60-Minute Lawn Care by Jeff Ball and Liz Ball . Sod seems to offer a very easy, instant lawn, but it takes skill, time, and a lot of hard work to lay it and nurture it. Furthermore, sod needs watering for an even longer period of time than grass seed because it takes so long for grass roots to penetrate and establish themselves in the base soil.
Sod is also very expensive.
Here again, you must go for the highest-quality grass. A discussion of how to install sod is included below, but we feel it is more of an undertaking than most yardeners are willing or able to handle. If you have the money, the best way to go is to have a professional landscape firm install the sod and maintain it through the first season. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express.