to get some grass from the golf course and over a period of time eventually turn my backyard into either the fairway or something similar...

across the street is where they have the reserve strips of grass.

not sure though.

10/25/2007 1:57:59 PM

i'll help

10/25/2007 1:58:24 PM

sounds like a lot of maintenance

10/25/2007 2:03:25 PM

well i wanna be able to chip in my backyard.

there was a guy off of six forks road, when i was growing up, who had a putting green on his front lawn.

all out grass, hole and flag. it was right on the main road so everyone would see it.

this was 10-12 or so years ago, now you can kind of tell but i think he tore it down

10/25/2007 2:06:12 PM

We used to have a nice 9 hole courtesy of a putt-putt that had closed down about a decade earlier. I wonder what ever happened to that astro-turf.

10/25/2007 2:08:58 PM

if you want a putting green, fake is the way to go

10/25/2007 2:11:30 PM

i would like to get some chipping mats from the driving range, but i need something life like to see my divots

10/25/2007 2:13:22 PM

It's not hard to boost some turf from golf course maintenance. I'm pretty sure Hedingham golf club has some creeping red fescue. Drought resistant, low maintenance, and requires a smaller amount of water to grow than bentgrass or bluegrass. Of course it would probably be better to just buy your own seed or turf rolls. (It's not much fun swiping stacks of grass.)

Use bentgrass for a putting green.

[Edited on October 25, 2007 at 2:18 PM. Reason : bent]

10/25/2007 2:14:49 PM

its a federal offense to steal turf

10/25/2007 2:20:16 PM

You have to be an idiot to get caught.

10/25/2007 2:21:37 PM

thermal blue grass >> all others

10/25/2007 2:21:49 PM

I've heard thermal blue needs a shitload of watering, but besides that, great for north carolina.

10/25/2007 2:28:02 PM

Quote :

"there was a guy off of six forks road, when i was growing up, who had a putting green on his front lawn."

this dude is dead, his old old wife mows the lawn now.

10/25/2007 2:36:52 PM

^what.. damn.

ill look into bentgrass, and if it seems decent, i may just do a putting green also. but thats probably not going to happen.



i think the whole backyard would be too much. i want an area to chip from, and maybe get some bentgrass to simulate a putting green to practice spins.

10/25/2007 3:09:09 PM

bttt

10/26/2007 9:46:33 AM

i wish there was a way to bump to the bottom

10/26/2007 9:48:33 AM

i used to sneak over and putt on that guys lawn when i was in middle school.

you are talking about that guy that was basically right across the st from that big ass church?? let me see if i can find the crossroad...

10/26/2007 11:07:18 AM

6forks and shelley? that guy?

10/26/2007 11:09:08 AM

^ yee yee, i drive through that intersection every day.

the green has been taken out, it's like a sand trap now.

10/26/2007 11:09:40 AM

haha.

heck yeah.

old school raleigh

10/26/2007 11:49:37 AM