I wrote about our garden some months ago and the “battle” which we had with the grub worms.
We had Japanese grass in our garden but during the rainy season, colonies of grub worms flourished and we had a really hard time “battling” with them.
On hindsight, it was completely foolish to do “battle” with Nature. Of course Nature will win, right?
The grub worms which are actually larvae of beetles would eat up the Japanese grass. They can destroy all the grass (this was before we filled up the sides with gravel, so it was a much bigger patch) in two days. Our lawn would be reduced to a “tanah gersang”. Totally dry and dead.
So, husband started by catching the grub worms and putting them in the park. He would sometimes catch hundreds of grub worms in a day. But the grub worms multiplied faster than he could catch. Soon it became a totally futile task.
Then, we got wiser.
I noticed that the grub worms only ate the Japanese grass but not the weeds. So, I suggested that we let the grub worms have their fill, forget about having Japanese grass on our lawn and instead, let the weeds flourish!
After all, the weeds are very green and actually look quite “nice”.
Why not, right? As long as we keep the weeds short, we would still have a presentable lawn. All husband ever wanted was a green lawn. Why can’t we have a green lawn of weeds, right?
So, since then, we are now proud owners of a very green lawn.
If anyone were to ask what type of grass we have, I’d just say:
Why, we have Malaysian grass!
It looks presentable, doesn’t it? It’s actually ALL weeds.
All the Japanese grass is gone. It’s just all weeds…
And underneath these layers of dark green moss, there’s where the colonies of grub worm live.
Live and let live, right?
The grub worms can flourish and we can have a green lawn which requires practically zero maintenance. What more can we ask for?