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Parafly Update w/ Pics - Day 37

16 years ago

Well, I made it home today in time to mow before the rain!

I didn't end up purchasing a reel mower, I just used my riding mower, and while I was a littler nervous I think the lawn held up just fine.

The front yard really is 200% better than the rest of my property. Parts of the backyard are coming along but the sides of the house aren't nearly as far along, as I focused most of my energies on the front yard with my low water supply. I'm hoping they will come in soon. There are still a few strips and areas where the seed didn't come inthat well. I dropped more seed a week ago; I'm keeping my fingers crossed they have time to germinate and grow a little before the winter.

Anyways, enough yacking, here are the pics from today's mowing:

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Comments (5)

eastpenna
16 years ago
Looks real good! Now you will get some of that tillering that we all hear about going on. Just wondering, in the first photo, did you have a couple of cold ones before mowing...HeHeHe...just kidding! You are well on your way to a great looking front yard!
paulinct
16 years ago
LOL! Seriously I would guess the left foreground just to the left of the photo border is a convenient turnaround area. Is that it Parafly?
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parafly9
Original Author
16 years ago
I turn around at the end. The whole street is still under "development" so the end of my yard is just dirt at this point untill they put in the sidewalk.

I did have to turn around there though. I kind of went a few different directions!

Last time i mowed, I didn' have that island, that made it a little more confusing in terms of where and how to mow.

FYI, the riding mower worked fine, I was nervous about using it on the slighly damp soil, but I had no problems.

When does tillering really start?
rcnaylor
16 years ago
It looks like you have it off to a fine start.

Out here on the treeless plain, I'm loving how great your wooded area looks too. Congrats and enjoy.
paulinct
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If you are getting rain like I am I'm sure you're glad you mowed. Pouring buckets tonight!

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