I understand why families decide to hydromulch rather than hand-sow grass seed. But.....because we are people who want to do everything ourselves because labor is so expensive, we decided to go the hand-sow route. $80.00 for seed versus $2000 at least for hydromulch.
After doing some research, I decided to go with Sahara Bermuda. It is supposed to be drought resistant and hearty. This is important in the rugged West Texas heat. Worse case scenario....we've lost $80 on grass seed and a couple of weeks with a muddy loblolly.....and we have to call in the experts.
This is before the black dirt is trucked from a fertile swag in the pasture....
This is after.....
And here is a garden update......everything is growing....we should have our first produce by the end of next week. Notice the corn stalks in the back left corner....That is CORN on the top. I smushed two more gigantic green horned tomato worms. I picked them...bare handed....from the tomato vine and stepped on them. It was empowering... ;-) These grape tomatoes will be the first to ripen. They are beautiful.
See the damage the tomato worms have done to this plant? They are really becoming a problem. What to do......I guess this will be my next research project.
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