• Re: /turf management

    From Doug Cooper@1:227/702 to August Abolins on Mon Jun 8 08:38:58 2020
    Are you hooked up with HOME-n-GRDN yet? I posted something in there,
    but maybe the intermediate hubs have long gone dropped it?


    I received a "rules" auto-bot but thats about it. I'll double check today, maybe post a quick test message and I'll reply if I get it :)

    Is there an inexpensive way to get rid of the grass and weeds once and
    for all? And don't say Roundup. :/


    No weed spray is permanent .. you CAN use round up and enjoy the dirt for
    good majority of the year, however dirt and sun is present, weeds will always grow. There are millions of weed seeds that live in the soil, blow through
    the air, and that birds and other wildlife "dispense of." The lowest maintenance solution is gravel; and to help ensure weeds don't grow from the soil through the gravel would be a good landscape fabric and /or plastic.
    It's not the "most affordable" solution, but the lowest maintenance. Many times a gravel yard will bring it out and relatively level it for nothing
    more than the delivery fee. And gravels is rather cheap per the ton.
    However, that would require the owners permission of course.

    The other alternative to weed control is to get grass growing well. The best time to plant seed is in fall when temperatures are cooler. A good overseeding, starter fertilizer (If you can get it where you live, it has potash in it ..) lightly blanketed with loose straw, and lightly watered to keep the seed moist until it sprouts, will get the grass up and growing
    better then in temperatures over 80 degrees. The obvious challenge is that
    any grass wil not handle the heavy traffic of vehicles, which is why I'd lean more toward gravel for the area pictured. I would think the owner should own or split the expense which can help.

    Otherwise, I'm afraid your only option to killing off grass AND weeds is roundup. That or diesel fuel I hear does the trick :) I can't imagine that smelling well, nor be safe to "apply' during the heat.

    Vinegar does NOT work, so regardless of what you read, Vinegar would be considered a contact herbicide if used for this purpose, and at best just temporarly injurs the leaves of the plant, small ones will die, but not most
    of what I see in the picture. To kill off thistle and any root spreading
    weed, a systemic herbicide is necessary -- gets into the plant and blocks a function of photosynthesis, causing the plant to fail, down to the root.
    Most systemic herbicides are designed not to kill grass, other then the
    "grass and weed killers" which all share the same basic chemical as round-up, just under a different label.

    Hope this helps...

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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/16 to All on Wed Jun 10 00:33:46 2020
    Hello all,

    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)





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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Charles Stephenson on Wed Jun 10 08:54:00 2020
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Wednesday 10.06.20 - 00:33, Charles Stephenson wrote to All:

    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)


    And.. now, you must drop more messages and stir up the conversation as we stir up our coffee!



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  • From Marc Lewis@1:396/45 to Charles Stephenson on Thu Jun 11 20:42:30 2020
    Hello Charles.

    <On 10Jun2020 00:33 Charles Stephenson (1:226/16) wrote a message to All regarding Hi! >


    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)

    Glad you're here, Charles!

    Best regards,
    Marc

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  • From Daniel@1:340/7 to Charles Stephenson on Fri Jun 12 09:08:00 2020
    Charles Stephenson wrote to All <=-

    Hello all,

    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)

    Greetings.

    Daniel Traechin

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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/16 to August Abolins on Thu Jun 18 06:19:48 2020
    On Jun 11th 5:00 pm August Abolins said...
    And.. now, you must drop more messages and stir up the conversation as we
    stir up our coffee!


    I KNEW there was a catch! :)

    I've been waiting for this summer to be over, I hate the high temps!



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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/16 to Marc Lewis on Thu Jun 18 06:20:22 2020
    On Jun 14th 3:00 pm Marc Lewis said...
    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)

    Glad you're here, Charles!


    Thank you! Happy to be here!



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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/16 to Daniel on Thu Jun 18 06:20:52 2020
    On Jun 14th 3:00 pm Daniel said...
    Hello all,

    Just wanted to drop a message saying hello! :)

    Greetings.



    Howdy! :)



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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Charles Stephenson on Sat Jun 20 18:21:02 2020
    On 18/06/2020 6:19 a.m., Charles Stephenson : August Abolins wrote:

    I've been waiting for this summer to be over, I hate the high
    temps!
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    I don't think we (southern ontario) have seen uncomfortable summer temps for more than a week yet. I didn't think ohio was that bad yet. Sounds like you have a low tolerance threshold! :) Technically, only today is the 1st day of summer. Sheeesh.



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  • From Daniel@1:340/7 to Charles Stephenson on Mon Jun 22 21:50:00 2020
    Charles Stephenson wrote to August Abolins <=-

    On Jun 11th 5:00 pm August Abolins said...
    And.. now, you must drop more messages and stir up the conversation as we
    stir up our coffee!


    I KNEW there was a catch! :)

    I've been waiting for this summer to be over, I hate the high temps!

    Are you on the southern hemisphere?

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Shawn Highfield on Mon Jun 22 07:41:00 2020
    Shawn Highfield wrote to Doug Cooper <=-

    Quoting Doug Cooper to Shawn Highfield <=-

    Very nice. It's currently 30c here in Ontario with high humidity so
    you have to chew the air when you breath. '

    I had a friend who joined the US Army after high school. Spent his
    summer goofing off, and reported for boot camp in August. At Fort
    Benning, GA. 30c temps, 90 percent humidity, and this was back when
    they ran in combat boots!



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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Charles Stephenson on Mon Jun 22 07:42:00 2020
    Charles Stephenson wrote to August Abolins <=-

    I've been waiting for this summer to be over, I hate the high temps!

    I'm loving it. I'm out on the California coast, working from home.
    When we go back into the office, I'll have a tan for the first time
    in a while.

    ND: Peets Sumatra, pour-over.



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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Charles Stephenson on Mon Jun 22 11:45:00 2020
    Charles,

    mild winters. I can count the snow days on one hand this year. :(

    Same in Arkansas...the snow lovers are furious. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Charles Stephenson on Mon Jun 22 11:47:00 2020
    Charles,

    I've been waiting for this summer to be over, I hate the high temps!

    Even though the winter cold makes the arthritis hurt more, it means
    no insects, no heat illness, and no tornadoes.

    Plus, in the winter, you can put on clothes to keep warm. In the
    summer, there's a limit to what you can remove, before it's illegal
    (unless you're in a nudist colony...but, even there, once you get to
    butt naked, you can't go any further...whether Ethel is looking or
    not <G>).

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mike Powell on Wed Jun 24 13:51:00 2020
    Mike,

    YES, that is right! You cannot explain that to someone who thinks anything below 80F is "cold," though. :)

    Sounds like the folks in South Florida. When it dipped below 70, the
    winter clothes came out!! <G>

    I am a few hours south, in Kentucky. In this area, it did snow some,
    but I do not remember it ever covering the ground. Wait... there was
    one day it did cover the parking lot at work, early in the morning when
    I get there, but it did not stick around.

    There has been so little snow in central Arkansas the last 3 winters,
    that the snow lovers are just furious.

    The school kids had more "extreme cold" and "flu" days off than snow
    days this year.

    Not sure if they have those here, but there'll probably be COVID-19
    days next.

    Daryl

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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to Kurt Weiske on Sun Jun 28 21:35:46 2020
    Quoting Kurt Weiske to Shawn Highfield <=-

    I had a friend who joined the US Army after high school. Spent his
    summer goofing off, and reported for boot camp in August. At Fort
    Benning, GA. 30c temps, 90 percent humidity, and this was back when
    they ran in combat boots!

    That's how they made sure you were serious about joining. If you made
    it though that boot camp without dropping dead you were a solder! I
    wasn't able to serve in the Canadian Army due to health issues, but I
    support the troops 100%

    Shawn

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Charles Stephenson on Sat Jul 25 20:15:00 2020
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Saturday 25.07.20 - 04:02, Charles Stephenson wrote to August Abolins:

    On Jun 22nd 2:00 am August Abolins said...
    I don't think we (southern ontario) have seen uncomfortable summer temps [...]

    This reply is over a month old, and it's STILL been hot here in Ohio! We've had a steady temp in the high 80's now 90's here for almost a month now with little rain. See, I STILL hate summer! :(

    No problem with this exchange being over a month old. I'll wait a few
    days or weeks before I reply to some messages.

    It *has* turned out to be a rather warm + dry (with a couple of flash rain episodes) summer so far.

    I've rigged a couple of simple fans that draw the much cooler air from the lower level of my split-level home to my higher living space. During the worst of it when the temperature outside is above 30øC, this hack keeps
    the temp at 25øC or less.

    Other than that, I find it hard to hate summer outright. It's a very nice pleasure to see very lightly clad young ladies walking around, especially when they take care of their bodies.


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