TIME TO MOW THE LAWN

SPEEDY MCCREADY

There is something about going out in my yard, for the 1st time of the season.
Something about the smell of that fresh cut grass.
Something about Spring/Summer.

Oh wait, I know what that something is!

I HATE MOWING THE FUCKING LAWN!!!!!!!

Poncier

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

There is something about going out in my yard, for the 1st time of the season.
Something about the smell of that fresh cut grass.
Something about Spring/Summer.

Oh wait, I know what that something is!

I HATE MOWING THE FUCKING LAWN!!!!!!!

Ha. Mowed mine for the first time Sunday. My neighbor was doing his as well. Said to him "Beats shoveling snow". Much as I hate mowing the lawn, won't be complaining this summer.

The Juggler

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

There is something about going out in my yard, for the 1st time of the season.
Something about the smell of that fresh cut grass.
Something about Spring/Summer.

Oh wait, I know what that something is!

I HATE MOWING THE FUCKING LAWN!!!!!!!

you un-american sonofabitch

smarchee

no rain in the forecast today, should be a good evening to cut the lawn

SD48277

Leezestarr313 said:

The Juggler said:

Leezestarr313 said:

We haven't mowed yet this year. Today was the first real spring day. I suppose summer weather is right around the corner Hubs said he wants to make an oasis of wildflowers out of the backyard, which I love! There will be little patches here and there, and there, to attract birds and butterflies and bees. It's gonna look gorgeous and we can add all kinds of fun stuff like shitty looking statues Later he told me that he loves the idea of not mowing a big lawn. I can live with that, totally. I cannot wait for the beautiful backyard wilderness. Front lawn will still need mowing, but that can be done with the thing that we have, the pusher thingy.

post some pictures of the wildflower oasis!

I will, but it might be a while. In the meantime, I am trying to figure out a nice way to fight the mosquitoes without killing the birds. I have set up a couple of feeders and love watching the birds coming in. When I set them up, I didn't think about the mosquitoes (the winter was so long and I am not fully accomodated to the weather and seasons in the US yet). We don't have standing water and I think the birds will take care of some of them too. But then we have to find something. Last year, we tried garlic concentrate. But this is more like a barrier and there were too many. Any suggestions?

Leeze, have you put up a bat house to try to encourage bats? They, supposedly, eat mosquitos. I was told marigolds are good bug repellants, but I think you would need to plant a few acres of them for any noticeable difference (unlike the 20 plants I planted).

The Juggler

my lawn is as brown or more as it normally is in august at this point. we need about a week's worth of rain over here....

F Me In The Brain

Odd, mine looks better than it usually does. Really happy with it right now and I didn't do anything special.
You got a bit of rain yesterday at least.

Poncier

The Juggler said:

my lawn is as brown or more as it normally is in august at this point. we need about a week's worth of rain over here....

Mine is basically hay.

Leezestarr313

SD48277 said:

Leezestarr313 said:

The Juggler said:

Leezestarr313 said:

We haven't mowed yet this year. Today was the first real spring day. I suppose summer weather is right around the corner Hubs said he wants to make an oasis of wildflowers out of the backyard, which I love! There will be little patches here and there, and there, to attract birds and butterflies and bees. It's gonna look gorgeous and we can add all kinds of fun stuff like shitty looking statues Later he told me that he loves the idea of not mowing a big lawn. I can live with that, totally. I cannot wait for the beautiful backyard wilderness. Front lawn will still need mowing, but that can be done with the thing that we have, the pusher thingy.

post some pictures of the wildflower oasis!

I will, but it might be a while. In the meantime, I am trying to figure out a nice way to fight the mosquitoes without killing the birds. I have set up a couple of feeders and love watching the birds coming in. When I set them up, I didn't think about the mosquitoes (the winter was so long and I am not fully accomodated to the weather and seasons in the US yet). We don't have standing water and I think the birds will take care of some of them too. But then we have to find something. Last year, we tried garlic concentrate. But this is more like a barrier and there were too many. Any suggestions?

Leeze, have you put up a bat house to try to encourage bats? They, supposedly, eat mosquitos. I was told marigolds are good bug repellants, but I think you would need to plant a few acres of them for any noticeable difference (unlike the 20 plants I planted).

We have not set up a bat house, but I think we have a wren family in our bird nest box and I see the robin is super busy eating all kinds of things on the lawn. Also, we have a ton of toads. So far, I am surviving

The Juggler

F Me In The Brain said:

Odd, mine looks better than it usually does. Really happy with it right now and I didn't do anything special.
You got a bit of rain yesterday at least.

Mine was in great shape up until about a week ago. Yeah yesterday helped but need a lot more. I haven't watered it yet strictly out of principle--it's not even June yet!

SD48277

Just finished the first mow of the season. The yard looks beautiful.

RKCNDY

I wish the neighbors would take care of their dandelions...my yard is free of them...for now.

Keep your puffy dandelion floaties to yourself...

The Juggler

finally a few days worth of rain. my lawn is being brought back to life.

RKCNDY

I don't think there is any saving the lawn...probably will have to re-seed in the fall.

The Juggler

RKCNDY said:

I don't think there is any saving the lawn...probably will have to re-seed in the fall.

Aren't you in Seattle? Not getting enough rain up there?

The Juggler

That time of year again.....I have the undocumenteds coming on Monday!

Should be due for my first MOW in a week or two perhaps.

The Juggler

Also--my damn dog. She tends to piss in one 4ft by 4ft area in the yard. Sounds good, right? No brown/yellow spots all over the place, right? No, this one spot is right off the deck. Right next to our garden. Worst possible spot. I hate it. Why can't she just go out in the back part of the yard to do her business? Same thing happened at our last house. So frustrating.

Planted grass there in the Fall. Totally brown again (this was a yearly thing at the last house too, except I laid sod instead of planting. Every year I'd do this and she'd piss all over it shortly after. Rinse and repeat!). I should've kept it fenced off from her over the winter.

So do I plant grass there again, or do I concede defeat?

markymark550

If your dog insists on urinating there all the time, I would concede defeat. When we had a dog, she would urinate alongside our fence. Just meant less work with the weedeater for me!

There are supposed to be spot guard solutions (I've seen them in home improvement stores), but I don't know how effective they are.

markymark550

Looks like I'll need to get out there next weekend to do some mowing. Not very enthusiastic about that

Wobbie

our first dog went to "the rocks" everytime and then came back to the back door. our last two dogs, not so much.