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1 hour ago, dendrite said:
Other than raking and leaf blowing, has anyone tried any of those relatively inexpensive tools out there for acorn/nut pickup?
You mean child labor?
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59 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:
Realllly feel for those who uninstalled
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2.48 overnight here, about time we got some siggy rains
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3 hours ago, dendrite said:
Nah. I had a small auger bit and just made some holes with my cordless drill. That may be better if you were doing a large area though. How large of an area do you want to do? It can get pretty invasive so you need to be wary of gardens, your neighbors' lawns, and areas you just plain don't want it to get to. Once it's there it's tough to get rid of too. I wouldn't necessarily be expecting miracles if doing an entire lawn like this. It'll take a little time to establish and fill in. Now that I have the back patch flourishing I can steal plugs from that (probably next spring) and put them elsewhere to speed up the process.
Gotcha. Not a huge area, my south-facing back yard has a few spots where seed never took when the original owners planted their lawn. The overall area (of concern) is about 200-300 square feet, with 4-6 inch bare spots interspersed between. No concerns about it over-taking other grass.
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43 minutes ago, dendrite said:
I planed them around the time of that first pic so June 2016. I got mine from here...
http://www1.zoysiafarms.com/ordernow.jsp
I did the freestyle plugs and cut them myself. I put some in the front yard too (not pictured) with all of the thriving weeds. It is finally taking off this year and spreading. That backyard patch I posted above had a nice clean start (albeit hard packed soil) so it got established faster. It was sort of an experiment for the parts of the yard that get torched every warm season. My well sometimes gives me fits so I can't put the sprinkler out there everyday.
We have a long enough snow cover season that I don't care about the dormancy. It may actually work well for someone like lavarock...a frost free hill and frequent snow cover. Just don't let it invade into tamarack's yard.
This is great info, thank you. Sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, although being on the coastal plain I do have less snow cover than lava, and with that do get some early and late season frosts. Did you use that step-on planter thing? Thanks again!
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On 8/21/2018 at 5:29 PM, dendrite said:
Zoysia update. It needs to be cut, but it is thick, lush, and growing like crazy. That corner of the house faces SW and bakes. Some before and current pics. BTW, I watered the plugs that first year, but that’s it. No fertilizer, lime, or anything.
6/19/16 - Plugs planted
10/22/16...after a partial warm season. Still green while approaching Halloween.
10 minutes ago...thick and lush
What time of year did you plant the plugs? Where did you buy them from?
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1 hour ago, dendrite said:
Kevin would love my lawn. I let the clover flower and drop seed during the heat wave. Clover as far as the eye can see soon!
I'm trying to spread the clover on my lawn; in fact I wish my entire lawn was clover. Nice, hearty green that's essentially drought resistant. It keeps the grass that's inter-mingled nice and healthy, too. The honey bees love it as well. Win-win-win.
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On 5/24/2018 at 7:28 PM, Lava Rock said:On 5/26/2018 at 11:38 AM, Lava Rock said:
Does the lescos phase 2 have clover killer?
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Just let it go. What is this, year 4? The weeds aren't going to lose this battle. All you're going to do is dump even more chemicals directly into the Portland-area drinking water supply.
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11 hours ago, Hailstoned said:
Never fertilized and never shall. Cut only as needed, and it's patchwork as I try to preserve blooming wildflowers. I have both an artesian well and property by a stream. A whole ecosystem including human, lives downstream.The rewards of minimal invasiveness: A variety of grasses, wildflowers, leopard frogs, snakes, dragon flies, fireflies, brook trout... far more lively a landscape than the chemically shepherded, monochrome green of the typical lawn squire. There are many passing by diverse, nature friendly yard spaces who will tip their caps as opposed to laughing. 50 years from now-- hopefully sooner-- the Round-Up mentality of the typical lawn squire will be seen in the same self-destructive light as we now see smoking. (Oh, and many weeds, not least the dandelion are both nutritious and therapeutic.)
Thankfully, here in the Portland area that mentality is already starting to shift. People are becoming aware of the major impact fertilizers and pesticides are having on Casco Bay, its ecosystems, and the health of our populations.
In some neighborhoods, if you're the one with the monochrome-green lawn with 0 weeds then you're in the minority...AND even laughed at and looked down upon as an inconsiderate menace to the environment.
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53 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:
Didn't know there was one. Raymond,nh or Maine?
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https://twitter.com/MaineRangers/status/988846563505000448?s=20
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51 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:
Fert/Dimension going down this weekend. Things starting to green up.
How close was that fire to you today?
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The public drinking water sources and local coastal waterways thank you in advance for your heavy of use fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.
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4 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:
In fairness, in my hierarchy of reports I put general public before social media.
In extreme cases when someone doesn't go to spotter training (@dendrite), we'll just give them a spotter number and enter it on our own when we see the report on a message board.
My chuckle was more around Ray getting the label of General Public. Feels like he's deserving of more just based on his dedication, but there's no other appropriate bucket for him.
Side note: do you know why the reporting from the PWM ASOS site is inconsistent in terms of when you all report it?
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"General Public"
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4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:
The band of Death
And we're not done yet, still piling up. You're gonna have an epic Maine week...
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3 minutes ago, dryslot said:
-SN, 16.0", Winter weather advisorys are out for additional 2-4" today as it has been snowing 24+ hrs now, Days and days.
Yup. Deep winter out here, nice moderate snow pasting everything.
32.5F
14.6" @ 6AM.
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2 minutes ago, WxBlue said:
Lol this weenie band should get us 27-30" local lollis around Raymond-Northwood area. Might make one last run at 2 feet of snow here.
Congrats on an incredible week/first season. You're a NE weeenie for life now
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5 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:
29.5"
fook yeah dude!
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8 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:
Wrong Raymond.
NH (not North Haven either).
Ah, it was filed under Cumberland County. I see someone has moved it...
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@Lava Rock. Someone in Raymond reporting 22" to NWS. Hmmm
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5 minutes ago, dryslot said:
6" here so far and the wind has really picked up gusting in the 30 mph range, Must have another band coming.
Yup, you can see the heavier band in York county, east of the death band, trying to link up with heavier band coming on shore SE of Augusta.
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full on nudity right now.
2018-19 New England Snow
in New England
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I'm in for South Portland, ME
Thanks!