Yard Makeover: Days 18 and 19
Day 18, installing the substructure for the drivable grass:
Day 19, sod is in! They worked so fast I didn’t get a picture of filling with soil. The soil is packed into the spaces of the support structure, and the sod laid over top.
Our hope was that replacing concrete in this area with the drivable grass would reduce the temperature in the back yard, and it seems to be working. Yesterday’s low 80’s F temperatures would previously have made this part of the yard unbearably hot. With the grass it was still warm, but tolerably so.
Bonus pic, nighttime lighting in the back. Now you can see what those posts were for. Cable was strung across to hold overhead pendant low-voltage lights. We’ve planted some trumpet vine that will also grow up the posts and across the cables. Look at the nice pattern the lights make on the wall!
(We’re keeping the furniture covered until all of the work is done.)
We’re down to finishing touches now, and should be mostly done by the end of next weekend. I’ll hold off posting any more pics until all of the landscaping is done. Whew!
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Wow! There’s a lot going on.
Lovely transformation! I’m looking forward to seeing the end result.
What a wonderful space…and instant lawn!
I can imagine some late night gatherings in the back yard with friends and the lights will be twinkling!
Yay for driveable grass (and yay for no cement or asphalt driveway!!).
It all looks wonderful, Pseu, and I really like the idea of driveable grass, so much cooler-looking, in both senses of the word.
Such transformation – and that green grass just looks so cool too.. Love the night pic with the lights on. x
I have never,ever heard about driveable grass. Amazing! I can´t believe, that everything has gone so smoothly. The night view looks wonderful.
What a great idea, I did not know about the sub-stucture, I love your lights at night. We put two large lanterns on our fence and rewired them for low voltage for ambient light and it reminds me of the Pirates of the Carribean at Disney land, Love that ride and all the lanterns. Kathysue
What is drivable grass? Tell me everything! I love it 11/10. You will feel overwhelmingly happy when this is all actioned. Well Done.
Beautiful!
Thanks everyone! We’re already really enjoying the new space.
FF – Driveable grass is grass that can be driven or parked on. The plastic substructure provides stability and drainage. The advantage over concrete or asphalt is that it’s cooler (doesn’t collect and radiate heat), and it reduces runoff. Rain or irrigation water percolates back down through the ground and into the water table instead of running off through street sewers back into the ocean. In areas prone to drought, the less runoff the better.
Drivable grass is so cool in many ways! How long until you can actually drive on it?
I love the reflection of the lights at night!
Well done!
Wow – looking so great!
wow, have never seen something like that. I have a drive way that was filled with rocks. I hated the look so I started covering it up with mulch. It’s nice, but the mulch runs off with the rainstorms (it’s at a slant) and I’m getting weeds every which way. THIS may be something for me to consider. Can a person install it herself (as in moi)??
Looks amazing.
Substructure for “drivable grass?” Get me an G&T poste haste!