Quest For Grass Part VII

We once again begin our quest for grass in our yard this year. We have lots of shade and lots of pine trees which have been dropping needles into our yard for 30 years, turning it into an unfriendly environment for grass. We have a beautiful covering of moss in places, many weeds, wild strawberries and onions(?), and some grass.

Yesterday, after a tune up of the lawn mower, I had the pleasure of cutting the grass which was waist high in some places. It took great skill to keep the mower from stalling but I persevered and got it done. The plan for today was to loosen up the soil and put down seed but it has been raining all day so that won't be happening.

The seed of choice this year is Pennington Professional Landscaper's Seed Mix. It's "Penkoted," whatever that means. It's supposed to be drought resistant which could be helpful in the summer when it gets so blasted hot here that you can't eat. We've used the grass seed mix from the local garden center. We've used several variety of Scott's but this is the first time we've used Pennington. We'll see what happens.

As I said, it has been rainy all day which made it a perfect day for baking, but alas, that was not to be. I have some almond paste and I was hoping to make some sweet rolls using that and Julia Child's sweet brioche recipe. The oldest is in music overdrive today. He had piano for an hour, is currently at a two hour orchestra rehearsal and has a cello sectional from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. You can only imagine what all this work will do to the mood of a 12 year old who is being kept up about an hour and a half past his usual bedtime. I hear the prayers from my loyal followers already. Perhaps I'll bake tomorrow.

Enjoy the rest of your day.