Quote Originally Posted by Jefe's AR View Post
Are your water costs that much?

You can do A LOT of watering for the cost of a bag of fertilizer. And likely just as effective unless you have other problems with your lawn.
My watering costs are very low actually. A $20 bag of that fertilizer I posted will last me a full season or more. When I first moved to Colorado I wasted a TON of water on my lawn because in Nebraska we had great soil so all you did was water more when your lawn wasn't deep green and healthy. I was watering like crazy and my lawn still looks dried out and crappy. Couldn't figure it out until my neighbor asked me what I used for fertilizer and I was like.... fertilizer? lol A couple of decades later I have more of a focus on feeding properly and my watering is a fraction of my neighbors even though my lawn is far healthier. I think it comes down to do you want a truly healthy and impressive lawn or do you just want something to take up the area around the outside of your house and be just healthy enough to keep your neighbors from hating you? Not everyone takes pride in their lawn these days so lots of my tips will be lost on most reading them.