Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 28 Mar 2007 21:35:18 GMT, Steveo wrote in
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Who knows how some of that stuff gets started? It may have been 7% of
the seed blend when that lawn was initially sown, as I said it creeps.
It's a weed to you but I know people with big trees that would love to
have it.

They can come get it anytime they want.

For sale- fine fescue, pick-up only. Will not ship.

I'm in zone 3: semi-arid,
temps between -10 to 110 degrees, and unusually windy the past few
years (apparently due to global warming).

Or them damn volcanoes. Al Gore on line one.


So my choices for grass are
limited to bluegrass, some types of tall fescue, and tumbleweed.

The -10 is too cold for tall fescue? We get that temp here in the Buckeye
too but not very often. Tall fescue is the next bluegrass, considering the
water budget for most.

There
are a few varieties of fine fescue that will work here if you're
willing to shell out major bucks for water, and some crazy folks
around here do just that, but the stuff I have doesn't seem to handle
heat at all..... kinda like it came from the wet side of the state. I
just want to get rid of it.

Weird. Fine fescue is considered a shade tolerant only turfgrass here.
We're only a few thousand miles apart, right?

Oh well, I
guess I'll be planting a sod garden this year. Thanks tho.

I wouldn't do sod unless you're looking for instant green. Is the grade
OK?

Yeah, it's just a slight slope, but it's right next to the sidewalk.
So either I lay down sod or I shoot all the stray dogs and neighbor
kids that would otherwise trample my seedlings. As much as I would
like to do the latter, I think I'll just go with the sod plan.

The dreaded traffic problem. New sod isn't in love with it either, but I
know what you're saying.

At any rate good luck with it.