Mr. Turf

About Mr. Turf

October is the turning point in this valley: nights finally cool, the Bermuda starts thinking about going tan, and it is time to sow rye across the top so a yard stays green through the mild winter. Mr. Turf builds a whole year around that calendar — feeding, treating weeds before they can seed, opening compacted ground with an aerator so water and roots can travel. Under the Green Springs slopes, where lawns sit right up against dry hillside, a thick stand of grass is something a person earns rather than inherits. The payoff arrives as a soft, even carpet with no bare patches and no yellow scald where the sun leaned hardest. Washington and St. George lawns both sit on the schedule.