I've purchased a landscaping mess in the woods, help!
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I've made a mess with my tiller
Comments (6)What do you mean by a "mess"? If you tangled your tiller blades with grass roots that's to be expected -- especially with bluegrass. Just stop periodically and use a good razor knife on the tangle. If the tilled ground is full of dying grass its time to rake it out. If the tilled ground is growing new grass like crazy -- that's a common phenomenon. Fluffing the soil has a beneficial effect on grass. I've always said that if I cared enough about grass to worry about how well my lawn grew I'd till it up and plant vegetables and I'd soon have the best grass in the neighborhood. LOL Grubbing grass out of the former lawn to create a garden is a good deal of work. Tilling is only the first step. Well, actually, either stripping or smothering it under a tillable mulch such as fall leaves for a year is the ideal first step, but that doesn't help you when you want to grow some food this year. For the ongoing chore of uprooting and removing grass from the garden, I like to either sit there on the dirt with a 3-prong cultivator or use the long-handled, 5-prong cultivator. I think the pronged tools are better for grass than a hoe because they uproot it rather than just chop it off. As the tilling reveals, chopping grass up just makes it grow faster. Sometimes, when I'm grubbing grass, I think on the pioneers plowing the prairie to turn it into the breadbasket of the world that it is today. And I'm glad I'm not trying to de-grass anything bigger than a modest plot of vegetables....See MoreHELP! I think I've killed my Pin Oak
Comments (15)Just an update - the tree is officially dead. Every leaf is brown to orange. The arborist told me it wasn't necessarily my fault the tree died, because it would take more than a dog pen over its roots to kill it. He suspects that it was stressed previously by construction that took place around its base prior to me buying the property. I think he was trying to make me feel better about the situation. I've gotten a good quote for removal, $1700 to take down and leave wood on premises, $2000 to take down and remove + $125 to grind out the stump. He is willing to take $900 to get rid of the tree, letting me make a payments on the balance up to 6 months. I haven't had tree work of this size done before, but I think this is a decent price. I'm looking for a replacement tree that I can put in the bare spot. Something that will be big enough to provide shade in about 5 years. I appreciate any suggestions....See MoreA Big Mess in the Garden Landscape Project (many pictures)
Comments (13)I am bumping up this thread as it shows the terraces being done last fall. I just posted pictures of this same garden area all planted this spring. Boy, what a big difference some green growing things, some warmer weather, and lots and lots of very hard work have made. I notice in the picture above that shows the birdbath that I didn't even have the quarterpie garden which is around that birdbath in yet. I know that I put it in late last fall and since this was posted mid November, it had to be after that. I did a brick edging to define the garden area and then I put some layers of newspaper on top of which I dumped bagged compost and bagged composted manure. On top of that went some of my bagged fall leaves (a nice thick pile). On the very top some matted straw just so the leaves would not blow away. By spring it was nice and ready to plant....See MoreVent hood purchase - think I messed up bigtime
Comments (18)Oh.. Fori, I think you are right. I think passing GW inspection without a vent may be harder than passing the town inspection, lol. The thought of recouping the money spent on them almost makes me giddy. I had also been dreading shelling out for acessories to make the chimney one fit our height. I love anything that will simplify the work to be done because that is one less big thing that could go wrong or take time. I am extra stressed lately because I am so worried about what all the work will cost. We were given a "ballpark" of what it will all cost (prior to details being chosen) and I expect it to be another 25% more, but if it goes past that, we may have to put some stuff on a credit offer for a few months until we could pay it off. I bargain shop fanatically and have been very frugal with choices while maintaining our wishes and getting good quality. I have been squirreling away all the many credit card offers that come in the mail for 0% checks, low interest balance transfers, etc, just in case. I really want to make it work with the cash on hand though. Just choosing which option to go with is another item to research with all the fine print about fees and whatnot. We have been in car he** all summer and have been wasting precious energy battling the Ford and Honda dealers (3 total) who have been trying to blatantly rip us off. My stress level is on high alert and it is the wrong time of the month for them to try to mess with me any further. I have actually found myself raising my voice in public yesterday at 2 dealers' and making a semi-scene at each. Of course, that is a wonderful state to be heading into a large remodel, lol. Hopefully, the car stuff will be resolved soon. One dealer has refunded most of our money because of their mess ups and the other 2 have made token offers (not half good enough, but it is a start). By the end of the week, I hope to have it all sorted out and will have moved on to selling the Ford once I get the Honda back from the place who is now going to fix it. We have owned 3 vehicles for over a month and have been lucky when 2 were on the road at the same time. Luckily it is summer and dh is on vacation because we could never share cars once school starts again. I guess battling with service depts is good practice for dealing with screw-ups on the remodel. I am confident our GC is awesome, but who knows about the subs and materials? No one gets through even a small remodel without bumps. I have to recover from the recent b.s. to be ready for the remodel b.s., lol. Ok... enough whining. Time for some sleep before the kiddies are at the side of my bed ;) If anyone is still reading this, thanks for letting me vent (or not... sorry, couldn't resist the lame pun)!...See Morebonsai_audge
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