[Heel n Toe]

Call the highway department and ask them what kind of hybrid grass that is that they plant everywhere along the interstates. Around here, it's some kind of super resilient, drought resistant, needs-no-fertilizer centipede.

Funny story; a few years ago, I noticed there was a big wash of sand on the pavement along one side of an on-ramp not far from us. I drove over there one Saturday morning with my trailer and a flat-bladed shovel and in 15 minutes or so, I had a few yards of sand to spread in areas of my yard that needed some help in providing a foothold for my centipede to spread.

What I didn't realize is that sand had a lot of seed in it.

That stuff took hold and in recent years when it's been dry and we haven't been able to afford to water enough to keep parts of our lawn from dying and going to weed, the areas where I put that sand is covered with that "super grass" and it continues to spread slowly and is always the first to get thick in the spring. I wish I had it on the entire yard.

Did I say super grass? That used to mean something else.

BTW, I don't have any of it in shady areas, so I don't know how well it would do there. I've been thinking of calling the highway department to see what it is and how expensive it is.

One slight disadvantage: in times when there's a decent amount of rain, it gets high faster... I've been known to go mow it and come back to the rest of the yard a week later.

Did I say get high faster? I need to quit before this gets worse.