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Add topsoil over grass or regrade entirely?
Comments (1)Please keep in mind that anything you do in the spring that involves new grass seed will give you a yard full of crabgrass all summer. The reason is that crabgrass seed needs exactly the same conditions that you would give new grass seed (bare soil, sunlight, and continual water). You can minimize crabgrass by growing your grass up as high as the mower will let it grow and by minimizing your watering once any new grass is established. Then next fall, once the summer heat breaks, reseed again to fill in where the crabgrass tried to take over. Fall is the best time to reseed because you don't get the ugly weeds and you can establish a nice dense turf. So even if you get a lot of crabgrass, don't worry. It can be fixed without Herculean effort. If you decide to dig out the sprinklers, just do it with the same tractor as you will hire to regrade. It should be a tractor, not a skid steer or a bobcat. The attachment he will use is a box blade with rippers. If you decide to just fill, then you can do that yourself. Keep a bucket of sand or topsoil with you when you mow. Use a broom to sweep the dirt or sand down into the turf so the grass is not covered. You can easily smother your grass with too much. Again, tall grass helps. If you are worried about your soil, you might look into an organic program. All the reasons not to try organics are pretty much gone. It is about the same cost as synthetic fertilizers, does not smell bad, and will not kill your grass. Furthermore you don't have to live with weeds, and even if you want to use a weed killer, you can minimize damage to the soil by spraying each weed rather than dumping dry chemicals on the soil....See MorePond tragedy
Comments (8)I am sorry to hear about your loss lily. Friends and family laugh at me when I tell them my koi are like family. I don't know what would have cause this to happen, but I will keep you and yours in my thoughts and prayers. Don't beat yourself up too bad. Even if you were home there is nothing you could have done. Thank God that you and your family are all alive and unharmed. This spring has been bad weatherwise just about everywhere. Massachusetts had a tornado touch down last night too. That is my worst fear and something I hope I never experience first hand. Your fish were 20 years old and had one heck of a good life with you and your husband. Even though it's like losing a family member you and your husband were excellent koi parents. We can't question Mother Nature as to why she does things, we just have to look at the bright side. I have overstock of 1 year old koi if you are interested. They are free to a good home. Send me an e-mail if you are interested and we can work something out. Jenny...See MoreSaving $ on pet pills
Comments (17)The Drs. Foster & Smith Pharmacy convenience and pricing are great. I only use it for meds that I will be giving for a long time (or forever). When I get a new prescription, I ask the vet for 10 days/2 weeks' worth to carry me through, then have them fax the prescription in to the Pharmacy Web site. I always bring in a couple of printed copies of the fax form from the F&S Web site, and pre-fill in all of my own info to make it easier for them. Then I just order or refill myself within a day or two via the Web or over the phone. The small amount of meds that I buy from the vet allows me to start treatment immediately, and I don't have to pay extra for expedited shipping. My previous vet refused to help me out in this process, but he retired and the new people are OK with it. I've made it clear that it helps me save money, and have brought in printouts of the pricing for presecriptions that we have discussed, so they can match the price if they feel like doing so. (And they can't have ANY complaints about the amount of $$$ I leave in their pockets throughout the year for normal exams, emergencies, and so forth :o) One point they raised, and I respect it completely, is that they will not fax in any prescription that they feel has any potential for abuse by humans (pain pills, for example.) That's fine with me. Also, the vet whose name is on the practice (and on the prescription forms) is opposed to the online pharmacies and will not use them for any prescription, but she is willing to let other vets in the practice scratch out her name and ID# and write in their own. Be sure to ask if this is an option if one of the vets in a pracice refuses. And ALWAYS ask for generics! Susan...See MoreSunk costs
Comments (6)Remember the book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"? The family doesn't have many luxuries, but one is that everyone gets a cup of hot coffee in the morning. Even the kids. Mama and Neely drink theirs, but Francie wraps her hands around the mug, enjoying the warmth, then pours it down the drain. Aunt Cissy is appalled at the waste, but Mama says "Everyone gets one cup of coffee." For Francie, the benefit is that for one single moment a day, she can be extravagant. The coffee is a "sunk cost". I never (or try never) to regret any money, time, effort, I've spent on my family. Something always comes out of it, even if it's not what we thought, like learning that no, DS' embouchure and orthodontia do not make a good mix for playing the trumpet, back to clarinet....See More
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