| Zoysia grass has always appealed to me. I saw it | | | | 1. the price was almost double that of St. Augustine |
| many times before I actually realized it. Zoysia is | | | | 2. it grows much slower than St. Augustine and even |
| commonly used on many golf courses and more | | | | slower than Bermuda |
| recently on baseball fields. Well, through happenstance | | | | 3. it does not recover quickly |
| one summer afternoon, I came across the real thing- | | | | 4. it is best mowed with a reel mower rather than a |
| Zoysia grass. | | | | rotary mower |
| My wife and I were at a local grass farm looking to | | | | Noting three out of the four on the list were |
| buy some St. Augustine sod grass for our new home. | | | | negatives I felt we should rethink buying Zoysia. |
| Unfortunately, many home builders these days in an | | | | The hesitation was short lived. It was just to pretty. |
| effort to keep their costs down do not sod the | | | | I couldn't help but think of how nice the whole yad |
| backyard. New home builders- now that is a subject | | | | would look covered in a carpet like grass. Family |
| that I can write about all day long and I don't mean | | | | gatherings often mean barbeque in the backyard.I |
| just sod grass. Let me keep moving on with my | | | | know young and old alike would enjoy the soft |
| grass buying experience. | | | | cushion feel from the short Zoysia grass during a |
| Our first exposure to Zoysia grass was when we | | | | leisure outing. Envisioning a few moments like that |
| were shown the pallets of St. Augustine and | | | | was all it took to convince myself that whatever the |
| Bermuda grass. We were not interested in Bermuda, | | | | negatives were the outcome would be worth it. |
| but the person showing us the facilities of their grass | | | | So, we placed our order for four pallets of Zoysia |
| farm thought we might consider it as an alternative. | | | | Emerald that day before we left the grass farm. It |
| Next to the Bermuda sod was a single pallet of | | | | arrived the following day and two days later we had |
| Zoysia Emerald sod cut in 18 inch by 24 inch | | | | our new golf course like lawn. Four years later, we |
| rectangles. As he was giving us the prices and | | | | are still receiving compliments from friends as well as |
| delivery options, I could not help but notice how | | | | strangers passing by. With all the trials and tribulations |
| beautiful the Zoysia was. | | | | of the related lawn maintenance, I can say we are |
| From that point forward, all questions were on | | | | still very happy that we made the decision of laying |
| Zoysia. A few basics about the type we were | | | | Zoysia Emerald grass instead of St. Augustine. |
| looking at which was Zoysia Emerald were: | | | | |