Back in May, I agreed to mow the lawn for our 4-plex, about 2,000 square feet of mixed cool-weather grasses. It became a hobby, then an obsession. I spend between 30 and 90 minutes every day on it now, mowing, watering, seeding, feeding, weeding, pondering, and researching. Today it is raining, so I am posting about the lawn instead of working on it.
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We had a hard freeze last week that killed most of the garden. The good thing is that it also killed the goosegrass. I did a pretty good job eradicating and replacing it with turf grass. Only a couple of noticable spots were totally killed by the frost.
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Spring weather has arrived and the lawn looks fabulous. I pull a half-dozen weeds by hand every day, and it only needs watered and mowed once a week.
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With summer coming on, the watering takes longer. Last week, I planted some hollyhocks that still haven't come up. The co-residents of the cluster are pretty good about helping keep the yard up, but a couple have dogs that are less cooperative.
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A big pine tree in the yard drops a lot of needles and cones. I wondered whether a lawn broom would sweep them up, so I went to the hardward store that rents to see if they had one. They didn't have one to rent, but one they had for sale was $180. I was willing to try it by renting, but that was too much to spend on a faint hope. I ended up using a rake and "elbow grease' to clean up the year.
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Winter is nearly here and the front is covered again with fallen leaves and pine needles. I wondeaer where they went in years before. The grass has stopped growing, so there's no mowing, but it needs a weed and feed treatment before the show falls,
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I am in the market for a good inexpensive leaf blower. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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