I think I have read all the rest of your posts. Too bad this forum has slowed down so much. I'll try to summarize some points for you. Grubs are done feeding. Killing them now is a waste of poison, time, and money. Spreading Sevin willy-nilly is part of the problem with home owners and possibly one reason they took it off the market. The nature of the "trails" in your first photo make me think you have a disease that only affected the Kentucky bluegrass in your lawn. What is left is clumps of fescue. At least you have something left. The reason for mixing fescue and KBG is just in case of something like this. One problem is your are watering waaaaaay to frequently. In the hottest heat of summer I water once a week. Of course sometimes I water for 7 hours to get a full inch of water, but usually, even in San Antonio, I water 3/8 inch, once a week. With my watering system it takes 3 hours to water 3/8 inch, so take your water pressure into consideration. Use cat food cans to measure how long it takes to get an inch of water. I can almost promise that you will be surprised. Deep infrequent watering for turf has been the rule forever. I'm nearly convinced it is the inexperienced or unknowledgeable sprinkler installers who set up demonstrations who are responsible for the trend in brief frequent watering. Getting to the reason for your weeds, reread the paragraph above. Brief frequent watering is what weed seeds need to germinate. That is exactly what you are doing now. If you can give the surface time to dry out between watering, those weed seeds will not germinate. Of course Mother Nature has Her own ideas about when to water, so keep that in mind when deciding when you water. Can't you stretch a hose out with an oscillator sprinkler and water the grass? My father had an in ground system and I was the repair guy. I hate them. How much area are we talking about? I think if you overseed with Kentucky bluegrass and follow the suggestions about watering, your problems will go away next season.

It would be an almost ethereal experience to see the cranes in migration. We've seen some Canada Geese in formation, but not anywhere near what we have seen in the past. Perhaps it's still early, or more probable is that they are just not migrating so much anymore from our area. It's not because they're scarce, that's for sure. They just have found out that they can make this their permanent home. Ask my friend the golf course groundskeeper. LOL. Goose poop expert, now.

eigdeh, for years I've seen sightings on the map a week or two before my first. Its a crap shoot for anyone's area. This year I was first in my area. It'll never happen again for me. Just too many hummer enthusiasts around to be first. I'm just glad to see the sightings in my area, knowing they will be here soon. My first sightings are just your migrants moving through to Indiana and New Jersey and to ..... Here today, gone tomorrow.

Took my diuretic pill, couldn't eat for an hour, understood that I was to help prepare income tax returns for low-income folks at the church, but it starts Wed, so did some paper work (of the non-bathroom kind). I was smart enough to bring a banana and a fruit-juice bottle of milk, so am not suffering from food withdrawal too seriouly. Still quite a lot of snow around, but some bare ground showing, and it's about freezing today. Spent some time on computer at the library (only the central is open on Monday, and I seldom go there, as they pay for up to 2 hours parking, but I prefer the free kind, regardless of who's paying). Then was to deliver a young man to a nearby village ... but he'd found another ride ... so did some banking and came out to the library in this village ... ... to bug you guys! In an hour or so, I'll likely go to a local restaurant for a bowl of soup. ole joyful