Yes. That's about 1:30 from my house. I will check in Rhode Island as it is much closer

What about in Northeast CT?

Looks to me that their is a bunch of grass that has been cut that was too long to be cut? Hard to tell from the pics though. Could be a fungus possibly?

I saw this post and use the rake dethatcher all the time. I too found it do well on Charlie and kept it under control.

I live with a well and a pool . Does not give me much discretionary water to spend on the lawn, but I do what I can.

I made my first MAJOR bonehead move using my sprayer. in early june Everything was going great early in the season and I decided it was time to spray Roundup on some areas of my property where we have stone, etc (along our driveway). Got distracted and went back to my shed to get the Triclopyr to sp...

Most higher end courses roll the greens regularly to smooth them and make them faster. That really causes compaction (on top of the obvious foot traffic) Verticutting allows them to cut down (usually 1/16' to 1/8") and kept the grass much healthier. Greens are relatively fragile and can be temperame...

I worked at a course as an assistant to the super (basically rode a mower all day. lol). Our course used to aerate and topdress at least 2 x per year on bent grass greens and verticut on an as needed basis. The reason we verticut so frequently was we regularly rolled the greens which made for better...

Understood. I am on a well too. Were down 600ft and have a ton of water, but still get the surge and lull. Makes it tough. I literally have a homemade system with 3 heads to hit the area that is sandy. Wish it was an easier transition to make it all look great.

I am in the same boat as you. Most of my lawn looks great, except for the one problem area that is full sun all afternoon, and also a really poor sandy soil. I can water it all I want, it never helps. That area is planning on getting a total dig out this fall. I am planning on replacing what is ther...

I have a "3 sprinkler" system on one problem area of my lawn that typically gets torched every summer. Installed it about two years ago and I buried the flex pipe below the ground for aesthetics. It covers the whole area and typically, doesn't need to be run on a program. I go out, turn it on, and t...

Nice work. Love the color..

My front yard looked like that a few years ago and I finally figured out if was grubs (did a shovel test to see if grubs were present and they were all over). They were devastating that area and not other areas. I ended up doing a treatment with Sevin (the carabyl one) and the next spring it made a ...

I run into this over our leach field for our septic system where the topsoil is relatively shallow. Over the years, it has been a battle through June-August to keep it perfect. This year, it seems to be holding on, but I started to creep the height of cut up a few weeks ago, guessing hot weather was...

Close. Using a backpack sprayer is an all day affair if I were to treat the entire lawn. Actually looking to build a sprayer rig (have the parts to do it, but lack the motivation, lol!!!) Have way to many other projects with my tractors right now. I have an annoying issue with my zero turns electric...

I am with you. I get real nervous on the tenacity. I am learning to live through poa outbreaks by handling it as a pre-emergent. seems to keep outbreaks in check. Any outbreaks that happen tend to be isolated and "tolerable" I have a few "hot spots" near pasture land that need constant attention.

The original "farm wall" has been there since the 1800's(you find cool stuff when working on them. Arrowheads, horseshoes, wrought iron nails, etc). Farmers used to stack the stone along the edges of the fields when they tilled them. Many have been rebuilt since. I rebuilt it about 6-7 years ago. Th...

here are the pics of the wall. Takes lots of patience and time to get them solid. Always remember "one over two, two over one". Makes the wall solid!

I will take some pics tonight. They are all loose stone erected which is traditional in our area. Always maintaining them...

It is not cheap. I have been slowly moving away from the "scotts" program as results were always a crap shoot. Doing more targeted application of weed control and pre emergents every year actually has reduced the cost considerably. I have used milorganite with quite a bit of success, but always rese...