moneypitmike

Black mulch for the Pit.

8 days into the seed.

awesome stuff there.

The new grass is growing unbelievably fast. Just from this morning to tonight it went from things you needed to search for (like my picture from earlier shows) to now having large patches of greenish tint. I just finished watering.....eager to see what happens over the next 24 hours. One thing that's kind of a bummer is that I'm not able to move the sprinkler to the center of the new area without walking through the other areas. So, I might find I"ll need to do some additional work on that after the other areas take hold.

The seed and starter fertilizer were only put down a week ago today. fingers crossed.

Watching grass grow may be a recipe for tedium. Knowing that it is growing is reason for celebration.

Nice! Are you right in Portland?

We have two chestnut trees (they're behind the garage in an overgrown area so they hardly are even noticed. I only did because I saw their blossoms. I'm not sure if they're american chestnut or horse chestnut. I'm no intending to walk through the poison ivy to find out.

It does the trick! I'm happy we have some cool (or at least not hot) wet weather the next few days to help with the germination. I have quickly accepted that any efforts to keep her from walking/peeing/pooping in the seeded area are doomed to fail.

Thanks! I wish I could take credit for it, but we hired out for it. If I didn't have a wedding to pay for I'd be up for getting more plants.

We're getting there. Now the watering and waiting....Looks better in real life.

Pics??

Clearing along the back fence took place yesterday. I think the roc garden will disappear today. Not sure if the intent is to have everything done today or not. I'm guessing they might still need another day. Looks like a string of COC will accompany the new seeding. I was hoping I wouldn't need to do a lot of watering myself. Alas.

there was another one on my deck yesterday. I haven't noticed any on our oak or evidence of eating. Might get a better idea once the landscapers clear out a lot of overgrown crap along our back fence. Supposedly, the work begins today. I'm psyched.

swiss is my favorite.

I'll post pics as project progresses.

Nope---this is before any work started. The circular area is where they once had a pool. They're going to take out that crappy raised garden and regrade so we have a slope rather than a 4' cliff. Hopefully the grass will come in quickly once it's planted.

Well, the disaster of a back yard project is about to begin.

One on the deck and one on the front porch.

You ran, but not before you took the picture. I saw my first two gypsies today.

Thanks! Nope Not sure what this means....I think they're individual leaves. Thanks for the insights guys. I'm glad I wasn't way off base with my dogwood guess.

Anyone know what kind of tree this is? Some type of dogwood? (no flowers though). Curious as to how tall it might get. The guy coming to do our backyward landscaping project is expecting to start Monday afternoon or Tuesday. The disaster is nearly done! Also, be picked out our tree.....it's a red sunrise maple. They'll put that is when they're doing the rest of the job.

Looks great! I need to put down some fertilizer with weed killer. Perhaps this weekend. Meanwhile, marathon lawn growth coming up beginning today. Should be pretty tall for tomorrow's mowing.

Thanks--this is really helpful. I don't think we'll wait beyond this year to plant anything. I just discovered this week that we have a couple chestnut trees tucked behind the garage (I think they're ours). How much of a canopy do they have?

Thanks for the tip!