Concrete pad in back yard - what can I do?
shaynelle
15 years ago
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Comments (3)It is Bahia, I can tell because in the photos you can see the black V seed heads. I will guess you live below the mason Dixon line or if in Cali, south of SF. I just reread your post, your in FL. This is an OK low maintenance grass. No need to fertilize, but if you do, it will grow fast and need to mow twice a week. If you leave the seed heads on for over 2 months they will become viable seeds. You can use 2,4-d as a herbicde. Metsulferon will kill it, along with many other herbicdes. I would suggest to self install an irrigation system. Then decide what kind of grass you want. Many people in florida have Bahia for lawns. If you keep this as your lawn, I will suggest that you mow it high, 2-3 inches as this type of grass is an open grower. The lower you mow, the more sun gets to the soil, the more weeds you have. My house had this when I moved in, I installed irrigation, killed off the lawn with round up and plugged an empire zoysia lawn. I would suggest that if you do not like yard and lawn work, keep the bahia, if not, I would look into bermuda (princess or riveria), zoysia, and last, if you have no traffic in your yard (dogs or kids) and you like the spongy feel go with SA....See MoreWhat can I do to save what is left of my yard?
Comments (9)"How do I do that?" If your lawn is small enough, you could use a garden rake. There are also dethatchers you can rent. Some people use a core aerator. It doesn't remove the thatch, but it punches through it to let water and fertilizer through. If you can get your soil healthy, the thatch should decompose on its own. Thatch is usually a sign of too much fertilizer and/or too much/too frequent water. I've always had cool season grass, so I could be wrong, but I think St Augustine does better when it is mowed tall and the grass in your pictures looks pretty short....See MorePigeons in back yard! What to do?
Comments (5)Greenjewels - I can relate to your plight. I too, have been feeding birds for years, and never saw a pigeon until this year. Today I counted 27. They empty the feeder (a large one ) in 2 days. I didn't want to get rid of my current feeder, as it's a truly a work of art, with a home-made copper dome and copper baffle, but I finally had to give in and purchase some pigeon-proof feeders. I purchased the squirrel buster classic, and the squirrel buster plus. I was loathe to do it, but I figure it's worse to be feeding non-native species. The population of pigeons is so out of control this year, I hear a small city about 15 miles away is going to levy a fine of $1,000 for feeding them! I'll let you know if these feeders really are "pigeon-proof."...See Morepossible sinkhole in back yard - what to do?
Comments (4)I also would caution against contacting the insurance company ESPECIALLY with anything that could be labelled a sink hole. We had tremendous problems renewing/ finding insurance after a false diagnosis (by a professional, licenced engineer) who claimed that we had a sink hole close to one side of the house. The ground caved in for seemingly no other reason than a sink hole developing. $ 19,000 later we knew that an addition to the house had been built right on top of an old, disused/ disconnected septic tank. The septic tank had not been back filled properly and the railway ties which were used as cover had rotted and were collapsing. It was/ is huge, really huge: 20 ft by 20 ft and 12 ft deep with 2 ft wide concrete walls. The top of this septic monster is 8 ft below ground level which puts the bottom 20 ft below ground level. It is subdivided into 3 chambers. After we had recognized the second chamber we thought we had it all figured out - wrong - some more poking led us to the third and (hopefully) final chamber. There is no official record of this septic tank ("bunker" would be a better term). In the same year and not much further down the road, someone replaced the existing trailer with a new house. When excavating the basement, they also found a large septic tank ...........See Morehsvcara
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