It's not the sand, it's something else they're doing. Tell us about your situation. Where do you live in GA? How often and how long do you water? How high/low are you mowing and how often? When were the last two times you fertilized and what did you use? Have you used any herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides this year? If so, what? Sand is a golf course thing. When people see it going onto golf courses, they think it must be important to do. The reason golf courses do it is to improve water penetration. Their grass is under extreme stress with golfers on it every day. They want it to look perfect so they overfeed and mow every day. You don't do that so your grass is not stressed. Under that stress golf course grass will become hydrophobic and shed water. Sand seems to be a simple solution for that. It has nothing to do with spreading. Besides that adding sand or topsoil is a really bad idea for home owners. I have pictures of lawns that are 10-12 inches too high because they've gotten 1/4-inch of topdressing every fall...for the past 40 years. Any amount of sand or topsoil ruins your drainage. Just put it out of your mind. If you want a perfect lawn, we can help. Just be a little patient. Answer the questions and we can get you on track. In the mean time, search Google for "bermuda bible." The first hit is the most recent revision. Memorize it. And as I recall it never mentions sanding. You don't need it.

Hi Laura, sorry I missed your post, you posted just 1 minute before I made my post haha! The beaches in bermuda were definitely the nicest I have ever seen. There were plenty of large rocks around the beaches, but the sand itself was really soft and fine. The beaches around my area dont compare at all! Definitely one of my favorite vacations even though I was only there for 5 days. My plumerias are doing really well. The cuttings you sent me are growing really well, the Scott Pratt is doing especially well, it put out a ton of growth this summer. The California sunset is doing well too, but I think I will give it more sun so it grows a little faster! My largest plumeria is approaching 13 feet tall (pot included) and is now the tallest tropical plant in my yard (even larger than the Adondila I bought!)so it's going to be a real challenge finding a place for that one inside. It has 3 inflos on it now but I can only take pictures of the blooms from my upstairs window! It's about a week or 2 away from blooming. Looks like it's going to have to get cut back next spring as much as I hate having to do that to my plumerias! I havent posted too many pics of my plumerias this year because they all bloomed so well last year that this year there have been barely any blooms at all. My plumeria Divine put out 2 flowers from the inflo that it made indoors and it is just now starting to make another inflo. My Pretty Princess has always been a late one to bloom and it's inflo is still a good month away from blooming. I hope it blooms before it's too late! Hopefully it will be a warm fall and nmaybe next summer the plumerias will all have enough growth to bloom like crazy again. I hope your plumerias and tropicals are all doing well! -Alex

I've battled this problem before. There are several options. For me, the cheapest and easiest was chicken wire laid down flat on the ground in front of and just under the fence. Tuck or tamp down the edges. It comes in 3 or 4 foot width and the grass or landscaping will grow right through it. I had to cut out around a couple trees. But eventually it kind of gets buried under the grass or the mulch the dog can't dig through it. YOu would have to pull up the chicken wire if you ever needed to dig in that area though. My friends put an invisible fence in about 5' in front of their physical fence. It also adjusts out and around some of the landscaping to keep the dog from digging in the soft soil of their flower beds. I've also used some barrier logs and barrier fence panels that were stiffer and tougher than the rest of the fence. I used them in the problem spots where the dog was pushing the fence up and away from the ground to get over the chicken wire. My dogs are rarely in the fenced yard unsupervised, except when I step into the garage, the shed or the house for just a moment or two. It always amazed me how fast the escape artists could dig a hole, just enough to push the fence up to squeeze out. Learning from my experience, newer pups are trained, from the get go, to stay away from the fence. Most of them are taught not to touch the fence. Stern corrections whenever they get near the fence have worked pretty good. I just wish I would have done this with my older dog. And If I ever had to do build a dog proof fence over again, I would pay the extra money to have the fencing trenched a couple feet into the ground.

Pound-in edging is probably adequate for stopping shallow roots of grass and clover. It won't stop the seeds from blowing in, but it sounds like you're more looking to block root/runner spread. For something more aggressive and deep, like bamboo, they make more significant barriers that can be buried (leaving some sticking up so the stuff doesn't jump the barrier), but that seems overkill for regular grass and clover.