Hello love bugs! It’s Valentine’s Day and what Valentine’s Day would be complete without heart shaped pizza for lunch!…sorry I forgot to take a pic of it before we devoured it! Prime UC Verde time is just around the corner in spring and with that being said, I thought I’d do one last status update [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted in Lawn Pics! on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Still Looking Good!
Posted in Lawn Pics! on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it has been about two and half weeks since I applied the turf colorant to our dormant UC Verde Buffalograss lawn and it’s still looking good! As our grass continues to lose its color as the winter weather takes over, the colored portion is looking better and better I’ll keep taking snapshots of it throughout [...]
UC Davis Documents Their UC Verde
Posted in Lawn Pics!, Testimonials, Tips & Advice, Tours on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The folks over at UC Davis documented their whole UC Verde experience from brand spanking new plugs to how to deal with winter dormancy. Check it out! Rye grass versus a turf colorant to keep UC Verde looking green through the winter:
The Turf Colorant How-To Video is Here!
Posted in Lawn Pics!, Tips & Advice, Tours on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As promised our very first how-to video is here for you all to see!!! In it, I’ll show you how to apply a turf colorant to your dormant UC Verde Buffalograss lawn! It’s a tad cheesy, but what can you do? – it’s hard to give a demonstration and not sound a bit cheesy! :) So watch [...]
City of Santa Barbara’s First Water Hero
Posted in Lawn Pics!, Tours on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whoa, Santa Barbara has a Water Hero! Dennis Allen of Allen and Associates, has been named the City of Santa Barbara’s first Water Hero for his four unit condo development, Victoria Garden Mews, in downtown Santa Barbara. The residence will become a model for green residential building in southern California and may become the “greenest” residential development [...]
Brand Spanking New Website!
Posted in Lawn Pics!, Randomness, Tours on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hey y’all! Guess what!?! I finally finished the new UC Verde Buffalograss website!!! I know finishing it now seems like the most random time with it being the end of the season and all, but eh… If you have the chance, go by and check it out!
Sustainable Garden Design in SLO
Posted in Lawn Pics! on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I stumbled upon the blog of Carla Wingett of Flora & Fauna Garden Design in San Luis Obispo, California and her recent installation of UC Verde Buffalograss for a client! Carla decided to go with a very natural meadow look, here’s how she describes it: “This lawn is planted with UC Verde Buffalo grass plugs [...]
UC Verde Transplanter at Los Angeles Park
Posted in Lawn Pics! on September 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For really, really large jobs – like this park project in Los Angeles, we send out (imagine UFC announcer Bruce Buffer’s voice here)…thhhhhhhhhaaa TRANSPLANTER!!! It’s not perfect, but it will save some poor fellows’ back from installing 280 trays of UC Verde Buffalograss. That’s 35,840 plugs which would otherwise be installed one by one by one [...]
Corey’s Lawn at 12 weeks!
Posted in Lawn Pics! on August 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Contest-Winner-Corey has been keeping us thoroughly updated on the progress of his lawn! Read on below if you’re interested in seeing his detailed account – you might be able to apply some of it to your UC Verde lawn…or if you’d rather just look at his pretty progress pictures you can view it all on this [...]
Neighborly Love
Posted in Lawn Pics! on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Remember my parents’ neighbors whose newly installed UC Verde Buffalograss lawn I snapped pics of a few months ago?… Well, here’s how their grass is looking now!
