Awkward large pie lot, dont know what to do !
Rema Zawi
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Rema Zawi
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HELP! i don't know what to do with my yard!
Comments (3)Not sure why all of the aversion to tilling on this site. You can till if the following conditions are true and you follow the proper procedure: If the soil is extremely compacted due to years of neglect (like the surface of a parking lot) If you have more than 50-75% weeds (or no grass/bare spots) The proper procedure: round up mow short (as short as possible) till until soil is tiled to 4-6". it may take several passes if the soil is super compacted. Now, here you can make a choice. After tilling millions of old weed seeds will be brought to the surface. This is just a fact of life. You can either 1.) water the dirt and wait for the seeds to germinate. Then KILL them with round-up. or 2.) get some top soil delivered that is weed free and spread it all over the tilled soil. This will re-bury the weed seeds and give you a nice layer of fresh top soil (get the 50/50 compost/soil mix) in which you can plant grass seed. Bury the seeds 2" down and you don't have to worry about them any more. Yes, the ground will be bumpy after this. That is why the good lord provided us with a.)rakes and b.) lawn rollers. Rake the debris up. Rake the soil to grade it. Roll it with a roller 1/2 to 2/3 full of water. This will give you level ground. If it isn't level, roll it again. This isn't going to compact the soil enough to worry about - it will just make the ground level. So there is a time to till and a way to till. The blanket statements that just say: do not till aren't always accurate....See MoreYard with lots of potential, but I don't know what to do. Please help!
Comments (14)I would not use gravel as a general ground surface. Use mulch where you will need to walk but don't want to plant. If you use gravel, it's not only heavy to place in the first place, but it makes altering the scheme in the future potentially more difficult. Suppose you wanted to travel to dead northeast of where you were. The way roads are generally built (in a grid system) you might travel north, then east, then north, then east, and so on until you finally reach your destination. But you would be ticked off if you had to drive north, then east, then south, then west, then north, etc, in order to get to the same place! It would involve a lot of extra driving and seem to defy the rules of economy of motion. By the same token, when you're creating a bed line in a landscape, keep in mind that the line represents one edge of a broad path (the lawn). Unless you are specifically creating a special artistic effect, it seems odd and is usually less attractive to have a bed line that meanders and loops without specific purpose. They can add a "busy" quality. Try to stick with a line that does not seem to return you, even if momentarily, to the direction from whence you came. In other words, avoid a looping, wiggly bed line. :-) The other thing is, wherever that line meets another line (a walk, drive, fence, wall, etc. it should meet it at a 90* angle. (There are exceptions but I don't now want to complicate or confuse the point.) It will look much cleaner and behave better. I can't imagine that you'd want to maintain pointy wedges of grass tucked in next to the fence, either. Too, I don't think you'll want to have grass between the back fence and the shed. It's too confined an area. The absolute minimum distance between those objects should be 4' if you expect to use it as utility space. And that is tight. I would not have the raised planter immediately next to the shed. I'd put 4' min. there, too. Don't be afraid to explore additional bed layouts, too, just in case you can come up with simplification and improvements to the geometry....See MoreDon't know what to do about kitty
Comments (13)I assure you, Salti, I have had zero, zilch deer fatalities since erecting my fence... probably cos theres no deer within20-30 miles. Maybe some drunk homeless person wandered up from the railroad tracks behind my house and collided with it, I dunno.... havent seen any human bodies either. People typically use deerfence (which is essentially what Purrfect Fence is) in deer country to keep out deer, not to ensnare or kill them. You attach little flags to the top rail if its a worry. OP, how are you doing today? I somehow missed your post (looks like yours went up as I was writing mine). Ihope I didnt sound too harsh but just wanting to present some other ways of rethinking it... that there can be other factors in play besides this kitty's nervous personality. I mean I certainly can empathize - I've had cats all my life and its only been this one super-aggressive former unneutered street cat that's given me problems and I can so relate to your feelings of despair and frustration. Cats love routine, and now a year later - things with my 2 are .... knock on wood.... pretty good. The routine is the aggressor gets put in his room overnight (righta fter their big main meal of the day so he just goes right to sleep) while the more easy going one gets the bedroom and run of the rest of the house house. Then in the a.m. the aggressor gets the run of the house while the mellow picked-on one goes out in the cat yard. When I get home from work the aggressor goes out in the cat yard and the 2 actually have been pretty good together for a few hrs each evening. Obviously your situation is a little more complex, and it may be that you would just keep them separate, period. I would just be sure that the outdoor one gets love and attention daily, several times per day- is there a way her room or garage space can be used regularly for some other purpose that brings you or family members there? What kind of fence do you now have - there are various ways of retrofitting existing fences to make them cat proof - some that dont cost a lot of $$. There are some really good books on cat behavior and managing cat aggression nowadays - Pam Johnson has several re: intercat relations and Cat Sense by John Bradshaw is good. Oh, one more thing= , the above poster had a good suggestion re: trying temporary and/or trial basis home without other cats If you could establish that she is good with a litter box and comes out of her shell/defensiveness.... that would be a game changer. You could then work on finding the right permanent home for her, with more confidence that it would work out. Thats generally how shelters work with the cats that are surrendered due to litter box problems. PS - have you tried Feliway plug in? It doesnt always work but when it does, it really does. Best wishes to you and kitties...See MorePlease help! I don't know what I'm doing.
Comments (9)It's not unusual to find BSFL in a worm bin. But large numbers are a sure indicator that you have put too much food in. They like fresh food like fruits and veggies best. Some people like BSFL in their bins because the larvae will break down whatever food is there, consume what they want, and then the worms can clean up the rest. But, there are two problems if it gets out of hand. First, the BSFL will break down fresh fruits and veggies, and release a lot of the water. Then the juices begin to ferment and become acidic. Worms hate that kind of environment, and it will even kill them. You can tell if it's come to that by the smell. Sharp, acidic. Secondly, BSFL eat in a hurry. It's a feeding frenzy. There's lots of movement, rushing, and feeding. The worms don't really like that, and they will move far to the sides until the BSFL are done partying. If you have a bin full of partying BSFL, there will be no room for the worms, and they will give up and die between being pushed to the edges and beyond, and the acidic environment. BSFL and worms can cohabit, but only if the BSFL are in small populations. I suggest that you put in more bedding. If you have room in the bin, and it looks like you do, double it. Also, put in a few handsful of "clean" dirt. You don't normally need dirt in a worm bin, but dirt is a very forgiving worm bin filler. There is a lot of bacteria in dirt and it will help to absorb some of that extra food, and help level things out in the bin....See MoreRema Zawi
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