My lawn looks like crap. I used to have ChemLawn come and do it. It always looked great. But after losing 3 pets to huge tumor cancers, I decided to let the lawn go to nature.
Did everyone get thier crab grass control plus spring fertilizer on? hmmm?
Summer is approaching.
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My lawn looks like crap. I used to have ChemLawn come and do it. It always looked great. But after losing 3 pets to huge tumor cancers, I decided to let the lawn go to nature.
Adopt an English Springer Spaniel.
http://www.springerrescue.org
"Striving to be the person
that my dogs think I am"
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I haven't gone the chemlawn route but I do use scotts lawn products.
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Ever have trouble with buttercups (besides them showing you like butter?)?
My flower bed gets droves of the things every year from a neighboring yard, and they kill everything in their path. I just spent the morning pulling them varmits out.
Our lawn has weeds, but not what I would consider an excessive amount. Only thing that bothers me is that creeping Charlie crap that just vines along. Otherwise, I can tolerate some dandelions...
Chaos, Panic, Disorder, my work here is done!
My lawn is.....
Well
It stinks. any advice on bringing a lawn back to slighlty less that crappy is always welcome.
Bought the place in winter. Now I know why they were selling in winter.
My lawn looked awful last year due to a hugh (infected) tree that cast shade and encouraged moss to take over my front lawn. Thetree gone, I raked myself to near collapse and ended up w/lots of bare spots...I spread gypsum in early spring (the rain leeches it through the clay and helps break it down (I do it in the fall also) I sprinkled around Mr.K's Special Garden Blend (JF Krantz) topsoil & grass seed, water religiously...
I'm also going to go the Scotts route, thanks for the advice
speaker, I've got a similar neighbor, buttercups and bishops weed
This year my woman even stepped up to the plate with lawn care grub control.
Check this out
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OK, what is bishop's weed. Did Kmiec bring that here?Originally Posted by buffy
A weed is an unwanted plant. I have learned to want them all. the best way to kill dandelions is to try to grow them for wine, they all die.
to me the sole purpose of a lawn is to hold down the dirt so it is not tracked into the house, washed away, or carried away by the wind. my yard was once nothing but clay and shale. the moss that grew years ago has long since became top soil the at now supports a few blades of grass. why fight dandelions they look just like yellow mums and are much cheaper to grow.
best way to get rid of weeds is really a healthy lawn, mow three inches high to shade any seeds water regularly and water deep. feed the lawn in the fall so it survives the winter and again when it starts to grow. myself I don't care what comes up in my lawn,
I have large patches of thick moss that I actually try to keep spreading. Lily of the valley takes over some areas as does forget-me-nots. sweet William sprouts in a few areas. right now prim roses are being mowed around. I even have trumpet vine sprouting in one section I have given away hundreds of these,
why go broke fighting nature for that perfect lawn, sit back and enjoy the variety. enjoy nature you cant beat it. A neighbor once tried to have chem lawn do my lawn he said he would pay for it just so my weed seeds would stop blowing on his lawn. boy did he hate me when I started growing domestic dandelions. feed them suckers right and they grow almost two feet tall with three inch flowers that bury everything around them when they turn to seed. that and the thistle really let him know I did not believe in lawn chemicals. my yard is on line some where. I think my space has twenty or thirty pictures on it. I got the address right only once so I wont try it here. its on the blog wanted thread i think
One good thing about growing old is your secrets are safe with your friends they can't remember them either
Sting wrote a song about my lawn... Fields of Gold.
Seriously, I have so many dandelions and other weeds that last year I bought some weed killer to spread and I've been afraid to put it down to this date. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have any green left.
Grow better on my lawn than the grass does.
Ortho weed begone get's two thumbs up in my book. I do wear old sneakers I wash when I'm done seeing I'm walking where I spray.
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Originally Posted by speaker
Scientific Name: Aegopodium podograria
Common Name: Bishops' weed
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Partial shade to shade; range of soil types, sandy loam to clay; tolerates compact soil and fertility; leaf edges may brown when grown in sun
Form: Spreading
Texture: Medium
Foliage: Medium green carrot-scented leaves on a fleshy stalk; three-parted leaflet is divided into three subleaflets
Flower/Fruit: Small white flowers in late spring to early summer
Comments: Can become invasive; spreads by rhizomes
Cultivars: Variegatum: 8 inch silvery white and green foliage
WOW--thanks, ragin--I think I have it. Is it very invasive? Rhizomes, huh? Yes, I think I've run into those critters back there. I don't mind weeds in the field, of course, but they kill my flowers. Right now I have a ton of forgetmenots which are so pretty.Originally Posted by RaginTaxpayer
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