The new lawn, blue grama from seed, does require fairly regular watering the first year, but watering can also be fun.
A blue grama lawn, grown on decent soil and with the right maintenance, requires far less watering than almost any garden anyone can imagine.
the miserable gardener 
Excuse me for saying so, Bob, but this is the second rump shot you have posted. What sort of blog is this shaping up to be?
I know Bob has a lot of military men in his ancestry: perhaps one was a rear admiral?
I guess I’m to be the butt of a lot of jokes here.
Bob