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Comments (6)Im in fort myers and just went with an empire turf lawn and love it. Here are questions to ask. Are you going to be running irrigation, if not, do not grow bermuda or St aug. Bahia will grow very well with no irrigation, you need to seed Bahia by June. Soon as the rainy season starts. Are you going to have a dog or lots of traffic on the lawn? If you have this, St aug is out, cant handle traffic. Bermuda, Empire or Bahia will do good, bermuda being the best for traffic. Are you going to fertilize and use herbicide. If not, go with Empire or Bahia, they need little fertilizer to none. Like I said, I went with Empire turf (zoysia). Its bread to thrive it wet hot summers. I have irrigation for the dry months. You only need to fertilize 3 times a year. The thing I do not like about St Aug (also called flortam down here) its very course and rough. You can only use one weed killer and if that does not work then your stuck with weeds to pull by hand. Empire can handle almost all weed killers, even low concentration of roundup. Long post, I know. I would spray the entire yard with round up (get a generic online, 30 bucks for a gallon of concentrated, 41%, Ill post a link). Get a dial sprayer for 10 bucks at a store, and apply. This will kill all grass and weeds so your left with sand. Now, wait two weeks and either seed or sod the yard with your choice of grass. Done. Thats my 2c....See MorePlease help--can't get house to fit on lot
Comments (13)Your sketch isn't what I initially had in mind, but it might work. It's obvious disadvantage is that it places the bulk of one leg of your house directly adjacent to the lot-line house of your neighbor. The result would be 5' "tunnel" between the two houses. If you don't care about that or your neighbor's reactions, this idea might be worth pursuing. What I had in mind was to reverse the "L" shape of your sketch, such that one leg would be along the property line easement (as you have shown) and the other leg would be along the property line at the bottom property line. The garage would be located at the end of the "L" closest to your neighbor's property line. Garage entry might be on the side of the garage closest to you neighbor (a side loading garage) or on the side facing the street (a front loading garage), depending on choice, space available and plan arrangement. If you could get a side property line variance for the 20' setback, you likely could make enough room for a side entry garage closest to your neighbor. I don't understand the typography of your lot, so the slope may make my suggestion impractical and your idea the only feasible concept. Good luck with your project....See More4th of July, party at my house....lots of pictures
Comments (24)LindaC, that may be, and we'll never actually know. She said she was lying on a towel on the cement pool deck and got really hot, and started feeling sick to her stomach so she jumped into the pool to cool off. That's all she remembers. However, Amanda has grand mal seizures, the kind with a lot of involuntary muscular movements. Ashley has been present since that time when Amanda has had a seizure and says that she didn't have a seizure in the pool, she just jumped in and suddenly sank to the bottom with no thrashing or flailing. Amanda had never had a seizure before that incident. Since Ashley was there and described it to the neurologist, and it didn't appear that she had a seizure in the pool because the type of seizures she now experiences is very noticeable, the doctors all agree that they think she had some type of physical reaction going from so hot to so cool so quickly and passed out. I guess, at this point, the cause doesn't matter, only the effect. I do know that I'm darned lucky to still have her and equally lucky that her seizures are very well controlled with medication. She has had four that we know of in her lifetime, and none in the last five years, but she tried to go off her medication when she was 24 and that's when she had the last one. Annie...See MoreExterior paint ideas needed for my crazy house - lots of pics!
Comments (6)Thank you, thank you, everyone. What great suggestions that really help us to narrow our focus - it's a daunting move to completely change a house color, but I've never been a fan of the current color. A few more pics below ... dianalo - I love your suggestion of green as a third color, particularly because it's my favorite color. blfenton - I'm all for the lazy solution. ;) I thought I'd better post here to the wise ones first in case our local paint dealers are not as creative. adriennemb - We are very inspired by nature around here. Here's a photo of our views - excuse the excavator ... DH was installing a septic system for a neighbor. :) Your idea of a deep red would truly work - our neighbor is called Red Rock Valley. From House Exterior teacats - Yes, right now the house definitely blends. Before we changed the roof, it was tan and you couldn't even see a house on Google Earth. We're cautious about competing with nature, maybe don't want to blend as much. The trim color right now is actually dark olive, and I like it very much. We also will be replacing the lights - I like the idea of heavy black lanterns. As for the porch railings, I'd love to replace them with black iron (I can't stand those pickets!), so painting them black in the meantime would really be a good solution. And I also love your idea of the pergola - we are SO open to ideas. abundantblessings - The side storage you see is sort of a "bike port" - no doors, but DH is going to finish the interior so it looks nicer. Ah, the front door challenge. We tell people we don't have a front door - we've had delivery people circle the entire house. Because there IS no door by that yellow rocker. You drive up to the garage, and have to know to walk to the left, around the corner, down the walkway .... there WAS a door by the yellow rocker, but you would walk into a large closet in my kids' rec room. Awkward. So we actually walled it off. Here's a pic of the north front door. It's purdy. ;) From House Exterior...See MoreMia
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