NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Discuss how to and whether you should renovate your lawn
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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Tony alony » January 4th, 2016, 12:52 pm

NCLG, the lawn looks darn good.
How's the new mower working for you? I would expect it to be quite a time saver, with your size lawn. What height are you mowing with it?

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Post by nclawnguy » January 4th, 2016, 6:58 pm

Lawn Pics 1/4/16. Did an overseed into existing crappy fescue blend. Turned out pretty good, nothing like my last lawn. Lots of weeds popping up now after all the wet weather I have had.

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Post by nclawnguy » January 4th, 2016, 7:05 pm

Started Edging out some small beds in the front yard. Plant on killing the area inside with round up, plant and mulch.

Small quarter circle front corner, bought a japanese maple (orangeola) to go there.
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Extended front bed on front right side of house.
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Matching beds at bottom of driveway.
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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by nclawnguy » January 4th, 2016, 7:06 pm

Tony alony wrote:NCLG, the lawn looks darn good.
How's the new mower working for you? I would expect it to be quite a time saver, with your size lawn. What height are you mowing with it?
Thanks Tony. Love the mower, the cut is so clean. Can mow the whole lawn in 40-45 min.

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Tony alony » January 4th, 2016, 8:16 pm

NCLG, looks gorgeous!! I'm now convinced that your techniques are the perfect example, and an inspiration, of the mastery of lawncare. You've taken a new piece of land and shown how well you can manage your environment. That is; a different soil than you had before, and in short order; turned it around to another beautiful lawn. Congrats!!


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Post by probasesteal » January 4th, 2016, 10:23 pm

I'm impressed with how good the fescue looks, especially after looking at the before pics.
Have you done a jar of soil composition test?

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Post by nclawnguy » January 4th, 2016, 10:33 pm

These pics were taken 7/16/15 when we went under contract on this home. As you can see, the lawn was a mess. To be fair, we were under a severe drought at the time.
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Post by nclawnguy » January 4th, 2016, 10:40 pm

probasesteal wrote:I'm impressed with how good the fescue looks, especially after looking at the before pics.
Have you done a jar of soil composition test?

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No, but it will probably show high content of sand.

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Green » January 5th, 2016, 12:11 am

Looks good. That's a solid-looking lawn for people who aren't nuts like we are. I know it's nothing compared to your most recent KBG lawn and it's not even up to your old TTTF blend, but considering what you're working with, it looks great. It's looks as good as my low-input area during the Fall. It's nice to satisfy your lawn craving until you reno, huh?

Did you mean that you overseeded again, more recently?
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Post by nclawnguy » January 5th, 2016, 12:15 am

Green wrote:Looks good. That's a solid-looking lawn for people who aren't nuts like we are.

Did you mean that you overseeded again, more recently?
No, just one overseed in October. Also have been feeding monthly since September.

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Green » January 5th, 2016, 12:22 am

nclawnguy wrote:
Green wrote:Looks good. That's a solid-looking lawn for people who aren't nuts like we are.

Did you mean that you overseeded again, more recently?
No, just one overseed in October. Also have been feeding monthly since September.

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What did you overseed with? Anything special? Generic blend?

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by nclawnguy » January 5th, 2016, 12:26 am

I used Lebanon winning colors, the cultivars were Monet, Van Gogh and Davinchi. That was the best variety I could get locally, needed three 50lb bags.

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Post by ECUpirate93 » January 5th, 2016, 12:31 am

Looks good. Thanks for sharing! Best of luck in the new year.

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Post by Green » January 5th, 2016, 1:46 am

nclawnguy wrote:I used Lebanon winning colors, the cultivars were Monet, Van Gogh and Davinchi. That was the best variety I could get locally, needed three 50lb bags.

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Wow. That's a lot of seed, for a lot of area. Enjoy the new lawn!

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by ndlutz » March 20th, 2016, 7:26 pm

NCLG - if you could go more into detail about how you edge out your garden beds and, your plan in general, I would appreciate it. I'm sort of looking at doing some similar work at the moment and I can tell that you've got a really good handle on it.

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Green » March 20th, 2016, 7:44 pm

ndlutz wrote:NCLG - if you could go more into detail about how you edge out your garden beds and, your plan in general, I would appreciate it. I'm sort of looking at doing some similar work at the moment and I can tell that you've got a really good handle on it.
Same here! Please do tell how you plan, draw up, measure, and dig your beds!

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by nclawnguy » March 21st, 2016, 1:55 pm

Green wrote:
ndlutz wrote:NCLG - if you could go more into detail about how you edge out your garden beds and, your plan in general, I would appreciate it. I'm sort of looking at doing some similar work at the moment and I can tell that you've got a really good handle on it.
Same here! Please do tell how you plan, draw up, measure, and dig your beds!
I draw up a plan and then measure everything out, usually a few different times to make sure it is the way I want. You want to have enough space for what you want to plant, this is important. Next I use white marking paint to mark out the beds. Then I look at it, drink a few beers, look at it some more. I usually let it sit for a week or more to make sure I do not want to change anything, which I usually do a few times.

Once i am satisfied, I edge out with a shovel, it's a lot of work, but gets the best results. I edge the around the outside and then 4 or 5" on the inside and the grass with soil picked right up. It is important to edge out before the hit with round up or the grass will not pick right up making the job harder. Then I hit the inside of the bed with round up. What until all dead, mow or trim the dead stuff, plant and mulch. I have some progress pics from some beds in my front i got planted over the weekend. I still need to mulch.

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by nclawnguy » March 21st, 2016, 6:42 pm

Got some of my tree and shrub beds done over the weekend. I still have to mulch, getting some triple ground hardwood bark mulch delivered.

Small corner tree bed - Acer Palmatum 'Orangeola'
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Driveway matching beds - Rose creek abelia (3) line the driveway. Blue star juniper on the corner and a Monrovia ever red fringe Loropetalum in the middle.
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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » March 21st, 2016, 6:49 pm

Very nice nclg! I need to start in on this too and I love your approach! Simple!

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Re: NCLG Lawn and Landscape Reno Thread

Post by Ric Clint » March 22nd, 2016, 4:32 pm

nclawnguy wrote:No, just one overseed in October. Also have been feeding monthly since September.]

nclawnguy,

That really looks great! What exactly has been your Maintenance Schedule that you're referring too? You say you have been feeding monthly since September... with what Fertilizer? And do you Fertilize every single month? At Half Strength or at Full Strength bag rate? Did you keep watering each week since last September?

Thanks!

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