Project House Landscaping
April 12, 2010
First, we’d like to thank PODS for their generosity in providing a POD for us to use as a construction storage solution during the project house build. It was a huge help and without it many things would have taken longer, materials would have been ruined, and the house would have been a storage shed and construction site. Thank you PODS!
Now that we bid farewell to the POD its time to get the landscaping started! The first item on the agenda is a lawn and for that we have three choices; seed, plugs or sod. Seed is an option but we want results, fast, so we are going to Sod. For this aspect of the build Southern Sod Services has sponsored the “sodding,” so stay tuned to our live show every Saturday from 11AM – Noon and keep checking inthehouseshow.com for updates on the project house.
For those of you that are wondering what “plugs,” are or want to know the differences between seed, sod and plugs keep an eye on the In the House Show calendar because we will have Cary Atherden from Southern Sod Solutions on-air in the next few weeks to answer this question and more. If you have a specific burning question that can’t wait email it to; inthehouseshow@gmail.com and we’ll get you an answer immediately plus give out the answer on-air when Cary is in the studio live.
04/14/2010 update:
Cary Atherden of Southern Sod Services visited the project house today and sprayed a herbicide to remove noxious weeds prior to sod application. This would have been the only treatment needed, however, a patch of wild bermuda grass was seen on the edge of the property. As Cary states; “It is a very aggressive grass, and unless eradicated prior to installation, it will invade and eventually dominant (take over) the new lawn.” Because of this discovery a second and possibly third herbicide treatment will be performed prior to sod installation.
Pictured is the Bermuda wild grass that must be removed prior to sod application.
04/29/2010 update:
Today Steve Divito and his crew with City Beautiful Landscaping arrived at the project house to install the irrigation system that is needed to keep the lawns and garden at the project house looking pristine. The project house features two zones, with zone one controlling the front and side of the house and zone two controlling the backyard. The backyard features an organic raised bed garden. Because the garden has different watering requirements than the lawn City Beautiful Landscaping also installed a garden watering attachment where up to six separate hoses can be attached to water larger plants directly at the base.
City Beautiful Landscaping arrives at the project house for the irrigation system install.
The project house backyard during initial layout of the irrigation system. Note the raised bed garden and flag inside indicating the garden watering attachment placement.
05/04/2010 update:
Today Cary Atherden of Southern Sod Services arrived at the project house to install the sod. At this point all irrigation had been installed by City Beautiful Landscaping on 04/29/2010, as well as all herbicide treatments have been completed in order to suppress weed growth, to give the new lawn a good healthy starting point.
Cary Atherden sets the pallets of sod around the project house yard in order to minimize walking and maximize installation efficiency.
The project house backyard minutes before sod installation.
Cary Atherden of Southern Sod Services rides the roller which ensures the sod in pressed flat into the existing ground, thereby removing possible imperfections.
For more pictures of the irrigation system or sod installation please check out the Project House Page and click on “Exterior of House.”
