Look at them pics from a month ago (yard09-1,2,3) and those taken today (yard2009 1,2,3,4,5,6).......
Pic 1 & 2 has my assistant flexing his guns.....
My Yard 2009
Pic 1 & 2 has my assistant flexing his guns.....
My Yard 2009
Yards - 2009
- Thread starter Fiyah
- Start date
Big Thunder
Well-Known Member
Nice looking yard there, Fiyah! .... :tup:
buckwheat
Well-Known Member
My yard looks like crap also! I have a lot of weeds growing in the yard. I will take care of it this weekend.
buckwheat
Well-Known Member
Nice!
Braveman12
Active Member
Unbelievable.......I came home yesterday and my neighbor had trimmed a row of my grass from the back yard.... (no fence between our homes).
I knew some was crazy, so I called him. The reason he did it was to take my green grass and spread it across his yard. Time to "regulate".......
To top it off, this dude cut my grass too low. :upset: :shame:
BTW, good job saniyya. Grass looks great. :tup:
I knew some was crazy, so I called him. The reason he did it was to take my green grass and spread it across his yard. Time to "regulate".......
To top it off, this dude cut my grass too low. :upset: :shame:
BTW, good job saniyya. Grass looks great. :tup:
Looking Good...... :tup:
Unbelievable.......I came home yesterday and my neighbor had trimmed a row of my grass from the back yard.... (no fence between our homes).
I knew some was crazy, so I called him. The reason he did it was to take my green grass and spread it across his yard. Time to "regulate".......
To top it off, this dude cut my grass too low. :upset: :shame:
Oh I would have been piss to came home see part of my yard mowed too low. Don't he know there is a reason for keeping your yard at a certain height. You start off low in the early spring and then as the seasons go you raise your mower to cut the yard at a higher level. By the middle of the summer you are at your highest height.
Braveman12
Active Member
I was super pissed, but I went to him and regulated. :shame:
Panther88
Banned
Dammit Fi you're cheating! :slap:
Y'all got ALL the rain cornered in the SE part of the state mane. 40miles west of where I am up here and it's desert. :retard: I'm about to do like this one neighbor and rip up the sod and put rocks/pebbles in the yard like the folx in AZ and NM do.
Also, tell your son that I'm giving him a piss test when I return there. He's gained too much muscle mass in a short period of time. :emlaugh: (looking good man :tup: )
Y'all got ALL the rain cornered in the SE part of the state mane.
40miles west of where I am up here and it's desert. :retard: I'm about to do like this one neighbor and rip up the sod and put rocks/pebbles in the yard like the folx in AZ and NM do. Also, tell your son that I'm giving him a piss test when I return there. He's gained too much muscle mass in a short period of time. :emlaugh: (looking good man :tup: )
They have them in the weight room doing a lot of lifting at school for football. I'm thinking about sending him to UT for one of their football camps next month.
Panther88
Banned
Not a bad idea Fi. It's cool to visit but lets not sign there when it's time to graduate. :emlaugh: I told P88, Jr that he can do that Duke bball camp this summer and a UNC football camp that comes afterwards but don't let those dudes sing him a lullaby and have him verbally committing to attend either school when school cranks up in Aug. :slap:
ms.sonic96
JSU ON YOUR MIND!
Baaaaah humbug!
My flowerbed looks nice though!
My flowerbed looks nice though!
Suge
The Phat Mack
Ok. I found the cord....here are a few pics of the yard.
Side Yard
See the patches? I have these all over the front yard where they had to remove the gate they had around the home when it was the model.
Patch down the middle of the yard, they had to remove a sidewalk that connected two model homes.
Front Yard
Here is my assistant, LOL!
As you can see I have some work to do. I need to get rid of some of the brown patches, but most of that is dead grass. I mulch my clippings so I don't have those issues. Plus I have some new spots that are going to take some work to get them up to par. I have already did a round of turfbuilder. Next week I will add new grass seed and sand to get the rest growing like I want it. I like to get started on my yard in late Feb, March, so I am behind schedule with this house. It will still look great in the end.
Side Yard
See the patches? I have these all over the front yard where they had to remove the gate they had around the home when it was the model.
Patch down the middle of the yard, they had to remove a sidewalk that connected two model homes.
Front Yard
Here is my assistant, LOL!
As you can see I have some work to do. I need to get rid of some of the brown patches, but most of that is dead grass. I mulch my clippings so I don't have those issues. Plus I have some new spots that are going to take some work to get them up to par. I have already did a round of turfbuilder. Next week I will add new grass seed and sand to get the rest growing like I want it. I like to get started on my yard in late Feb, March, so I am behind schedule with this house. It will still look great in the end.
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He is a freshman........for some odd reason he loves Univ of Texas along with PV
That's what I'm thinking about him getting notice. With the number of seniors leaving his high school at his position he has a shot to make varsity as a sophmore. I told him if he will not get playing time it will be better to go to the JV team to get that playing time.
Back to the topic.......
I see you have got a plan for that yard, just stick with it and you will come out right for next season.
Panther88
Banned
Fi, y'all muthafuggas cheating down here. I see how damned green everything is around here. :slap: Y'all been getting TONS of rain and we up north haven't been getting too much of nothing lately. :| I almost think if you have an established yard here, you don't have to weed/feed/dethatch/etc because the natural rain water appears to do it's job very well here. :|
*calling The Ohio State University Dept of Horticulture Ext and Texas A&M Ag Dept for tips on what chemical ratio (commercially avail) is required for the Dallas area soil* :|
I'm about to cheat too since y'all cheating w/ the rain. :|
I see how damned green everything is around here. :slap: Y'all been getting TONS of rain and we up north haven't been getting too much of nothing lately. :| I almost think if you have an established yard here, you don't have to weed/feed/dethatch/etc because the natural rain water appears to do it's job very well here. :| *calling The Ohio State University Dept of Horticulture Ext and Texas A&M Ag Dept for tips on what chemical ratio (commercially avail) is required for the Dallas area soil* :|
I'm about to cheat too since y'all cheating w/ the rain. :|
Braveman12
Active Member
Yeah, let me see what the Alcorn State/Mississippi State Extension Service Recommends... lol
Tigerpride
THE Logical ONE
My yard is a lost cause this year...it's green tho... lol
Tigerpride
THE Logical ONE
No seriously, I am gonna try hard to fix my yard up. I know I can't plant anymore this season (as if I planted already) but the goal this summer is to keep the weeds down and move flowers around that the previous owner put there. I don't want any flowers and schitt in the back. Last year, I had a decent back yard but I chose not to rake my leaves up last year, thinking it would help fertilize the lawn.. .LOL big mistake. Those leaves just covered up the grass so it can't grow. This fall, I am gonna rake and plant. The previous owner loved flowers but there was no method to the madness...just flowers and bushes all over the place. I was workin on this big azz rose bush this past weekend. It's huge. I got stuck in the thorns and that tree picked me up. I couldn't get down and those thorns were killing me. (ok, just kidding again) but that bush is big and I had a hard time clearing it out with all dead limbs in there (confession: I have not touched that bush in the 4 years I been in that house)...It was like a jungle but I got it straight (but those thorns were kickin my azz). I got those weeds that look like trees. 6 feet high with the diameter of a quarter. But I made a lot of progress last weekend. Looking foward to going back out there this weekend.
The previous owner had some nice flowers but for instance, she had carnations out there but they just grow laying on the ground. their limbs are not strong so I have to figure out how to prop them up. I have never noticed them till this year. I don't go on that side of the house. (Remember: I don't cut my own grass).
The previous owner had some nice flowers but for instance, she had carnations out there but they just grow laying on the ground. their limbs are not strong so I have to figure out how to prop them up. I have never noticed them till this year. I don't go on that side of the house. (Remember: I don't cut my own grass).
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Braveman12
Active Member
Here are some pics of my first landscaping project
Before:
After the hard work:
Before:
After the hard work:
Suge
The Phat Mack
Brave, I like the mix of shrubs and the landscape lights. I have pine straw mulch right now, and I plan to pull that out next summer. It will have to work this summer.
I cut my yard for the first time yesterday, and my grass looks great. I will drop some seed and fertilizer on some spots that they patched over, but so far so good.
I cut my yard for the first time yesterday, and my grass looks great. I will drop some seed and fertilizer on some spots that they patched over, but so far so good.
Braveman12
Active Member
I appreciate that Suge. This was my first attempt at an actual landscape project. Now, if I could just get rid of those sod lines in the grass, I would be okay.
Panther88
Banned
Looks really great Braveman12! :tup: Keep up the good work man.
Suge, would it be cheating also if I consulted a company like <i>Tru Green?</i> I hope not lol. When I return to NTx, I'll post what I find and I hope the repaired sprinkler system is doing it's job along w/ the way ol' dude was directed to cut while I'm down south taking care of fam business.
Suge, would it be cheating also if I consulted a company like <i>Tru Green?</i> I hope not lol. When I return to NTx, I'll post what I find and I hope the repaired sprinkler system is doing it's job along w/ the way ol' dude was directed to cut while I'm down south taking care of fam business.
SheJag
New Member
Yall, I need help:
A relative cut my lawn for me & scalped my grass :upset: so now I have brown spots here and there.:shame: What can I do to get rid of them?
Also, I put sod in the backyard around Easter (the cheap/quickie way) by laying the squares ova the cut down weeds so now the weeds are popping up in the grass here and there. Any recommendations of a good weed killer that I can spray the yard with that won't kill the St Augustine grass or could I just use some Scotts Weed & Feed to take care of it?
A relative cut my lawn for me & scalped my grass :upset: so now I have brown spots here and there.:shame: What can I do to get rid of them?
Also, I put sod in the backyard around Easter (the cheap/quickie way) by laying the squares ova the cut down weeds so now the weeds are popping up in the grass here and there. Any recommendations of a good weed killer that I can spray the yard with that won't kill the St Augustine grass or could I just use some Scotts Weed & Feed to take care of it?