This year I decided to go organic with my yard. I’ve always been more interested in the flowers, vegetables, trees and shrubs than the grass but I have to admit the grass ties everything together and, besides, the rest of my family seems to like it a lot.
Now most grasses aren’t that thrilled with my sandy soil anyway so it takes a bit of work to make it grow at all. We finally realized that a mulching mower would not only save us work it would give nutrients back to the sad sandy soil. Knowing that the grass would need a bit of extra help for a while I spread bags and bags worth of pelleted chicken doo all over the lawn. I reasoned that if the grass were vigorous enough it would fight back against the crabgrass and weeds.
Well it is mid July now and the crabgrass has made its annual assault. We have enough of it that I looked out the door the other day and asked “Why don’t we just grow crabgrass on purpose?”, Well, Why don’t we?
The benefits:
You don’t have to plant it
You don’t have to feed it
What’s not to like.
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