I am acquiring a new home w/ covenants that requires that at least 50% of the "yard" be grass - it doesn't specify KBG so I am going w/ BG & foregoing the $5K sprinkler system associated w/ KBG. Any ideas where I can get BG sod in CO? Thanks in advance, billgr Gawd. My complaint about Colo is the prevalence of covenants. You may want to examine the wording and ensure that brown grass for 7 months is OK with the rules. The natives like crested wheatgrass likely won't work here, as the intent likely is for 'well-manicured'. I second the general shout-out Reveille or some of the other "low-water" turfs out there, but these won't work if you don't install an irrigation system. As we don't know where you live, we can't give you specific advice for suppliers, but I'd call one of these and ask them, shouldn't take long... Dan

Busy, the swags I have now (not in the picture below) already have a tannish gold with rust checks, and it just looks dirty. With my kitchen and DR having a lot of white I'm thinking the B&W would look better. Especially in the kitchen. But that's why I have you guys, to see what I can't see. lol. Here's an old picture of both windows. Right now they both have the swags which aren't shown. What I like about the black and white is the crispness of the two colors combined, and it matches the other colors perfectly. Windowsill and countertop decor has completely changed since this pic. Backsplash has ruby red diamonds with light yellow diamonds around the sink and stove. Floor is a cream and rust. Oh, the light above the sink is a white schoolhouse style with a red stripe going around it. Ditto for the ceiling light.

Hi again Ange. Well you know your septic system could be the reason for this, having one on our 1 1/4 acres in Townsville and I refused to have the tank close to the house so with plenty of room it was moved a fair distance away and I used to have this long line about 45cms wide that was always lush and green even in the very dry season. And another thing Ange you mention bore water, you know that could have built up of a lots of salts in to too, sorry I dont know much about that kind of thing maybe you could find out, and do take a PH of the soil it should be around 6.5 - 7.5 for most things to grow. I am surprised that you have not applied any fertlisers to your new lawn after having it down over four months, who knows maybe it may need some as the yellow could also be a sign of it lacking some trace elements then again it could go the other way like too much. I would ring where you got your lawn from and have a chat with them they should be able to put you in the right track reguards neutralising it if that is what is needed. I hope it comes right for you and good luck.....MM.

Hardy fig or Chicago Hardy.... I heard they're all very similar and are part of the Mt. Etna Family. Apparently there's 100 different Mt. Etna varieties that are all very similar to each other. Moses, to be honest, I'm not sure what I have. I bought a Strawberry Verte and ended up with this. Others have said it looks like a Chicago Hardy... or Mt. Etna type. I totally agree with you guys... sometimes this forum is dead.... but when it gets busy, it can get hard to keep track of a whole conversation.... Very hard if you haven't been on here for a few days and there's 50 messages to go through lol.