Without going too deep into it, my builder didn't listen to me on when to bury the septic tank for our new house build and as a result we were stuck with all the rain here in SW Missouri. We didn't get top soil in until early June. While we are 18" over our annual rain fall, we haven't had more than a short heat based sprinkle since late May. We are not on flat land so we are worried about when we do get rain that we'll lose the top soil. I put down a mixture of fescue and Rye and have been watering the hell out of it every night. Starting to get some starts from the Rye. This is just an annual rye so it won't come back next year. Which means I really need to get a good plan for getting grass around our house. I'm at approximately 14,000 sq ft that I need to grow. I am in a financial situation that I can pay sod prices.
I'm curious if anybody out there has some suggestions. I'm generally not a fan of fescue. I love zoysia even though it is brown half the year, I love the density of it. I like to walk barefoot in the yard if possible, so a nice dense, soft carpet of grass. I do not have a sprinkler system, though I've make-shifted one off of my two outdoor spigots. Not ideal, but required under the current conditions.
I'm curious if anybody out there has some suggestions. I'm generally not a fan of fescue. I love zoysia even though it is brown half the year, I love the density of it. I like to walk barefoot in the yard if possible, so a nice dense, soft carpet of grass. I do not have a sprinkler system, though I've make-shifted one off of my two outdoor spigots. Not ideal, but required under the current conditions.