Need some suggestions about grass

[cleanteamofny]

Thanks Pete,

It is pure work when you ride a machine like a horse, on its back with little control.
I've got Susan Summers beat with the ultimate thigh master!
Anyway, I have the best of both worlds, riding as well as walk behind.

I'm looking over my shoulder and he's looking back at me with his tail in the air.......
Get your minds out of the gutter men, it's just Thomas!
LOL

Also, in this area, Dandelions are running rampant up here and I'm fighting them with two bottles of weed killer.
Round-up in one hand and Bayer's Advance in the other, lets see who wins...

 

[yogitunes]

come on guys...you all have washers...grab that big hose you got and let it pour on the lawn....green grass...no seeds..no chemicals...no weeds....especially dandelions

works for me......although i do miss the Chem Lawn guy...lol

 

[dogboy44]

have you thought about

removing all the grass under the tree, going for a large circle of mulch planted with hosta? We had that in Wisconsin and Virginia where we had many big shade trees. It was amazingly beautiful and virtually maintaince free. I would only put lawn in areas where it is going to perform for you, if the lawn looks like crap, it looks like you don't care, when you obviously do!

 

[petek]

Dandelions...you have to put down a pre-emergent type weed & feed fertilizer by about mid march to stop those from popping up, much later and it's too late and you'll have em.. Saves a lot of hassle having to spray them later. I hate them.
By the second spring and another application you should have hardly any coming up all year. Just the odd escapee.

The other thing I hate is grass growing where it's not supposed to in flower gardens eetc.. I bought some stuff last summer by Ortho supposed to only kill grass and not flowers etc... didn't work. I was sorely disappointed
Even Roundup today isn't half as good as it used to be. I think they've watered it down somehow.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Dandelions are weeds?
Well, I'll be.
Where I come from they are food.



Out of courtesy to the neighbors and our own lawn we never grew them...............

No-Fuss Recipe for Horta Vrasta, Greek Boiled Leafy Greens

A delicious and healthy side dish, horta vrasta, or boiled greens, are a staple in any Greek household. Try this easy and delicious recipe.

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[petek]

And to some they're drink aka paint remover.

Interestingly didja know that the lowly dandelion is one of, if not the most nutritious green to eat and the whole plant is edible per the USDA facts and figures on nutrition, surpassing everything in the grocery store pretty much. I learned that from my time breeding canaries, they love to eat them. I did eat some occasionally in salad and so long as you pick the fresh new leaves they're not that bad. Can't taste them actually with salad dressing. We grew them by the kazillions back on the acreage but I never let them get established in the lawn surrounding the house.

 

[rp2813]

Oh yeah Rich, I agree about sod. It's way too coarse. Our lawn is 80 years old, a messy mish-mash with a similarly dated galvanized sprinkler system. All I want to do is keep it looking halfway decent, water rationing permitting, and hopefully tear it all up and re-landscape with less grass at some point.

Ralph

 

[toggleswitch2]

Dandelion water (after boiling a pot of them) is a rusty red--because it is all iron, for you gals and guys that need iron supplements. This is why boiling removes the bitterness.

However, too much iron leads to heart-attacks, and most men don't need it; so be careful........