Hurray For Llama Beans - A New Green Lawn

In April we dug up the old lawn in the garden and threw all the clod of grass and roots into a mound or knoll along the fence. Then we sprinkled llama beans (manure) evenly over the the ground.

We covered the area with llama bean (manure)



The little llama beans protect the seeds from the winds and are just the right height to cover them. I run a rake gently over the beans in an up and down motion just enough to vibrate the seeds down a bit to cover them. The llama beans are a balanced fertilizer and keeps the grass seeds and surrounding area moist.

Below you can see green blades of grass are peeking thought the layer of llama manure we applied.  It took awhile to sprout with the weekly snows and cold temperatures. But Mother's Day I noticed the welcome green haze coming up from the lawn. The right side was planted first. The left side of the garden lawn was seeded a week later. Notice in the far upper right hand corner of the picture there is the little knoll we built from recycled clods of grass. We will plant wildflowers there when the weather warms.

A new green lawn is sprouting