The lawn fertilizer guy was here today. I do not do lawns. Okay, I mow it, but that is about it. I do not care about what a lawn may or may not need and just want it to look good- green with no weeds. I do not want to worry about what kind of fertilizer it needs and when. And core aeration is just more than I am willing to think about. And so, I have a lawn service. As long as they don’t spray herbicide on my plants (yes, this has happened and I promptly got a check for replacement value from them and a promise to be more careful) or spill too much lime on the driveway (yes, this has happened too and I had them come back and clean it up) and keep the lawn looking enviable, I’m happy. They fertilize, de-moss, kill weeds, spread lime, re-seed once a year and aerate. I just turn on my irrigation system and mow. The lawn is just about perfect. I say “just about” as we don’t have an edger, but otherwise, it’s as perfect as one can get it with a line cutter. Now this is all despite the neighborhood association and here’s why…
The association has a no granular fertilizer clause in the covenants and no one can figure out why. The water district prefers granular as this doesn’t flush right into the water system, but here we here with this nonsensical clause. This is another reason I have a lawn service. Trying to use the fertilizers that you spray with a hose are just too much work and are barely effective. I tried. I would actually rather be weeding. So, the lawn service sprays their magic lawn elixir and sometimes even use granular, but it’s not my fault. I am on the record telling them that it isn’t allowed here. I am glad they ignore me and just do their thing like I pay them to do.
Yes, it’s still raining and I have been reduced to writing about my lawn. At least it’s very green!
