Defending Evan's lawn...

Evan's pride and joy in the yard is his lawn. He always wants it to be the first to green up. He spends a small fortune to keep the weeds out. He does not want to over-water. He usually receives great compliments.

This year was different. It started off as usual - the grass was starting to green up.The spring was a wet one so we kept the water off. Then, Evan noticed that the grass was struggling a bit. On went the water, the sprinklers were checked and the watering schedule started. Still, no improvements. Hand watering begins.

We have had our "usual" dry spots in the past, but there were more this time. In fact, the whole lawn seemed to be struggling. Thatching the lawn drew up too much dead grass. Is the chemical company doing it's job? That seemed to be the only logical answer - so Evan picked up the phone to fire them.

Then the confession came. The distributor for this company had sent the wrong product and our lawn was the lucky recipient of a healthy dose of weed killer. Our lawn is dying. A slow and painful death (for Evan). There is a bright side. Eventually (after insurance investigations and whatever else they need to do to prolong the process) we will be provided with a brand new lawn. Evan did not fire the chemical company and thanked them for their integrity.

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