Anyone had sod laid lately? rec a company please

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by Austin97

would definitely go for a low water landscape. Do not do st augustine. Also the grass may not actually be dead

Just to expand on that a bit further. People all over Austin have been complaining about what a water hog St. Augustine grass is. It requires a lot of water to keep it green and looking good. It is a very poor turf choice for this area. But it is cheap so lots of builders have installed it. Its most positive attribute is that it grows better then most in shade.

Zoysia would be my first choice if I were planting a new lawn. It is drought tolerant, grows a dense thick lush turf that is resistant to weeds.

Bermuda grass is very hard to control and will require constant policing to keep it from growing into other planter beds, and is not a very nice lawn, it does not get very dense so does very poor at resisting other weed growth.

The City of Austin has some excellent free information, planting guides and other information on how to landscape with drought tolerant native plants, including design templates with plant recommendations. You can get them here City of Austin - City of Austin - Grow Green

Here is the link to the guide on turf grasses http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/growgreen.../turfgrass.pdf

Most communities in the area are under severe watering restrictions currently, which would make it very difficult to get a new lawn established. The City of Austin is restricting watering to one day a week (unless you water by hand held hose) and will NOT grant exceptions for new landscape installations at this time.

Speaking of shade. This is a good time to plant trees, they will have all winter long to get their roots established before next summers heat, but they will require frequent hand watering as long as there is no rain.

[janejanejanejanejane]

We will look into zoysia. We will also look into doing as much rock/xeriscaping as we can.
Oh trust me, the grass is deaaaad.