Getting ready to do rolly pollies
Eden has been working like a made man of late to get our yard sewn with grass seed while the weather is still on his side.Over the last couple of weeks he has transformed our block (I think I will always call it 'the block') from this...
... and this...
...to this. 
I know the before and afters don't convey the change but believe me there is change. First of all we poisoned the jungle of grass that at one stage was taller then Chloe. Then Eden decided to 'burn off' the dead grass by himself with the aid of one plastic watering can, one plastic bucket, and a hose missing the end connection (lucky we still have our house). He then hired a tipper truck and for two and a half days moved dirt from our Uncle Kim's and his friend Sam's. I'm not sure how many loads he did but it looked like land minds had gone off all over our yard with all the piles of dirt everywhere (once again I was not quick enough at getting a photo before Eden had moved onto the next stage). For the next stage outside help was needed so we got a bobcat driver in to move dirt around and shape and smooth our yards for a day and a half. When he had finished Eden and I could not wipe the smiles off our faces, our block had been transformed and within such a short period of time we were some much closer to having a lawn (something we are hanging out for especially with two children who seem to take after their father and love being outside more then in).
Next was the sowing stage. Around 15 kilos of seed and fertilizer to match was scattered by hand. Since then Eden has spent almost every afternoon outside lovingly removing surface rocks and ensuring that everything is just right. I think Eden is very quickly turning into one of those people that love their lawn- and we don't even have a lawn yet.On Saturday we noticed 'baby grass' starting to sprout. Today you can see a green hue all over the block, a sign of things to come.
When we first started moving dirt to the block we told Chloe that we were making a nice grassy hill for her to do rolly pollies down. Come spring I can see alot of rolly pollies happening in these parts.
posted by Stephannie @ 3:10 PM
6 Comments:
Love it!! It really does look fabulous, like a big stately mansion with lush rolling lawns...maybe a big grecian water fountain smack bang in the middle would just finish it off! Hmm.....nah, would get in the way of the roly pollies and the slip and slide! I know where I'm heading for Summer :)
Cant wait to see it when the lawn is fully grown. It will look beautiful.
Oh wow it is going to be one lovely green lawn. can adults do rolly pollies too?
Invite me out when the grass grows to do rolly polys with Simone please... that will be a hoot!!!!!
it does look great i must say ... the house does look all stately sitting up there on the hill!!!
Annette by the way...Kelvin's wife
I love your house!! Em and I often wish you lived over here so we could Eden to build our dream house!!
Wow i love your house Stephanie!! looks like my dream house... seriously! If im ever in Tas i'll have to visit ;)
BTW i love your blogs... they're always very entertaining!
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