What a Difference Water Makes!

When I moved back to North Carolina last summer, the state was in the middle of a severe drought. Because I was in Utah for most of the summer, what little lawn we did have quickly burned, shriveled and died. The top pictures in each grouping are what I came back to. Pretty pathetic, really.

So when Will got back in October, his mission quickly became to grow a thick, lush lawn that he didn't have to be embarrased by. Everyone told us that you simply can't grow a lawn from seed here in North Carolina, but Will was undaunted. After a good couple seedings, a big bag of fertilizer and WATER, the pictures beneath are what we have thus far: