tombo82685 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Post anything you wish related to the above. Our opening day for golf is next weekend. The course looks completely different than last year due to the colder temperatures. Also, started my tomato plants 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 My property manager said he's going to completely replace the lawn in the part of the yard that my new web cam stares at, so you can all watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Think Snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksCO_PA Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 My property manager said he's going to completely replace the lawn in the part of the yard that my new web cam stares at, so you can all watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 spray-paint-lawn.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Since the July super cell deposited the upper half of my 18" diameter maple on to my roof, a large section of what once was shaded grass has now turned into a .5 to 1" thick mat of bright green moss. What to do? Do I till it or rip it out or just lime and seed over top of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Today is a good day. We begin clearing the back property of trees and debris which has accumulated from Sandy and several other high wind events since then. We only did the front back in Nov because we knew what was going to continue through winter. We have about 14 large trees....another dozen medium/small which are severely damaged or down, and another dozen which are potentially dangerously loose. Hope we can rescue the fence line as well. I would rather be playing golf just for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Any suggestions on pet safe fertilizer for our back yard our dogs are killing a lot of the grass in the back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslotted Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Today is a good day. We begin clearing the back property of trees and debris which has accumulated from Sandy and several other high wind events since then. We only did the front back in Nov because we knew what was going to continue through winter. We have about 14 large trees....another dozen medium/small which are severely damaged or down, and another dozen which are potentially dangerously loose. Hope we can rescue the fence line as well. I would rather be playing golf just for the record. Going to try and get out tomorrow. It might be crazy with the holiday, but I'm not sure how many people actaully get Good Friday off anymore...I think I may give up on the two ball putter for a while and go back to a more "traditional" model. When I had the time to work with it regularly, I could get the two ball pretty well dialed in, but a few toddlers at home ensure I don't get that time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Any suggestions on pet safe fertilizer for our back yard our dogs are killing a lot of the grass in the back yard. Honestly lee, i don't think their is an entirely safe fertilizer. Unless the dogs are licking the soil, they shouldn't be eating it. What you could do is just time the fertilizer app with rain, so it washes it in and off the grass if the dogs are eating the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 The dogs will occasionally eat the grass, but not the soil. How do I time it though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 The dogs will occasionally eat the grass, but not the soil. How do I time it though? You follow the weather don't you? When it looks like its going to rain, put down the fertilizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 That I know but I don't want it to be to early or late I want the stuff to do its job instead of wasting my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 That I know but I don't want it to be to early or late I want the stuff to do its job instead of wasting my money. You mean too late or early in the season? Well Tom would know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 That I know but I don't want it to be to early or late I want the stuff to do its job instead of wasting my money. Lee, once you mow your grass twice, then put it down, timed with a rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Everything is pretty late in bloom, or maybe its just normal since the last several years have been morch. The only things i have seen bloom are the crocuses, star of bethlehem, and witch hazel. Should add some annual weeds are starting to pop, like bittercress, lesser celandine, henbit, and purple deadnettle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Everything is pretty late in bloom, or maybe its just normal since the last several years have been morch. The only things i have seen bloom are the crocuses, star of bethlehem, and witch hazel No daffs yet? I'm guessing the last time they didn't bloom until April was 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 No daffs yet? I'm guessing the last time they didn't bloom until April was 2009. Nah, i haven't seen them yet. The magnolias and forsythias haven't even popped yet. The magnolias have buds, but no blooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This year that's for the best, looks like some freezes next week. Shocking that it might actually freeze as late as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 This year that's for the best, looks like some freezes next week. Shocking that it might actually freeze as late as normal. Yea i know but even when we had those morches the past 2 or so years, we had those freak frost and freeze events. I remember last year its was like april 24-25 and we had frost on the course. I remember it was a rush to mow greens because the golfers tee off at like 7:20 am and there was frost everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 In Monmouth County, the crocus bulbs are popping out of the ground but have not bloomed yet. Everything essentially looks like mid winter except for some red buds on the junipers/cedars and some patchy greening of lawns. For the most part lawns are brown, which is an exceptional reversal from last March which featured the first cut by this time. Normally we green-up by the beginning of April and first cut is sometime 2nd week of April. Forsythias, magnolias have yet to pop. Cherries are in the initial stages of the buds greening. Last year they were about to bloom now, as were the bradford pears. Overall, it looks to me like we're maybe slightly behind schedule. Usually crocuses are bloomed by Mar 20. It's just an amazing change from the last 3 years which were extraordinarily early, with mid/late March blooming/greening. Given the current and forecasted weather pattern, leaf-out should be closer to normal this year, probably not until late April or early May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 In Monmouth County, the crocus bulbs are popping out of the ground but have not bloomed yet. Everything essentially looks like mid winter except for some red buds on the junipers/cedars and some patchy greening of lawns. For the most part lawns are brown, which is an exceptional reversal from last March which featured the first cut by this time. Normally we green-up by the beginning of April and first cut is sometime 2nd week of April. Forsythias, magnolias have yet to pop. Cherries are in the initial stages of the buds greening. Last year they were about to bloom now, as were the bradford pears. Overall, it looks to me like we're maybe slightly behind schedule. Usually crocuses are bloomed by Mar 20. It's just an amazing change from the last 3 years which were extraordinarily early, with mid/late March blooming/greening. Given the current and forecasted weather pattern, leaf-out should be closer to normal this year, probably not until late April or early May. Good thing its normally a little earlier than that in Mercer... damn well better be leafed out by early May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 No daffs yet? I'm guessing the last time they didn't bloom until April was 2009. Starting to bloom in some locations down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUCK JOE BIDEN Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Any suggestions on pet safe fertilizer for our back yard our dogs are killing a lot of the grass in the back yard. milorganite, you can even get it at lowes by the 30lb bag if I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 milorganite, you can even get it at lowes by the 30lb bag if I recall. You can apply that during the summer, but right now with the low soil temperatures and microbes being less active, it would be a waste of the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUCK JOE BIDEN Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I use earthworks (similar to milorganite) year round, it may take a little to get the visual results but certainly not a waste to put down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 I use earthworks (similar to milorganite) year round, it may take a little to get the visual results but certainly not a waste to put down now. im not sure about earthworks, but i know milorganite is temperature dependent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 milorganite, you can even get it at lowes by the 30lb bag if I recall. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 im not sure about earthworks, but i know milorganite is temperature dependent. What's the temperature guidelines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUCK JOE BIDEN Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 im not sure about earthworks, but i know milorganite is temperature dependent. You are correct. I just stated that it wouldn't be a waste since the product would be sitting at the soil layer ready for release when everything gets going. LM wanted something safe for the dogs, nothing it safer than milorganite. http://milorganite.com/FAQ#1 "Milorganite is not toxic if eaten and your dog is not facing a “life threatening” crisis that requires medical care or emergency stomach pumping. How much discomfort your dog has will depend on how much Milorganite was consumed. Dogs that eat a small amount of Milorganite do not show signs of discomfort. More than a normal food bowl will typically cause gastroenteritis because the Milorganite pellets are coarse, hard and highly abrasive. The abrasion causes inflammation of the stomach and intestinal lining. Eating too much Milorganite can induce vomiting, which can lead to dehydration, incontinence (stiffness in the hind legs), atrophy, depression and black stools. To alleviate discomfort, provide liquids, a bland diet, and contact your local veterinarian for instructions on how to manage gastrointestinal irritation. Some may suggest that the high iron in Milorganite is life threatening, however this is not accurate. The iron in Milorganite is not soluble and is not available for absorption in the mucosal cells of the small intestine. Milorganite pellets pass through a dog’s digestive system causing potential discomfort, but without being absorbed. If you have further questions, please call (800) 304-6204." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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