Lawn Strut
Fatback
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I have my own yard for the first time in my life and I'm starting to care about grass. Might be my official entry into old headness. Fuck it.How do you keep it thick and green?
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don't water in the mornings or early afternoons of very hot sunny days - the grass will burn...early evening is best.
What about weed control? I have too many dandelions.
Some humans really suck.
Lawns are over rated.
That story--combined with your avatar--ruined my day.
i've never had to deal with them - i have no tips, sorry.
my backyard looks like a small forest, it's pretty wild and overgrown. i don't really take any of the weeds out unless the are choking other stuff and then i just yank them out.
file under: no help at all
...cues up In a Silent Way.
I wanted to go for the natural look but, they are sucking up all the water. Man, even the small flowerless ones have big ass parsnip size roots.
Dude. Just moved in to my first family house with the lady and the dog. With my first lawn to. Divided half. One half I turned the top soil up and spread mashed with the soil I bought at home depot along with grass seedlings. Last three weeks of rain and NY and grass is coming in nicely. Spotty in some areas but its looking good. Also planted mint, basil, cherry tomatoes. Lookin good. I really get a kick out of this shit too. Waking up every day watering my babies. Spraying them down with vitamins and organic shit. home depot is the record shop of the new millenium for me. All types of garden tools and shit. All in all grass is not complicating. nice top soil, sunlight, water.
Well, our dog tears up everything we plant within minutes. But I am getting into to going out there and diggin around in dirt. So I don't get so mad at her.
Summary:
You can be Hank Hill about it,
or you can be Lao Tsu about it.
I've learned that gardening is where it's at. I've even started a compost bin, which turns weeds into something useful. Heirloom tomatoes and fresh herbs will elevate your quality of life. My project for the summer is to remove all the red lava rock from the side yard and then get some fall/winter vegetables in the ground along with some decent groundcover. Yeah, Home Depot is always a destination on my days off.
the comment about watering is right. early morning or evening watering only. make sure you cut your lawn regularly. first cut ever should be down to 7 centimeters (whatever that is in inches), next few cuts about 5 centimeters. make sure the lawn NEVER gets dry during the first three to four weeks. grass seed needs water... lots of water.
you should plant some wildflowers. they don't need an intensive care. maybe, you can plant some bulb flowers. easy to deal with. and some spices... i put spices in pots though.
i can totally understand you. i take a look at my garden each morning. i'm a little proud... it feels very nice to plant your own vegetables and flowers.
private real life garden =
The weeds have run amok though and the grass is looking kinda spotty... its not a good time to throw grass seed out though is it (in the Southeastern US that is)??
I need to start composing. Do you really have to spring for one of those spinner shits?
Its easy to compost on your own without buying one of those contraptions... it doesn't even take much work
We used to just have a bigass wooden box in the backyard of my parents, with no bottom (sitting on dirt). We'd occasionally mix it up. The output looked great, not that we used it for anything.
our problem is raccoons - they even eat the heads of tulips! sadly, my herb garden was shredded before it really got to flourish. i gave up.
i really cannot compete with the some of the biggest bad asses in the animal kingdom.
where's the parsely at, lady?
I'm also into my push mower. It's good exercise too.
My mint game is out of control. I didnt know how quickly it would grow. Only tip I was given regarding veggies is not to water directly on them because the sun will burn right through the leaves.
aside from that, fuck lawns. i don't understand why americans love grass so much. shit is weak. plant some herbs, vegetables, trees, flowers, anything... what are you ever going to do with grass? anywhere else in the world people are growing much better shit. i take that back, grass is definitely nice to walk on and lay down in, but still, the amount of water that americans use each year to keep their grass green is fucking bullshit. in the not too distant future, water usage is going to become a really serious issue...shit it already is, and you're using it to keep you're lawn green? fuck you.
cosign... well i dont mean the fuck you part... but im kinda into rocks. gravel, nice rocks... it's been a while since ive done some new plants, but bonsai is where it's at. get a dope japanese maple (cha ching)... koi pond. game over.
Dude, I wish I had your lawn. My shit is like an untamed jungle. I have been raking all kinds of crazy shit out of the grass like car parts and piles of cigarette butts.
oh and this shit is the truth.
i feel for y'all
we bought a house monday with a two & half acre lot,
lots of grass, woods & inbetween (even a barn !?!)
i'm thinking, wild flowers might be a good look
look for my new record/gardening store to open soon
I would shop in such a store daily.
Me too.
I've had my house for 4 years now with the wife and kids and the lawn is my 3rd child.
I need to control this moss like now and shit but i don't like that moss spread that
turns it all black and makes the lawn look like a nuclear holocaust.
I grew up on a farm so all this city life is cray-zay.
I need some expert advice cause shits real in the burbs.
Leave the clover and dig the dandelions out by hand unless you want to use a systemic weedkiller. Spike the lawn, throw down some tough variety of grass seed for the bald spots (and a bit extra all over the lawn), sprinkle a bit of sharp sand over the top of the lawn and a bit of fine compost. Walk over it to flatten it then water the whole thing to wash the sand, seed soil down. Leave the first new grass to come up for a few weeks and don't cut it too short first time out.