Pallet Size, Block Size, Number of Blocks & General Info

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We should have put this information on our Frequently Asked Questions page but somehow we missed it! Sorry about that! We'll try to update that page at some point with this information but wanted to post it here since we get these questions everyday. Normally a pallet of grass has 450 sq. ft. of sod on it. We can make larger pallets if we need to fit a certain amount of grass on a truck or some reason but typically each pallet will cover a 450 square foot area. The individual blocks of grass are 16" x 24" in size. (We can do a larger, 2' x 4', block also but we don't harvest that size every day so if you were needing that we need an order ahead of time.) There should be at least 170 blocks of grass on each pallet but we typically try to put 175 to make sure there hasn't been a mistake because we want to make...
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Day Two of Phone Outage

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We did get our phone and internet service back about 3:00 PM yesterday afternoon, but lo and behold it's out again this morning!! We heard that it was copper thieves yesterday so maybe they hit again last night but sure seems strange two days in a row. Sorry for the communication problems! We can check email on our phones so try that if you need to get in touch. Thank you!...
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Technical Difficulties

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We are without phone and internet service today! We apologize for the inconvenience! Comcast is our provider for telephone and internet service and they have both been down all day even though Comcast support stated the problem should be corrected by 11 AM. Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience and we hope things are working very soon....
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Another Frost

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We had another cold night last night. The temperature got down around 34 degrees. That's not a problem for the grass really except that we also had a frost on the ground! Frost is what takes the color out of the grass this time of year. Our grass was much greener until we got a couple of frosts on February 14th and 15th. Those two frosts really knocked a lot of the color out of our grass.  And then with the frost last night it just keeps the grass brown and dormant and will take longer for it to be real green. The grass will really start to grow once the temps at night can stay above 60 degrees. Just wanted to give an update on how the grass is coming along.  Thanks for checking in with us!...
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33 Tips and Tricks for iOS 6

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This post isn't about grass or sod or even Murff Turf really but since we mostly use iOS devices we thought it might interest some of our website readers also.  Sorry we don't have a link to tips for Android users!  We don't have anything against Android but since we don't use it we don't keep up with the what's going on in that world too much. This is just a link to an article in Macworld by Dan Moren and Lex Friedman about tips and tricks you might not know about in iOS 6.  There are some really good things in there.  We really like the one about having highlighted text read to you in different accents!  Hope it helps!  ...
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Winter is a Good Time To Plant

Winter is a Good Time To Plant

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Just a reminder that the winter months are a great time to plant grass.  Yes, the grass you purchase will probably be yellow or brown because the warm-season grasses we grow in Texas turn dormant in the winter; but the grass is alive and healthy and can put down roots now and be ready to take off once the temperatures warm up. And since the grass is dormant and we usually receive regular rains in the winter months the newly planted grass requires MUCH less water from you to get established!  Usually one good rain or watering from you right after you plant is all you will need to do this time of year. Here's a couple of pictures from grass we harvested on Thursday, January 31st.  You can see it has a little green color to it but it doesn't have the normal bright green of spring.  But it is healthy and ready to be planted. We sometimes get asked why...
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