Are these guys giving me the run-around? Roofing explanation needed.
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Comments (13)There are few plants on my property. Maybe 15, not counting weeds that need removed. Those are mostly palms of some kind, and sage. There are a few native shrubs. There is an orange, if it wasn't killed in the cold weather recently. The main and only reason for spending any money on harveting and storing rainwater is to fill the pool/pond. Until the asphalt roof is replaced, I would not use that water in the house. The pool has about 13000 gallons, and water is expensive in the desert. If I can use rain to top the pool off with, it would be worth the time, energy, and money needed to build a system. Ella...See MoreYou guys around Raleigh area/KBG
Comments (22)I will wait until at least Tax Day before applying the pre-emergent. The cool season seed (fescue/ryegrass)will germinate before the warm season seed (crabgrass)in the Spring. The soil temperature at 2 inch depth needs to be between 55 to 60 F. for crabgrass seed to germinate. In the Raleigh area, that's usually around mid to late April to early May on average. Remember too that once you have some seed germination (fescue that is) the seedlings will mature very quickly in the Spring vs the Fall. One small Fescue seed, once fully mature, will turn in to a 3 to 4 inch clump of grass. So when you seed germination and notice a few hairs on the ground, those tiny seedlings will become 3 to 4 inches in diameter once the reach maturity and will cover your bare soil nicely. My new seedlings are still alive and growing (very slowly) despite the cold temps. I'm confident they will survive the winter and reach maturity before the summer. I'll take some pictures this weekend so you can see. I also have some seeds in the ground that I hand spread 2 weeks ago before the 6 inches of snow. They are doing fine, and by the looks, they seem to be making very good contact with the soil. One last thing, last year in the spring, around mid March or so, I put down some Bentgrass seeds in the ground in this small section in the yard separated from the rest of the grass for testing purposses. It took about 3 weeds to germinate, and about 2 months to become established. I didn't apply any pre-emergent and not a single crabgrass germinated there. By the time June came, it became a beautiful patch of grass. Still alive today, but dormant. It doesn't look halfway as good as it did in the summer. For some reason it behaves like a warm season grass... Anyway, take some pictures and post them here so I can see your progress. Take care, Auteck...See MoreDid I give this guy good advice?
Comments (8)It's probably good advice though many people are old fashon about their gardens and have trouble leaving mulch on the ground around their plants. They are just used to bare dirt between the rows. Or sand. Here in Sandy parts of FL people joke that gardening in FL is like hydroponics. The sand holds the plant up and we have to provide everything else. For many people that means lots of chemical fertilizers that saddly leach out of the sand very quickly (polluting our water supplies) and need to be replaced all the time. To really change that picture of gardening in sandy Florida, it takes an immence amount of organic matter (yes any little bit helps but to make much difference requires quantity.) So anyway, I think it's good advice to leave the leaves. However, if it is only a thin scattering of leaves, it may be difficult to see a marked difference for the good if he follows your advice. However, if he has huge drifts of leaves landing on his garden, then mulching them on the garden for the winter should be wonderful for the worms next season....See MoreSamsung Gives The Run Around!
Comments (8)Yes. He was on the phone with Samsung and he went thru everything they told him. They said it was a software problem and sent us an update which turned out to be the very same that was in the TV. He was back yesterday and still no picture. He says it is the tuner. That it probably never worked from the day of purchase, but since we hooked up to Direct TV we would not have known it. First person said they would extend warranty, second person yesterday has no notes of original phone call, although she had the ticket number, but no notes on the service call. Second person will not extend warranty but will gladly sell me time of the phone with a Tech. for $99.99. I will try the Factory Reset, but won't hold my breath. Thanks!...See Moremillworkman
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