Part of  a series dedicated to making fun of how crappy the landscape is at our house, check out our sweet patch of backyard heaven:

This is was Zoysia ‘Palisades’, left over from Cheline’s project, which we wrapped up in May.   Notice how the grey/tan/ straw coloration contrasts with the sickly pale green hues to create an artistically unique arrangement.  Also note how some grass blades are much longer than others, creating a beautiful illusion of poor maintenance. 

The second photo is of Cheline’s backyard, shot at about the same time.  Same grass, same installer, even the same person maintaining it.  

The difference?  Cheline paid us.  The cobbler, however, skipped out on paying his invoice.  So I’m punishing him by half-assing the maintenance.  Oh, and we also installed a fully automated irrigation system complete with MP Rotators with uniform precipitation rates and precise water delivery at Cheline’s.  The watering system at our house is the cobbler with a hose at 6 in the morning, but only when he feels like it.  And Jake the dog also employs the patch as his experimental natural fertilizer test plot, so that probably doesn’t help.