Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
- ken-n-nancy
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
You just want to have a renovation of some sort for a fourth year in a row!
- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
It's true.ken-n-nancy wrote:You just want to have a renovation of some sort for a fourth year in a row!
The thought crossed my mind that, IF I could get a good enough grade on it, I might be able to put in some real turf..... but I really would be better off with clover.
- crabgrass
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
See what he did there? Leaves him open for next year.
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- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
I have some extra bewitched and blueberry..... we will see ..... if I could do just the front yard maybe 1 k....... we will see how the grade turns out...crabgrass wrote:See what he did there? Leaves him open for next year.
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- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Thought you all might want to see some updates.
Front:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/owgm6hcdt/20150802_155650.jpg)
Back:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/m67a9afox/20150802_154517.jpg)
Closeup of more recently seeded clover about 3 weeks old:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/ik1gwn9bl/20150802_154537.jpg)
A thicker more mature area dormant seeded from the winter:
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This is all going to get graded and redone this fall when they put in the septic. I like the clover a lot really.
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Front:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/owgm6hcdt/20150802_155650.jpg)
Back:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/m67a9afox/20150802_154517.jpg)
Closeup of more recently seeded clover about 3 weeks old:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/ik1gwn9bl/20150802_154537.jpg)
A thicker more mature area dormant seeded from the winter:
![Image](http://s16.postimg.cc/4rn210ik1/20150802_154608.jpg)
This is all going to get graded and redone this fall when they put in the septic. I like the clover a lot really.
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
^ FINALLY!!
Are we gonna call this a woodsey reno.
Are we gonna call this a woodsey reno.
- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Yes I love how it's turning out. The soil is quite rocky and tight though. Stays shady and moist. I need to learn how to encourage the clover to grow better.
So far this is 100% chemical and fertilizer free. As far as I know there has NEVER been anything applied to the soil. Maybe cow manure when there was a cattle farm down the road a ways 100 years ago.
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So far this is 100% chemical and fertilizer free. As far as I know there has NEVER been anything applied to the soil. Maybe cow manure when there was a cattle farm down the road a ways 100 years ago.
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Just saw this while seed shopping at SSS - I don't know a thing about it:
Microclover
Half the size of regular clover
http://www.seedsuperstore.com/catalog/p ... icroclover
Microclover
Half the size of regular clover
http://www.seedsuperstore.com/catalog/p ... icroclover
- BoatDrinksQ5
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
ooooh elite-Clover!
good find
lol
good find
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- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Nice!
I like what I have for now. Dutch white clover.
Today I weed whipped 1000 s.f. of clover and whatever else was growing in there. I knock anything over a foot tall down. Works great.
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I like what I have for now. Dutch white clover.
Today I weed whipped 1000 s.f. of clover and whatever else was growing in there. I knock anything over a foot tall down. Works great.
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Preferred seed also sells microclover, but it's god awful expensive.crabgrass wrote:Just saw this while seed shopping at SSS - I don't know a thing about it:
Microclover
Half the size of regular clover
http://www.seedsuperstore.com/catalog/p ... icroclover
- HoosierLawnGnome
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- probasesteal
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Any issues with Japanese stiltgrass?
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- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
No. this is a long ways from any invasive species.
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- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
Quick update on this. After things really grew in, the clover got pushed out and is overgrown with larger brush type plants. The fescue on the other hand is holding other species at bay well.
- Zareth
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
I was thinking you could overseed with sweet Allysum, baby blue eyes and white yarrow, maybe some strawberry clover and hard or sheep fescue.
I think the key with this type of area would be constant overseeding with various self seeding annuals until you create some stable but fluctuating ecosystem
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Re: Surprise Winter Cabin Renovation
I sowed the grass and have only trimmed it a few times. It is about a foot and a half tall normally, chokes out most small trees.
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