Have you done the screwdriver test? Does water seem to sit on the surface and not permeate into the soil? I see your comments on the soil, but little detail is given. Have you tried digging into the soil in that area to see what the composition looks like compared to other areas? How long have you l...

This is what my vole damage looks like. Quite different from what's shown in your pictures. https://i.postimg.cc/kDy1fvjg/Full-Size-Render.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/MXw37FmL/IMG-1718.jpg I've seen the buggers. Their homes are in the mulch beds near where these photos were taken. All signs point to Vo...

Thanks as always Andy!

Picking up supplies from the local feed store today and starting first applications tonight.

Original owner of a new property in a recently developed neighborhood ~15K sqft. Landscaping was installed last summer (2022). Front was graded with contractor soil, sodded with KGB. General area is re-purposed farm land / deforested. Back was debrushed/deforeseted, graded and hydroseeded with who-k...

I had an infestation at my first law. Rigged up a hand held sprayer bottle holder on my mower. Every 3rd-4th mow i'd attach the bottle to my mower, stop and spray anything that looked new as i was mowning. It seemed i'd find runners sprouting up year round! Usually my mow height was higher than the ...

2 puppers in my household. I've resorted to doing my lawn care broken into two parts - this can be challenging if you're relying on rain to wash in your apps however. Hit the front yard, keep it off limits for a few days - doggos have free reign in the back. Hit the back a few days later, doggos hav...

Cool cool. Thanks for the inuput guys! Kind of what i expected. I had full intentions of more or less designing the system myself. During preliminary site visits for the landscaping project, i expressed some of my concerns based on previous irrigation installs i've experienced. In that moment, i cou...

Performing my cup test today using these handy fellas - third or foruth test i've done across 3 different irrigation systems over the years: https://www.amazon.com/Sprinkler-Bright-Yellow-Outdoor-Measuring/dp/B005C5OP8G/ref=asc_df_B005C5OP8G/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309804216142&hvpos=&hvn...

Absolutely insane. I bought 30 some bags at less than $5/bag a few years ago.

I should have invested some retirement savings and flipped it.

The moment it feels like we’re greening up, we get hit with another thin blanketing of snow. Odd, it was over 80 degrees Easter weekend. Spent most of the weekend outside doing spring cleanup. Trees, bushes, ornamentals budding and blossoming. But… We’ve had 3 mornings since then where we wake up to...

random side thought - anyone watch the Masters? Notice how their pristine grass (though painted and dyed) grows right up to the trunks of their trees? Also notice how their trees are shapped like lolli-pops? No branches until you get to the 30+ ft mark... Tons of sun light at the base! Easier turf m...

Dropped some generic Tenacity on my "far back" portion 4/7 - planning on seeding some bare spots where hydroseeding washed out. Tenacity mixed with Prodiamine on "front" and "back" sections 4/9. Spent the entire good friday-easter sunday working on the yard/mulch beds. Damn it felt good to get some ...

Looks gorgeous! I sifted through the straw-like top layer today and could see some green underneath. I'm feeling better about it now that it's not trending in the wrong direction. Twists my stomach a bit to have an eye sore in the front of the house while everything is still fresh and new. Poor patc...

Thanks! Wife and I find ourselves discussing the topic atleast once/day - we're both anxious to get back there and get the appels off the "grass babies" as she calls em. She asked today; "did they respond on your grass website yet?" :rotfl: We'll probably go back there tomorrow afternoon and gently ...

Recently had landscaping installed at our new house. Back side of the property had some brush cleared. Several reasons i chose not to sod this area, so we opted with soil prep + hydro seeding. There's a beautiful apple tree in this area that's currently dumping apples, at the same time our hydro-see...

Thanks for the reply. I combed through the top level of the soil, and there was quite a bit of replacement done by the contractors by request. No doubt there could be something buried deeper though. However, i'm thinking that since the sod looked different within an hour or two of being installed on...

"Can only post 4 urls" message when i only had 3 :rotfl: Here is a side by side of the blades (dominant sod left, odd sod right): https://i.postimg.cc/jDYZXbBL/image.png Thanks again, enjoy your mowing this weekend! (i haven't had a good mow in two years now, counting down the day until this sod mat...

Hi ATY - long time no read/write. Recently moved into a new home and finally got our landscaping project completed after nearly a year and a half of mowing nothing but weeds :banghead: Overall, everything went pretty well. Yesterday, they finished laying sod on the hell strips. Sod, i was told, was ...

I find that the lower my deck height is, the finer the mulch and less clumping i get.

Could just be my mower though...

"ok.."?!

That's a pretty remarkable improvement from where you were at in half a season! Nice work!!