It has been 11 days since we planted our yard and things (I think) are going pretty well. Last weekend, the area saw a pretty nasty storm which included massive amounts of rain and even a town-leveling tornado. Luckily our town was not in the tornado's path, but we DID get a lot of rain which ended up washing out some of our newly graded yard. You can see one of the ruts created in this picture:



There was an area on the other side of the house that also experienced washout, but rather than being a 2" deep rut, it washed out more like a delta pattern. I'm planning on coming back later on to fix these areas after the majority of the lawn is established. This will allow me to baby those areas a little more.

The good news is that the front yard and back yard seem to be mostly intact. The back hill also seems to be mostly unharmed. I'm pretty much judging this by the fact that the straw is still spread evenly in those areas, however, I am still worried that some of the seed may have washed away underneath the straw. I'm not sure if that's feasible or not, but if I go out and try to examine the dirt, I have a somewhat difficult time making out individual seeds (those KBG seeds are TINY though). Some seeds could be covered by straw or dirt, but I still wonder if any of it washed away. Hopefully not.

Now for the good news. We are starting to see sprouts in the yard!! I'm guessing that these sprouts are from the Perennial Ryegrass and not yet the Kentucky Bluegrass as it has only been a week and half so far. If anyone knows how to tell the difference between Ryegrass and KBG sprouts, please let me know. Here's a picture of some of the sprouts which I'm assuming are from our Ryegrass seeds (remember I only put down 20% Ryegrass. There were WAY more KBG seeds in the mix):



Here's a picture of some other things sprouting. I'm assuming these are some of the original grasses coming back up from live roots. To me, they look too hardy to be from new seed. Anyone know what they might be?



And of course, there are several weeds coming up as well, but that was to be expected. Overall, I think things are going pretty well, but I am getting antsy to see some more results. Hopefully, the KBG will kick it in to gear and start sprouting!