How to Choose Grout OR, Kill Me Now!
Twinkle837
9 years ago
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Vigoro weed & feed killed my grass - now what?
Comments (5)We've had close to record rainfall in Indianapolis this spring, so I haven't really had to water at all yet. When I watered last year, it took about 4 hours with a sprinkler to get a tuna can full of water onto each section of the yard. With the drought last year, I watered a couple of times a week, since it was the first summer for the grass. I over-seeded last fall & again this spring, so didn't use any pre-emergents. The lawn was filling in great, with just a few bare spots. I was super excited because I have the worst soil imaginable. We're the last street in the subdivision & I think my yard contains all the back fill from all 800+ houses here! In the fall of 2011 I cleared out all the weeds & rubber mulch left by the previous owner &spread yards of a compost/topsoil mix over the existing dirt before I spread the seed. It was a miserable job, but finally having a lawn made it worthwhile. Then I came home to a yard that is half brown, dry & dying. From your reseeding comment, I'm guessing i'll have to live with it now & that's my best bet for a lawn NEXT summer. Should I dethatch it before I seed to get rid of the dead stuff? Will aerating it help? I'll try anything at this point!...See MoreShould I just kill myself now?
Comments (47)Before you kill yourself, you can come over and put me out of my misery. I thought I had Lyme, but that test came back negative. Whatever I have, has made it almost impossible to walk for the last six weeks, so I haven't been out in the garden much. When I have been out, I've been shocked at how much has been eaten. I didn't mind a few nibbles now and then, but this is wholesale carnage in certain areas. This is after I almost ran over a very young fawn with the garden tractor this spring and made it run off, hopefully for good. (this is for the people who worry about mowing chipmunks) A fence is definitely in our future, but I really don't see how to only enclose the garden in a manner that doesn't look like a fortress. I'm also not sure I've really got enough room between my gardens and my neighbor's property....See MoreTime to choose...or at least eliminate
Comments (45)Sorry I was on much yesterday and missed your question. You know, I went and measured since I was curious about the distance from the handles to the island. All this time, I thought I had 45" between the fridge and the island, but really, I only have slightly more than 42" (less than 40" from the handles). I think the 45" must be from the counter next to the fridge to the island--unless I just made up that number in my head. We have 18" of counter to the left of the stove, which is just enough room for the coffee maker and an occasional landing space for cooking. The space between the stove and sink is what I use most for staging and landing. That stretch of counter is 32", which seems plenty roomy. Other than drying pots and pans on my runnels immediately to the right of the sink, I don't use the stretch between the sink and the wall. I do have my toaster on the adjacent counter, so that counter space does get used. I agree with rhome that the DW location could be a problem. It would block the door to the dining room, which depending on how much you use the dining room, could be a minor inconvenience or a major problem. You couldn't start loading the DW until the table was completely cleared, because once you started, there would be no way into the kitchen. I still like this layout better than the peninsula versions. Having an alternate route in and out of the kitchen eliminates any worry about the lack of "protection" for the cook. I find that, any time I am prepping at the island or stirring at the stove, others naturally go around the other side of the island to get to the fridge. The island serves so many purposes for us and makes the kitchen feel much more open and less confining....See MoreGrout color and/or sealant for matte Heath tile backsplash?
Comments (18)If you search under sealing crackle tile, which apparently does need to be sealed, at least after install and before grouting, you might find some product help. I'd also test any sealer before sealing, if Heath doesn't have a product rec for their glaze. ETA. As explained to me, by my DD, a ceramics student, glaze, whether matte or gloss, becomes a type of glass, when fired, that covers the clay body. Crackle tile is a glaze type that deliberately mimics "failed" glaze, glaze that has crazed and will allow staining of the clay body. That's why a sealer is placed over it, a double glaze, if you will, that shouldn't be required for a properly glazed tile. I think, with my handmade tile, it's handmade, and they can't guarantee some unexpected glaze failure on a given backsplash tile. So, their response when asked about sealing was, "ok, if you want" but they didn't recommend it, as you are saying Heath does. I'll try not to spit barbecue sauce onto my backsplash. ☺...See Morejterrilynn
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