DavisStraight Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 2:05 PM, dendrite said: Jesus. I’m just barely getting green blades to come up on the west side of the house. Expand Mine just greened up this week, you're way north of me, southern CT was probably green two weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 12:46 PM, CoastalWx said: Wow. Will be a while here, but grass is slow to start usually. You moving? Expand Yeah taking a job down south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 With such a Stein-y forecast.....give up on the lawn already for the year? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 12:10 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: With such a Stein-y forecast.....give up on the lawn already for the year? lol Expand Forsythias a blooming in the lower elevations here, isn't that time to put down your Lesco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 2:14 PM, DavisStraight said: Forsythias a blooming in the lower elevations here, isn't that time to put down your Lesco? Expand Yes, that is normally a good indicator that soil temps have reached the threshold where crabgrass will start germinating, so if you are putting down a pre-emergent weed preventer now is a good time to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 2:14 PM, DavisStraight said: Forsythias a blooming in the lower elevations here, isn't that time to put down your Lesco? Expand I don't even know what Lesco is. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 3:13 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: I don't even know what Lesco is. lol Expand Its DIT's favorite fertilizer, I use Scott's with crabgrass control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 5:26 PM, dendrite said: I'd like to cover 9/10 of my lawn with a foot of wood chips and just plant all fruit and nut trees. Expand If you haven't already, definitely look into sheet mulching/lasagna gardening. Great way of turning a lawn into productive gardening with materials you have on hand or can acquire easily and inexpensively. We do sections of our lawn as materials (cardboard, compost, woodchips from the city) become available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 4:41 PM, tunafish said: If you haven't already, definitely look into sheet mulching/lasagna gardening. Great way of turning a lawn into productive gardening with materials you have on hand or can acquire easily and inexpensively. We do sections of our lawn as materials (cardboard, compost, woodchips from the city) become available. Expand I'd love to go out in the yard and pick some fresh lasagna from the vine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 https://growmyownfood.com/lasagna-gardening-101/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 4:52 PM, tunafish said: https://growmyownfood.com/lasagna-gardening-101/ Expand There's a lot of weenies on youtube that just use coarse wood chips (with leaves/needles) and just keep adding to them every couple of years. They keep breaking down and enriching the soil while the top layer mulches and inhibits weeds. My chicken run is on its 4th year with wood chips and when I dig down I can see the white stranded mycorrhizae in the broken down fertile soil. That's probably why the bamboo goes so insane in there...a little chicken poop here and there probably helps too. I used a horticultural blend mulch (natural mulch + compost) last year in my garden beds, but never actually planted. It all broke down over winter so I'll plant in it this year and add more of the mulch on top. It'll probably go nuts this year. When you think about it the forest is super fertile and needs no additives. It's just a self sustaining system (as long as we don't mess it up). All you have to do is sorta mimic the forest and let the soil and microorganisms do all of the work on their own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 12:05 AM, S&P said: Yeah taking a job down south Expand south, as in Block Island? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 12:05 AM, S&P said: Yeah taking a job down south Expand Sorry to see you go. Good luck down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 4:41 PM, tunafish said: If you haven't already, definitely look into sheet mulching/lasagna gardening. Great way of turning a lawn into productive gardening with materials you have on hand or can acquire easily and inexpensively. We do sections of our lawn as materials (cardboard, compost, woodchips from the city) become available. Expand When I first started landscaping the new house I got real tired of chopping out the grass in square foot sections, so eventually I just gave up and started with a cardboard base to prevent the grass from growing through and it worked great. Given the amount of food/Amazon delivery we've had in the last year I have no shortage of cardboard for the additional beds I'm putting in this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That's great, @OceanStWx. We were in the same boat and made these in the fall, and will be planting in them this spring. Any and all grass in these pictures will go the same way as materials become available. Not sure if Portland does the same, but we contacted SoPo public works and they dropped about 3 yards of woodchips for us from tree work around the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ginx snewx Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 At Least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 4:52 PM, tunafish said: https://growmyownfood.com/lasagna-gardening-101/ Expand Thats my garden to a tee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 8:11 PM, CoastalWx said: Sorry to see you go. Good luck down there! Expand Thanks will continue to lurk here especially during big storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 5:33 PM, Cold Miser said: south, as in Block Island? lol Expand Little further south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 What does everyone use for lawn fertilizer with pets? We got a puppy in November and fenced in a 5000sq/ft area for him. Want to use something natural/organic to make the lawn nice for him. Saw this at Lowes. I guess its made from sewage sludge? https://www.lowes.com/pd/PROCARE-36-lb-2500-sq-ft-4-3-0-Natural-Lawn-Fertilizer/1000696136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 2:40 PM, BrianW said: What does everyone use for lawn fertilizer with pets? We got a puppy in November and fenced in a 5000sq/ft area for him. Want to use something natural/organic to make the lawn nice for him. Saw this at Lowes. I guess its made from sewage sludge? https://www.lowes.com/pd/PROCARE-36-lb-2500-sq-ft-4-3-0-Natural-Lawn-Fertilizer/1000696136 Expand Yea, there have been a few companies doing poop fertilizer for a few years now. I would do fully organic if I could, but my yard is too big and cost prohibitive. Those organic fertilizers are nice because you can put them down any time during the warm season without worry about burning your lawn (or envorimental factors). You could put down twice the recommended bag rate if you wanted to with those organic Ferts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 3:30 PM, backedgeapproaching said: Yea, there have been a few companies doing poop fertilizer for a few years now. I would do fully organic if I could, but my yard is too big and cost prohibitive. Those organic fertilizers are nice because you can put them down any time during the warm season without worry about burning your lawn (or envorimental factors). You could put down twice the recommended bag rate if you wanted to with those organic Ferts. Expand Thanks. For tick/insect control everyone seems to recommend wondercide. Anyone have any experience with it? https://www.wondercide.com/collections/yard-and-garden-pests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 2:40 PM, BrianW said: What does everyone use for lawn fertilizer with pets? We got a puppy in November and fenced in a 5000sq/ft area for him. Want to use something natural/organic to make the lawn nice for him. Saw this at Lowes. I guess its made from sewage sludge? https://www.lowes.com/pd/PROCARE-36-lb-2500-sq-ft-4-3-0-Natural-Lawn-Fertilizer/1000696136 Expand I have to use this with my chickens. https://coop-poop.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 2:40 PM, BrianW said: What does everyone use for lawn fertilizer with pets? We got a puppy in November and fenced in a 5000sq/ft area for him. Want to use something natural/organic to make the lawn nice for him. Saw this at Lowes. I guess its made from sewage sludge? https://www.lowes.com/pd/PROCARE-36-lb-2500-sq-ft-4-3-0-Natural-Lawn-Fertilizer/1000696136 Expand I had a food delivery guy who used to work landscaping suggest Milorganite when I was top dressing last year and I tried it out around Halloween. Remains to be seen how the grass will grow, but the front half that I used it on has greened up very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 6:55 PM, OceanStWx said: I had a food delivery guy who used to work landscaping suggest Milorganite when I was top dressing last year and I tried it out around Halloween. Remains to be seen how the grass will grow, but the front half that I used it on has greened up very quickly. Expand I've used it alot over the past 10 years or so..nice product. Great for smaller-ish yards or bigger ones if price is no object Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 3:49 PM, BrianW said: Thanks. For tick/insect control everyone seems to recommend wondercide. Anyone have any experience with it? https://www.wondercide.com/collections/yard-and-garden-pests Expand I'm curious myself as I was going to spray something similar this spring, but have never used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 For me when the forsythia bloom is the first real sign that the trees are about to green up? Are any in bloom yet in SNE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 7:59 PM, backedgeapproaching said: I'm curious myself as I was going to spray something similar this spring, but have never used it. Expand The reviews are pretty stellar. It looks like its mainly cedarwood oil and a bunch of other plant based oils. The ticks are out of control here already. The concentrated bottle, if your willing to mix seems really affordable for the coverage. They also have a sprayer you can attach to the hose. https://www.wondercide.com/pages/our-ingredients Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 9:22 PM, wxeyeNH said: For me when the forsythia bloom is the first real sign that the trees are about to green up? Are any in bloom yet in SNE? Expand They have been in full bloom for the last week or so on the CT shoreline. Everything seems a bit ahead this spring. Down in southwest CT its like full leaf out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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