Meant to post these progress photos last week, but too much work to do to post photos! Figured I'd add a couple for those that prefer to see progress in photos instead of words. Photo 1 - Spreading Loam. (I used the bricks so that the landscaping rake would screed the loam to a uniform depth. I had ...

I'm looking for some help identifying some sort of white fuzzy growth all over the surface of the soil on the 1st Wet Day after a Milorganite application. Any ideas on what it is? Should I be worried? Background: Applied Milorganite to only front yard 5 days ago. Mostly dry weather since. Lawn is No...

Congrats! 500 sqft sounds like fun -- you get the fun of a renovation without days and days of prep!

For a winterizing product... For a maintenance product.... Those both seem like excellent products, but I have no idea how I would be able to purchase those here in NH as a homeowner, rather than as a greenskeeper who would be buying product by the pallet. Anybody in NH/MA have any experience with ...

An Agway near me in Schaghticoke, NY makes their own fertilizer. I called and asked for Sulfate of Potash, 0-0-50. He said it's 0-0-61, granular and white. I asked if it was Muriate of Potash and he said no, Muriate is red. Earlier this month, I called about 12 places near me looking for "Sulfate o...

The next question is: are those the results you'd expect (as far as N, P, K levels) for a sample taken just prior to the first spring fertilization, given that the lawn was sufficiently fertilized the prior year? I trust Andy's assessment that if that test is reliable, the lawn has been significant...

I go back to work Monday after a long vacation. I don't know how you guys find the time to renovate while working full time! It would seem close to impossible without taking some vacation time. I can see it now when you get back to work... "Hey Gryd, what did you do on vacation?" " I had a 'staycat...

To think I was worried about seeding without using some type of slit seeder or aerator. Based on my observation I see zero difference from when I used to use a machine and this renovation where I seeded, rolled and top dressed. Thanks to Andy, JG and anyone else who convinced me that I'd be okay. I...

Thanks Ken-n-Nancy .. Do you know which weeds you have successfully killed so far? In all honesty, I don't know what they all were -- I took the Triangle Approach to heart and didn't bother to identify them -- as long as they disappeared, I didn't care what they were! ;) The only things that didn't...

My backyard is full of weeds and I do not want to do another reno. We have a ton of threads about reno, but not too many about triangle approach. So I thought I will start one and show pictures of what I have and how it turned out. tnkrer, thanks for doing this! I had great success with the Triangl...

Is there creeping red fescue in your mix? That stuff slowly spreads. Between that and the 10% KBG you should be okay. The mix is 35% creeping red fescue. I guess time will tell how it does with filling in... If all else fails send the wife out to over seed in a couple years. Sorry, just had to get ...

How much shade do you have in your backyard? Do you get any sun back there? I wish I knew how to quantify that a bit better. The sky is open enough in back that lots of indirect light gets down into the back yard, but there are some sections that see hardly any *direct* sunlight. Andy asked the sam...

You mean to tell me your wife does this with you? My wife won't so much as pick up a stick! In fact she hates the fact that I'm all into lawn care even though I'd probably be a lazy sack if I didn't get out there and work on the yard. If you don't mind me asking I see you included your wife in your...

ericgautier wrote:16 yards by hand? WOW.. I wish you the best of luck!

I think we're both going to be sore for quite a few days still!

You're lucky they were able to deposit it in the back yard for you! I have to haul it from my driveway to a wheelbarrow to the area.... We were fortunate about that -- I had expected to have to wheelbarrow it from around the side of the house, as I didn't think the dump truck would be able to make ...

Well, the 16 yards (tons) of new loam/compost mix are spread in the back yard at a pretty uniform 2 inches depth, it's been rolled, and fallowing has commenced. Wish I had started sooner to have more time to fallow, but it is what it is. Have the sprinklers set up for short 4-times-a-day watering to...

9 lbs / K of a good calcitic lime (encap, pennington, mag-i-cal) now and when the ground thaws this spring in the front. Drop 9 lbs / K of a good calcitic lime now on the side. We got 90 pounds of calcitic lime down today on the 10K of the front and side! I (Ken) wasn't quite able to finish the job...

... I mowed an area down to 1.5 inches. Hit it lightly with a plant growth regulator and over seeded with Jump Start Kentucky Bluegrass. I seeded 15 days ago and those sprouts are already almost 2 inches tall and poking through the Tall Fescue everywhere. What is this "plant growth regulator" you d...

27 day will be better - Ca will displace K - and we don't want to throw money away. Thanks for letting me know; I would have botched that up! Yeah, you'd think the salt from winter would be leaching through too, particularly in a sandy soil. If it's not watering with softened water, maybe it's anot...

Quick note on mulching.. if you have a push mower it might be better to upgrade to a more powerful machine. I tried different blades on my old one, and no matter what it just couldn't chop them up. I bought the Honda HRX and that thing mulches tall thick grass / leaves/ anything ;-) I do have an el...