dendrite Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 9:04 AM, Ginx snewx said: Aphids or white flys Expand Definitely seems like white flies. I have little green aphids out front on my petunias that I've been blasting with the hose every evening. I'll have to hose them off this evening if I don't get +RA today to do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 11:23 AM, Damage In Tolland said: The bucket brigade has been out this month. Expand I swear for every chipmunk I drown four more take its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 After this past week if my lawn is brown at any point between now and Christmas I'm gonna be pissed. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 4:39 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: I swear for every chipmunk I drown four more take its place. Expand Lol yup. They just keep coming. Just when I think I’ve taken care of them. Three more scurry out of a tunnel in the lawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 4:39 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: After this past week if my lawn is brown at any point between now and Christmas I'm gonna be pissed. lol Expand Lol, yea if only you could bank up that extra water as a reserve in the soil. Honestly 1.5" or 7" in a week will make no difference for the lawn in a week if its 85-90 and sunny, it will start browning probably within 7-8 days again. 7" is good for lakes and streams and Oak trees, but lawns don't need that much. Looks humid and stormy though next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Heavy July gardens..nice not having to worry about watering.... Sneaking in a top 10er today before the rain and dews return. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DavisStraight Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Me neighbors veggie garden is going bonkers last coupler of weeks, I didn't get one in this year due to unforseen circumstances, looks like I missed a good year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Mushrooms gone wild this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 I had to turn off the irrigation this morning. I've had like 6 rain skips so far this year which is a new record . It goes by forecasted rainfall amounts and it was already up to 0.25 " when I shut it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 12:01 PM, amarshall said: I had to turn off the irrigation this morning. I've had like 6 rain skips so far this year which is a new record . It goes by forecasted rainfall amounts and it was already up to 0.25 " when I shut it off Expand mine has not run since June 30. either the rain sensor has been on, rain skips, or manual skips (I don't always trust the rain skips) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 crabgrass is enjoying the recent rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Damn, that is a serious invasion Lava. None in the bed, did they put fabric down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Lawn/Garden is on back-burner this year with all the work going on around the house. We're losing almost 1/2 of our lawn to the Addition/Pool/Patio so that's a plus. I hate cutting the lawn and it will be much more manageable. Going to look into adding a sprinkler system in the front next year to help with the dry periods. Going to be lots of landscaping to be done as well once everything done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 12:49 PM, backedgeapproaching said: Damn, that is a serious invasion Lava. None in the bed, did they put fabric down? Expand lol, I don't care much at this point. At least it's green. No fabric was used in the bed. I'll be sure to use a per-emergent next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 1:59 PM, Lava Rock said: lol, I don't care much at this point. At least it's green. No fabric was used in the bed. I'll be sure to use a per-emergent next year. Expand My bad areas in the front that look like that I threw white clover in there. It's slowly getting going, but it looks better and deep green. Plus it will fix nitrogen and grow better where the soil is less fertile/shallow. If you can't get your grass to thrive in this weather you may never will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Finally a summer with rain. Lawn and gardens looks real good. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Gene, that looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 So I've been looking ahead to my lawn/garden/beds and what I'll need to do. I need to repair my lawn which has not been maintained well over the years through my own fault. I need to start taking better care of it and I've been researching steps to do so. Dethatching/Scarifying and over-seeding is going to be a huge piece, I ended up purchasing this today. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-13-inch-12-amp-electric-scarifier-lawn-dethatcher-w-collection-bag Electric Dethather/Scarifier. I've researched this for a couple weeks and this brand seems to be reputable and the reviews of the product are outstanding. I'm excited to see the results. Once i have that piece done, I'll need to over seed and I'm leaning towards a lower maintenance. TTTF. They require less water and are more resistant to summer drought periods and disease. In conjunction with this, I'll be doing new planting beds around the yard and I'm thinking the most efficient way to create them is to use a tiller on the areas to churn in up and than form the edges. Lots to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 7:13 PM, Baroclinic Zone said: So I've been looking ahead to my lawn/garden/beds and what I'll need to do. I need to repair my lawn which has not been maintained well over the years through my own fault. I need to start taking better care of it and I've been researching steps to do so. Dethatching/Scarifying and over-seeding is going to be a huge piece, I ended up purchasing this today. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-13-inch-12-amp-electric-scarifier-lawn-dethatcher-w-collection-bag Electric Dethather/Scarifier. I've researched this for a couple weeks and this brand seems to be reputable and the reviews of the product are outstanding. I'm excited to see the results. Once i have that piece done, I'll need to over seed and I'm leaning towards a lower maintenance. TTTF. They require less water and are more resistant to summer drought periods and disease. In conjunction with this, I'll be doing new planting beds around the yard and I'm thinking the most efficient way to create them is to use a tiller on the areas to churn in up and than form the edges. Lots to do. Expand i have a couple Sun Joe products (mini battery powered snowblower, battery powered compressor). have no complaints about either. What are you going to use to overseed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 8:17 PM, SJonesWX said: i have a couple Sun Joe products (mini battery powered snowblower, battery powered compressor). have no complaints about either. What are you going to use to overseed? Expand I’ve been looking into renting a peat moss spreader and mixing the seed in with either peat moss or loam. Seems to be a good way to get seed down evenly and covered for good ground contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 7:13 PM, Baroclinic Zone said: So I've been looking ahead to my lawn/garden/beds and what I'll need to do. I need to repair my lawn which has not been maintained well over the years through my own fault. I need to start taking better care of it and I've been researching steps to do so. Dethatching/Scarifying and over-seeding is going to be a huge piece, I ended up purchasing this today. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-13-inch-12-amp-electric-scarifier-lawn-dethatcher-w-collection-bag Electric Dethather/Scarifier. I've researched this for a couple weeks and this brand seems to be reputable and the reviews of the product are outstanding. I'm excited to see the results. Once i have that piece done, I'll need to over seed and I'm leaning towards a lower maintenance. TTTF. They require less water and are more resistant to summer drought periods and disease. In conjunction with this, I'll be doing new planting beds around the yard and I'm thinking the most efficient way to create them is to use a tiller on the areas to churn in up and than form the edges. Lots to do. Expand I was looking at another brand, let us know how it goes with yours, my lawn needs a dethatching badly and seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 7:13 PM, Baroclinic Zone said: So I've been looking ahead to my lawn/garden/beds and what I'll need to do. I need to repair my lawn which has not been maintained well over the years through my own fault. I need to start taking better care of it and I've been researching steps to do so. Dethatching/Scarifying and over-seeding is going to be a huge piece, I ended up purchasing this today. https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-13-inch-12-amp-electric-scarifier-lawn-dethatcher-w-collection-bag Electric Dethather/Scarifier. I've researched this for a couple weeks and this brand seems to be reputable and the reviews of the product are outstanding. I'm excited to see the results. Once i have that piece done, I'll need to over seed and I'm leaning towards a lower maintenance. TTTF. They require less water and are more resistant to summer drought periods and disease. In conjunction with this, I'll be doing new planting beds around the yard and I'm thinking the most efficient way to create them is to use a tiller on the areas to churn in up and than form the edges. Lots to do. Expand I bought that same exact model this past Spring. It worked great, for the price. I ended up not using the bag because it fills up within seconds if you have a lot of thatch. I just raked it up afterwards and bagged it with my reusable lawn bags. Overall, it was very much worth the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 10:16 AM, DavisStraight said: I was looking at another brand, let us know how it goes with yours, my lawn needs a dethatching badly and seeding. Expand Was it the Worxs or Greenworks? The biggest reason for getting the Sun Joe model was for the scarifier. Definitely will post some before and after shots. I may not get to overseed this year but will definitely dethatch once we hit the cooler days of September. On 7/22/2021 at 11:15 AM, SouthCoastMA said: I bought that same exact model this past Spring. It worked great, for the price. I ended up not using the bag because it fills up within seconds if you have a lot of thatch. I just raked it up afterwards and bagged it with my reusable lawn bags. Overall, it was very much worth the purchase. Expand Nice. I wanted to get the newest model but it's virtually nowhere to be found or double the retail cost. Not going to spend that much on something untested in my yard. I trust that it will work based on the sheer number of 4/5 star reviews. And I agree on the bagging, gonna forgo that and use my mower and leaf blower to clean up. Plan is to do it in sections so as to not be overwhelmed by dead grass/thatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 5:19 PM, wxeyeNH said: Finally a summer with rain. Lawn and gardens looks real good. Expand Fantastic Gene, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 4:39 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: After this past week if my lawn is brown at any point between now and Christmas I'm gonna be pissed. lol Expand lol, you have no tolerance. come to lava rock and you'll learn to be very patient 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/10/2021 at 2:58 PM, backedgeapproaching said: Heavy July gardens..nice not having to worry about watering.... Sneaking in a top 10er today before the rain and dews return. Expand jfc, what a nice lawn and gardens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 5:19 PM, wxeyeNH said: Finally a summer with rain. Lawn and gardens looks real good. Expand After the lawn is cut tomorrow, drone is coming out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Did a new batch of gnats hatch today or something? Just completed 20 minutes of picking up branches and crap and was swarmed by gnats the whole time. Unbearable amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 8:59 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: Did a new batch of gnats hatch today or something? Just completed 20 minutes of picking up branches and crap and was swarmed by gnats the whole time. Unbearable amount. Expand They got us pretty good at the golf course yesterday, first time this year we've been bugged by bugs. I assume mosquito's are next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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