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- Today, 1:39 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 109
Re: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
It's supposed to snow next weekend, so I dormant seeded blue grama. Then I saw that we're supposed to get canyon winds Monday night through Tuesday morning. I hope the seeds don't all get blown away. Winds aren't supposed to get above 70 mph or so, though, so I'm hoping there won't be any major dama...
- January 9th, 2021, 6:42 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Looking Forward to 2021 Season
- Replies: 6
- Views: 149
Re: Looking Forward to 2021 Season
I'm going to spread humic acid, boron, and balanced fertilizer as outlined in my soil plan. I'll also spread spent grains every brew day. That's only a partial change. I've spread grains in the past, but I made the switch from partial mash to all grain, so I'm spreading considerably more now. My irr...
- January 9th, 2021, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: How Is Everyone Doing? (Coronavirus)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 875
Re: How Is Everyone Doing? (Coronavirus)
I know two folks who have died from Covid, probably a half dozen others with mild cases. One of the guys who died, was 51, no pre-existing conditions and had run 81 marathons. He got sick, started recovering. reported feeling much better on a Sunday. He relapsed Tuesday and was dead by Thursday. I ...
- January 9th, 2021, 2:25 am
- Forum: Lawn Renovations
- Topic: 'New' House, New Lawn Renovation Continued 2021
- Replies: 9
- Views: 94
Re: 'New' House, New Lawn Renovation Continued 2021
I had 7 siblings. I'm pretty sure at least one of our phones had a cord like that so we could take the phone into the garage for privacy.
Although that never actually worked because there were so many excuses to suddenly need to be in the garage.
Although that never actually worked because there were so many excuses to suddenly need to be in the garage.
- January 9th, 2021, 2:21 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: How Is Everyone Doing? (Coronavirus)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 875
Re: How Is Everyone Doing? (Coronavirus)
At least 5 families in my neighborhood have had it. All had mild cases, but at least one person is a covid long hauler. She got it in early July and still had symptoms a recently as a month ago or so (I haven't asked her recently). I work in IT and I'm close enough to retirement that I think I can s...
- January 4th, 2021, 12:02 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 109
Re: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
I spread roughly 12 lbs of spent grains.
Switching to all grain brewing may help me increase the organic content of my lawn. It'll soon be snow covered (I hope), so I won't be able to spread on the lawn for a while. But once it warms up again, I'll spread grains every brew day.
Switching to all grain brewing may help me increase the organic content of my lawn. It'll soon be snow covered (I hope), so I won't be able to spread on the lawn for a while. But once it warms up again, I'll spread grains every brew day.
- January 1st, 2021, 1:53 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: My mom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 411
Re: My mom
:clapping: So sorry to hear about your mom... It does seem that she taught you a sense of humor and I hope you gave her a good send-off in spite of this COVID mess. R.I.P. Nobody traveled (not even Boston to Sharon). They set up a live stream of the funeral. Fittingly (considering her technical prow...
- January 1st, 2021, 1:39 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: My mom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 411
Re: My mom
And a great greatgrandmother. She was having a 4 generation dinner (newest great granddaughter was most likely sleeping) when she had her heart attack.Masbustelo wrote: ↑December 28th, 2020, 4:01 pmFrom reading the obituary it seems she was a great mother and grandmother.
- December 27th, 2020, 2:31 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: My mom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 411
My mom
My dad died on Good Friday.
My family is highly competitive.
My mom: hold my beer
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjsta ... =197364969
My family is highly competitive.
My mom: hold my beer
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjsta ... =197364969
- December 26th, 2020, 3:45 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: Merry Christmas to All...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 228
Re: Merry Christmas to All...
I have an excuse. Provided by an east coaster.
But I'm not allowed to share it yet.
- December 26th, 2020, 1:04 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: Merry Christmas to All...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 228
Re: Merry Christmas to All...
Merry Christmas
- December 24th, 2020, 1:28 am
- Forum: Warm-season grasses
- Topic: Help Identifying Grass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 685
Re: Help Identifying Grass
It really looks like K-31 (Kentucky 31) fescue to my eye. Broad blade. Durable beyond belief. Would probably survive a nuclear war and come out unmussed. And most of us hate it (see broad blade above). It's a clump grass, the color's never better than average, but...well, it literally will survive ...
- December 24th, 2020, 1:18 am
- Forum: Weather
- Topic: Winter Solstice: The Days Start Getting Longer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 799
Re: Winter Solstice: The Days Start Getting Longer
I hope the powers that be are doing a good job of preparing people for the side effects. From what I've read, the first shot can have some unpleasant side effects, and you should plan ti take a day or two off after the second shot. But that still seems very much worth it to me. So far, they're not ...
- December 22nd, 2020, 1:34 am
- Forum: Weather
- Topic: Winter Solstice: The Days Start Getting Longer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 799
Re: Winter Solstice: The Days Start Getting Longer
Vampire-Americans, however, will experience shorter wake periods and faster-moving meals as the season moves on and general health improves. Their moods may suffer. My BIL is a front-liner and got the Pfizer vaccine. His side-effects were...not fun, so plan for 12 hours of relative inactivity. That...
- December 20th, 2020, 12:17 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Question re rock salt and grass
- Replies: 15
- Views: 580
Re: Question re rock salt and grass
That may depend on the soil. I'm not sure adding more calcium to my soil is a good thing. But the amount in the ice melting stuff would probably be a drop in the bucket.MorpheusPA wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 8:51 pmSame difference! Although there again, I'd use calcium chloride (it's actually better for the soil).
- December 14th, 2020, 12:06 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 2020: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
- Replies: 255
- Views: 12870
Re: 2020: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
Actually yesterday. It was a brew day, so I spread ~12 lbs of spent grain on the lawn.
Switching to all grain has really increased the amount of OM I'm adding to my lawn.
Switching to all grain has really increased the amount of OM I'm adding to my lawn.
- December 14th, 2020, 12:02 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Castor oil question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 160
Re: Castor oil question
Voles can smell much more than you can. I haven't used castor oil, but I've tried a variety of other deterrents with varying degrees of success. I've had best results with poison.
- December 3rd, 2020, 1:07 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: soil test
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1013
Re: soil test
I'm not sure where in Ontario the poster is, but I had a project in Toronto and was there during the winter. It's colder than Philly, but not as brutal as Minneapolis. It's pretty close (geographically) to Buffalo (some of the people on the project would fly to Buffalo and drive to Toronto because s...
- December 3rd, 2020, 1:07 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: soil test
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1013
Re: soil test
I'm not sure where in Ontario the poster is, but I had a project in Toronto and was there during the winter. It's colder than Philly, but not as brutal as Minneapolis. It's pretty close (geographically) to Buffalo (some of the people on the project would fly to Buffalo and drive to Toronto because s...
- November 27th, 2020, 1:56 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Final Urea App Question....
- Replies: 22
- Views: 644
Re: Final Urea App Question....
I don’t think the article has weakness at all. Just newer way of thinking about late nitrogen. The difference between areas shouldn’t matter in terms of climate more than soil type. A sandy soil would hold onto even less late nitrogen than a less sandy soil. You can ask yourself have you ever actua...