenagers! This causes you not to sleep well. Although physically harvesting turf, and installing turf does help me to sleep really well when I do finally fall.

My Tweenagers say its because my bed is not comfy. They said I should go down to the Blue Couch paddock and nap down there. Because it is so comfy and soft. Keith definitely thinks its a great place to have a nap.

 

So if your not getting enough maybe go outside and lie in the lovely warm sun on your Coastal Turf Blue Couch lawn and relax. Get a few quick zzzz ‘s on the lawn. Before the kids catch you.

 

Chat soon

Sare

 

 

Hey do you know what I’m Not doing this weekend? I’m not going to be mowing my lawn. And you know why? Its not because I have a sexy lawn mower man. Sadly no. Although I can dream about things like that because I will have the time this weekend.

Because I have two of the best types of turf lawn varieties in our region gracing my lawn. My yard tends to be a bit of a mish mash of all different varieties of lawns. My husband, the Turfman, tells me it because we are testing out all the different lawns at our place. If they can cope with our three kids, their friends, our fat dog and very active dog. They, Hey! They can cope with anything. The Palmetto Buffalo and the  Empire Zoysia are my favourites at the moment. (Like kids, you never have an actual favourite child, just one you prefer to be with at the moment. )  Both are slow growing turf grasses that cope well in the shade. They require little to no love from me to stay thick and lush. Its a beautiful thing.

 

And like playing two kids off each other, to see who you love the most, the Pal and the Zoys must compete to see who is my favourite. Just kidding, I don’t make my kids compete for my love. They are the bright light in my day that does make me want to keep going, and other days I dislike them all evenly. But the lawn, I am happy to let them compete. The Pal does perform beautifully under the trampoline area. It is robust enough to take the kids and the dog running, driving, falling and playing it all year round. The sponginess underfoot means they do not have to wear shoes outside. And I have no worries about Bindies invading the Pal. Its such a great tight knit lawn that nothing is hurting my kids feet.

 

But around the outdoor shower, where MY feet are most often bare, is my Empire Zoysia. Its soft, comforting and always green. I love the slow growing thinner leafed Empire Zoysia. The Zoysia envelopes my feet in its lush leaf. I feel like I’m walking on clouds of fluffy green as I move from the shower to the house. It does take a little more water than the Pal, but it takes half the mowing.

 

So I have put the two next to each other. And Turfman says we will see which one tries to invade and take over the other. The area is shadey, only getting 4 hours or so of sunlight per day. So it will be a real tester.

 

I’ll let you know which one at the end of winter is my favourite.

Chat soon

Sare

Its school holidays for  both NSW and Qld. And if your like me, you are looking for something for your kids to do. And my favourite thing to say to my kids is to tell them to go outside. We have a deal that for every 20mins outside, they get 5 mins of wifi! This means  Netlix, YouTube, and all those other things they watch the internet is limited to how much they go outside. And I have now enforced the “Fighting Penalty”. I’m not sure what happens at your place, but at ours, my son and daughter are either best friends or worst enemies. For levy fight I can hear (unfortunately I had to put this in so I don’t get the dobbing. Sigh) there is a 10mins penalty to existing Wifi time. Haha! I am an evil mother! Well thats what they tell me.

We are lucky here in that I have a huge area I can send my kids outside onto. I was shocked to receive from Turf Australia some info which said that now a days, in some places,   that 39% of our kids are spending less than an hour outside! 

What was really encouraging to me though, was that most parents were looking for places to live where their kids could enjoy some green grass time. 

We are all more than likely to put ourselves out for the happiness of our kids. And to stop the bickering. Being outside means our kids can run, tumble and giggle. Having a great lawn, means they can take their shoes off, feel the soft cushion of the lawn under their feet and laugh all day. At Coastal Turf we are here to help you you get the best lawn for your place.

 

A Natural Grassed lawn will absorb all those accidents; Be they wee accidents or bloody accidents; with little to no clean up from yourself. By walking bare footed on the grass kids get lots of sensory stimulation which calms them and helps them to earth themselves. This is meant to create happier people in the long term. My kids hardly ever wear shoes, and run bare foot across the turf farm all the time. The more I can keep them outside the better I think.

It also means that they have tried and tested all the turf varieties with Bare feet and can recommend what feels best. Here are my three’s recommendations….

Hollie (age 11, girly, plays hockey and loves Polar Bears) – The Wintergreen is best cause the ball moves faster across it. And its best to cartwheel on.

Riley (age 15, very tall 179cm. Loves his wifi, and will work hard to get more. Even if it means playing with his brother and sister) – The Coastal mix. It has two different grasses so it gives you different feels as you run. (He is a great at articulating his feelings. As most teenage boys are.)

Marcus (age 9. Loves Football. And wrestling. And Dad jokes) – The Palmetto Buffalo or Zoysia. Cause it is better to fall over on. Softer and bouncier.

 

I would definitely say that having a green lush lawn to play on is a thousand times better than your kids coming home like this though…..

This did not come out easily. I had to get them to stand on the greener grassed area to take the photo. On the mud you couldn’t see them.

Chat soon

Sare

 

I work with my Dad. And my Husband. And now its school holidays, with my kid as well.

Yes please do pass me that glass of Wine.

One of the Funny parts of working with my family, day in day out, all day, and then having dinner with them. Which I have made. And then making them all food for the entire day. And then cleaning up after them. As well as making sure they are all safe, and clean. And making sure that they know where all the orders are going and which turf is goes where with whom. Driving to soccer, football, hockey. Social engagements. Good I think my kids have more of a social life than I do! And Dad I think might as well. And finding that one illusive sock! Don’t get me started! Yes, thanks I will have another glass of wine. Sorry what was I saying?

Ahh yes, as well as all the boring day to day stuff that we all go through as mums, wives, and daughters, there is the lighter side of stuff, like the Dad jokes. My Husband does them. My dad retells them – sometimes badly. And my sons think they are hilarious! Ahh the men in my life. Have you seen those Facebook movies of the two men telling each other Dad jokes, and the other gentleman has to try not to laugh? Well here at Coastal Turf and Turfman they have. And it goes on regularly. And it put s a smile on everyones faces.

I do love dad jokes though. They are clean, happy and often cleverly funny.

Dad – Like Why did the chicken cross the road?

Son- Why?

Dad – To go to your house.

Dad- Knock Knock

Son – Whose there?

Dad  – The Chicken, remember he is coming over to your place?

So when I saw this I had to put it on. It just says everything that our Turf farm would Dad Joke about.

And the lawn is beautiful.

 

So give us a call for Some Funny Dad Jokes. But please do not call after 5.30pm. I will be having a glass of wine.

Chat soon

Sare