Jeremy Dieterich A Chronicle of My Life

Sean and Cami had spread mulch around the play equipment in the back yard, which looked very pretty, but was uncomfortable to walk on barefoot and required some vigilance to keep weeds out.  I decided to try and get the grass to grow back so it would be nice and soft by the time Junior is able to play out there.  I borrowed Nana's tiller to break up the dirt, and Mom and I spread out some Bermuda grass seed in the hopes of getting a little something started.  I patiently watered this big patch of dirt every day (not to mention shooing off birds who looked like they were interested in eating the seed), and after a little while some little bits of grass started to appear. 

It's awfully patchy, but I see new little sprouts all the time.  I'm also hoping that the surrounding grass will start to spread into the area, but that's not happening as much as I'd hoped.  Isn't that always the case?  I can't get the grass to spread onto a nicely watered patch of soil, but it has no problem at all growing across my sidewalk and driveway.  It's certainly a rather boring process, either way.