Beautiful Winter Grass

This is my first year in Arizona that we have had beautiful, green grass all winter long!  Maintaining the grass here is like a secret that no one is willing to share, so I haven't ever had huge success stories with Arizona grass.  The sod we laid last fall had the winter grass already grown in, and the summer bermuda grass embedded that will come out in the summer when it gets to hot and the winter grass dies.  It was basically fool proof, so we couldn't mess it up too bad.  The bonus is that I found a fertilizer that has kept it green and beautiful all winter long - a backyard miracle!

Landscaping was one of the least fun things we have ever done.  And to think we paid thousands of dollars to put ourselves through that misery blows my mind!  But at least it's done and over with (and no more dirt!), and we don't have to worry about it anymore.  We don't have a huge yard - I am the first to admit that.  But that was part of the plan, since we like to do as little yard work as possible.  Also, the front grass is artificial turf, which was such a great purchase!  So low maintenance and beautiful all year long!  Here's how our yard is looking spring 2014...