Damn it. I’m on day 21 not 24 ‍♂️

I’ve been watering twice daily as of late. This afternoon I took the push mower and bagger out and mowed off 12k sq ft. This half of the project was covered with straw that was still wet and had a lot of seeds. Thus more weeds. I don’t want the weeds outcompeting the grass seedlings so I mowed it at...

I’ve got weed pressure in the half closest to the road. The straw had a lot of seed in it. Tomorrow if I have time I need to mow and bag the clippings. From afar it looks like we have a lawn. Up close the bluegrass is popping and starting to fill in. https://i.postimg.cc/GHHSZRkV/FBDD7-B97-C74-D-497...

Thank you very much. A lot of babies!

Things are still spreading in. Weed pressure in the 12k sq ft area where we had crummy straw. I’ll have to hit that later with Tenacity. In the past we’ve had weeds from straw but by the following Memorial Day they’re taken care of. It was 67 here yesterday and I only ran the sprinklers one time. Th...

Picked up 7/8” of rain but it was so spread out it didn’t hurt anything. Kept the sprinklers off today, it was sunny and high of 67. Nice preview for fall.

Things are coming along nicely:

Received 7/8” rain today. Cleared up in the afternoon and I was able to mow some

Woke up to unexpected rain. Had to run outside and turn sprinkler system off. It’s a renovator’s dream….not too hard and not too light.

Walked The whole area this morning. Noted some bare spots. Pulled the truck out around the perimeter with straw and seed. Did some patching of seed/straw where needed. Adjusted a few of the sprinklers. Snapped one photo before I came in. https://i.postimg.cc/w1YJNpPF/D870-E627-B1-D5-48-CB-9-B4-C-254...

Things are looking good overall. A little more grass pokes through the straw each morning. No adjustments to water. Yesterday and today are sunny, high of 80. Rain forecasted to move in late this weekend. https://i.postimg.cc/w3LhBPtH/AD0-E4-FB0-DED1-4696-8-F20-D8579-E7-E83-B3.jpg https://i.postimg....

^^^Even better!

You could go your route of planting an annual/nuking as you mention. Would you be opposed to a mix? KBG and Perennial Rye Grass…the PRG germinates very quickly. Admittedly it won’t be all KBG. But you may get fortunate to have something germinate and take hold. Beware though…if you’re wanting all KB...

Mowed, trimmed, and turned sprinkler system back on for reno

Labor Day update. Whew, we’ve had a wet weather pattern all weekend long. Early Saturday morning it rained a good 3 hours straight. Fortunately it wasn’t a hard rain. This morning we received 1.5” of rain in about 2 hours. I had standing puddles in spots. The rain stopped, the water retreated. I’ve ...

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September 5th, 2022, 11:30 am

Quite the family project...Looks awesome! So glad to hear the rain helped without washout. Good luck with it!

Thanks Ed! It was a fun little reunion, and we knocked out a big task fairly quickly!

Took the trash out this morning and pulled back some straw. Some of the PRG seedlings are sprouting which is good and expected based on previous renovations. Scattered showers in the forecast for Labor Day weekend. https://i.postimg.cc/CBx6wvc2/08-A3836-F-F4-D7-4880-A666-345565-FB6320.jpg https://i....

Sprayed quincloroc on my spring reno that’s full of crabgrass

Sorry you lost Olivia Morph, but that’s a great outcome for you

Hello everyone. Hope all is going well! Sunday I kicked off the fall season and my sixth installment of converting our lot into real turf. It started back in March actually when I started the search to secure seed, mark off the plan on the calendar for killing off the existing front lawn, etc. The a...

I know you’ve already gotten a soil test. If you obtain one through Logan Labs and post it here, you’re going to get some great advice on soil management.