Sand does not hold a lawn the way inland ground does, and near the river a bare patch stays bare until somebody does something about it. Jersey Shore Sod - Monmouth County lays turf and tends lawns along this stretch of coast, where salt wind and quick-draining soil decide what will root and what will not. New sod goes down seam to seam and watered in; a few weeks later the joints have knit and a yard that was dirt is grass. From there the work becomes maintenance — mowing at the right height, edging, trimming, cleanups at both ends of the year. There is a specific pleasure in that first cut on new turf, the mower leaving a stripe where a month ago there was nothing at all.