2024 Lawn yard thread
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one piece crank
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Picking up new blades and belts for the mower this week. Will hit pre-emergents this week as well. Not looking forward to mowing. Three months until I downgrade from 4.3 to 3 acres. Then it will be new grading, i.e. muddy field.
qclabrat
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What going into the 1.3 acres? Pump track or half pipe...
iman29
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ugh i heard someone mowing over the weekend and realized I also need to at least drop the turf builder to try and stop the dandelion/crab grass field from coming back.
also have zero interest in anything but basic mowing this season got too much other shit to deal with out there.
Mower probably also needs an oil change as well, which also means I need to patch the shed floor so the mower, generator and snowblower dont completely fall through.
also have zero interest in anything but basic mowing this season got too much other shit to deal with out there.
Mower probably also needs an oil change as well, which also means I need to patch the shed floor so the mower, generator and snowblower dont completely fall through.
Has anyone here NOT done grass? My lawn is 90% moss and we had some trees taken down and parts of the lawn got torn up. For the life of me I can't figure out how to get the moss to grow back. Realistically I think we want a mix of moss & other plants for stability as the moss doesn't really hold onto the soil.
The previous owners had a bag of grass seed which I threw down on some of the dirt spots and that seems to have been growing like weeds, which the grass pretty much is a weed. I bought clover seed, watered it per the directions etc and yet none of that seems to have started growing.
I was considering crab grass in addition to the clover as it's sturdy, doesn't need mowing but don't want an entire lawn of it, just mixed in. We've got a bunch of dispersed flowers that pop up a few inches and are blue/purple and the bees pollinate them for a month. Not sure what else I can seed the lawn with to mix it up.
It's weird as there's two camps, those that want just grass, and those that don't want grass at all and I'm certainly in the latter.
The previous owners had a bag of grass seed which I threw down on some of the dirt spots and that seems to have been growing like weeds, which the grass pretty much is a weed. I bought clover seed, watered it per the directions etc and yet none of that seems to have started growing.
I was considering crab grass in addition to the clover as it's sturdy, doesn't need mowing but don't want an entire lawn of it, just mixed in. We've got a bunch of dispersed flowers that pop up a few inches and are blue/purple and the bees pollinate them for a month. Not sure what else I can seed the lawn with to mix it up.
It's weird as there's two camps, those that want just grass, and those that don't want grass at all and I'm certainly in the latter.
Odds are your soil is toast. Moss also has a habit of poisoning the soil for grass. There are plenty of products for killing the moss, that’s your first job. Next you will need get the soil up and ready for grass. Pickup some grass feed with out weed killer( it will inhibit grass seed growth). Put the feed down before a rain, wait for a couple days for the next rain and put down the grass seed.
My house was the moss kingdom when I bought it and this was how I turned it around. I also love weed killer for lawns to keep things consistent. Also pay attention to the different areas of sun exposure, shade grass in poor sunlight areas helps things get going. Hope that helps.jmo
My house was the moss kingdom when I bought it and this was how I turned it around. I also love weed killer for lawns to keep things consistent. Also pay attention to the different areas of sun exposure, shade grass in poor sunlight areas helps things get going. Hope that helps.jmo
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I don't want to kill the moss, I want more moss but want to mix it in with hardy vegetarian that doesn't grow high.
It certainly hasn't killed my soil as grass grew too easily in the large sports it's missing.
Moss is way better than grass, just doesn't grow too quickly and isn't hardy in the high traffic areas.
I don't want to kill the moss, I want more moss but want to mix it in with hardy vegetarian that doesn't grow high.
It certainly hasn't killed my soil as grass grew too easily in the large sports it's missing.
Moss is way better than grass, just doesn't grow too quickly and isn't hardy in the high traffic areas.
Mahnken
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I really like micro clover, but it's so damn expensive.
Sorry, I didn’t realize you were that guy. I have “that guy” in my neighborhood also. Everyone was complaining about him at the neighborhood party last summer.
I had my suspicions but now I know which guy you are now.
I don't live in suburban NJ. I live in a temperate rain forest where it's common to have more natural lawns than one that looks like a golf course. There's one manicured grass lawn on my street and it looks out of place.
Are you doing the whole lawn in micro clover? I think my annoyance is I bought a big bag of clover and it didn't grow so I don't want to keep throwing $$ at it.
I did see this and it looks nice but same thing, can get expensive. I don't have an entire lawn to seed, just the spots that got killed by the tree guys. It includes Creeping Thyme which I think is what I have on the lawn and brings in the bees.
Bee Lawn Mix
Eco friendly, shorter growing clovers, fescues and flowers make attracting bees easier. Create pollinator habitat and mow less.
www.opnseed.com
Mahnken
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I did a microclover grass mix at my last house and it was great. That house was in suburban NJ, lol. It was often the greenest house in the neighborhood, only had to mow once a month, and was able to shut down the sprinkler system for years. Even in droughts it stayed nice and green. And the clover crowded out all the weeds.Are you doing the whole lawn in micro clover? I think my annoyance is I bought a big bag of clover and it didn't grow so I don't want to keep throwing $$ at it.
I did see this and it looks nice but same thing, can get expensive. I don't have an entire lawn to seed, just the spots that got killed by the tree guys. It includes Creeping Thyme which I think is what I have on the lawn and brings in the bees.
Bee Lawn Mix
Eco friendly, shorter growing clovers, fescues and flowers make attracting bees easier. Create pollinator habitat and mow less.
The new house is 3 acres of weeds, even have sporadic patches of creeping thyme in the back yard. I'd love to just throw down a ton of microclover, but it's too expensive to experiment with. So I bought a few bags of a grass and regular clover mix from tractor supply company and I'll experiment with that for now.
3 acres. I'm having a heart attack thinking about that. 🙂
The clover I do have was very green last year.
this is a pic from the real estate listing from when we bought the house... we had 5 trees removed from the right side of the house and there's a giant dead spot now across the lawn from where all the trees were laid across the lawn after being cut down (in addition the dead spot from where the trees originally were). the lawn is all moss and small little flowers for bees and i would really like to get it back to something like this... maybe even more little flowers.
we have a lot of yard work ahead of us
we have a lot of yard work ahead of us
one piece crank
1pc Cranky
Same. It would cost $2k+ to seed my new 3 acres with Bee Lawn Mix. I own my 64” mower so I don’t think so…
Yeah I'm luckily not trying to do my whole lawn, just the ripped up patches. And mostly so the moss can take back over but also keeping some strength to it.. I think I'm going to give a bag of the Bee Lawn Mix a shot.
That being said, there seems to be lines every 16" or so in the front of our front yard where I'm wondering if the prior owner used a rototiller or something and dropped in a mixed seed. There's pretty perfect and distinct lines where it dips down and it's got more of a crabgrass mix as opposed to just the moss and that seems to make it all more sturdy.