Ya gotta love Mother Nature

TCBoomer · Oct 16, 2004

Thanks for the compliment and please don't give those rug rats(moles) of yours, my location. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I don't have any and I don't want any!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Years ago I did have a little problem with them, but after getting rid of the grubs, they are no longer a problem. Every once in awhile, sometimes I see a short tunnel next to the base of the fieldstone wall, but that's it. They don't travel out into the lawn at all. I used to use Durisband to kill the grubs, but it has been removed from the market. For the last couple years, I've been using a product called Triaz...something?, can't remember the full name. So far it seems to be just as effective. If you'd like the full name, let me know...I'll get it for you.

Another product that I've heard is very effective to get rid of grubs (and moles, since grubs are what they eat) is called Milky Spores. However, I've never used it.

All that salt must take a toll on your house, no?
Your mention of the storm in 91 reminded me of a winter storm here. During the winter of 92/93, a major nor'easter tore most of the shingles off my roof...and the house was only a couple yrs old! Mother Nature can be so brutal!!

TCBoomer · Oct 16, 2004

Yep...looks like that in Phoenix too

TCBoomer · Oct 16, 2004

Thanks for the good word.
While the lawn does require a 'little' work /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif to maintain, it's not as bad as it seems. Takes 2hrs to mow with a 60" belly mower on my New Holland. Plus a few doses of fertilizer and pesticide during the season. The real work was all the prep work. Plowed it under and spent hrs and hrs on the tractor til I was satisfied. Plus it helps when your lawn used to be a cornfield. It was farmed for many many yrs.

I wish I had irrigation /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif...I would have liked to installed it after I plowed it under, but I did all the work by myself. That took more time than I thought it would. Having that much raw land exposed to the elements is something that is not easy to deal with, as you can see in my original post. So I decided that I'll look into a system for irrigation later. The only time that the grass suffers from lack of water is in late July and August. But with the blend of seed I'm using...fescue and bluegrass...it recovers quickly. This is only the second season for that new grass, and I am very pleased with its durabilty. This past August, it was starting to look lame and turn brown due to no rain. Then we got a decent rainfall one day, and overnight it turned solid green again. That really amazed me!!

I do have a deep well and have watered the lawn a few times. But moving the hoses around a 2.5 acrea is a real pain. My well is more than capable of supplying the water for it, but if I do eventually install irrigation, I'll probably pump it from a pond on my property.

<font color="red">It does look really pretty though It would be great justification for a shined up Farmall-A with a 5' woods belly mower in the tractor collection

<font color="black">Does this qualify?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...see attachment