As the July sun has been beaming down on my yard, it's feeling the heat - I'm not a yard water-er (my water footprint would be horrific!!) so I'm trying to decide what to do to help my hard beat the drought and the heat. In searching for drought resistant grasses I've found that most Fescue seems to be the most accepted drought tolerant grass available. Although not very tolerant to foot traffic, most fescues can get by with little to no summer watering in a cold season climate (like mine in NY) but from the map I found at fescue.com, it seems like the majority of the US (excluding the hottest portions) can plant fescue with success. Most fescues are shade and drought tolerant and will stay green all year! BONUS!
Fescues can be successful when direct and OVER seeded in NY in the fall to help with a great looking lawn in the spring and summer. Overseeding is probably the best method to stomping out all the weeds that invade our lawns throughout the spring.
So this fall, I'm looking at overseeding my lawn with a tall fescue (tall fescues - and older fescue varieties that were once thought of as weeds and for pasture forage, are now being used as staples in many cold season climates... ) The newer varieties of Tall Fescue have been developed to contain more natural disease and insect resistance as well as having better blade structure.
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