what to plant?

clueless@grass – posted 24 June 2005 16:08

I live near a lake and my whole front yard is nothing but red dirt. This is my first home away from my parents and i am clueless.what type of grass can i plant that will grow on the red dirt? when it rains it sucks up all of the water and when it is sunny it looks like a desert in my front yard please help!!!

wdrake – posted 24 June 2005 17:03

Need to know where you are!

clueless@grass – posted 25 June 2005 21:40

I am in east texas. Lufkin texas to be exact.

wdrake – posted 27 June 2005 07:12

St Augustine or you might try the “new” heat tolerant Texas Bluegrass!

QWERTY – posted 29 June 2005 09:08

Ahhh Lufkin… I went to SFA in Nacogdoches. Nothing but pine trees! Good old days… easy life in Nac, that’s for sure!