The grass behind our condos has taken a beating this year. The trees in the nearby forest compete with the grass for nutrients. Months of prolonged ran has further leached out much needed minerals, The maintenance people dig ruts in the grass when they run their heavy riding mowers over saturated soil, then more rain eroded it even more. Threes have been removed, but the HOA has refused to cover the area with new grass because they feel it is a waste of money. The final blow came when the contractor power washed all the buildings with bleach prior to painting them. The heavy dose of chemicals came just before the cold set in so there was no time for the grass to recover before dormancy. The end result of all this abuse is huge areas where there is no grass at all, and many places where the grass is so spare as to look like a mud hole.
Not wanting to look at mud all winter, much less risk losing more soil due to erosion, Bruce has obtained permission from our HOA to put out winter Rye seed to cover the area behind us. It is about a month later than ideal for starting such a project, but we had no choice but to wait for the painters to finish running their trucks back and forth before we started. It is TBD whether the seed will germinate and have enough time to get established before the first frost arrives. But we are determine to give it a try.
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