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We don't have a lawn and landscaping thread. I know most (including myself) are :rolleyes: on the topic, but let's share ways to make it less :rolleyes:

I'll start with my lawn...

When the front fell off of Bag End and they tore up the entire front yard to fix it, I went through a bunch of options. From ground cover, to gravel, to artificial turf, I stumbled across something call Earth Turf

https://www.earthturf.com/

Drought tolerant, self-fertilizing, slow growth, etc...all seemed to be a bit :yeahok: too good to be true, but I tried it anyway.

I planted it last October, and it took, though a bit sparse in spots. Determined, I overseeded in the spring, and now the results are :mindblown:

Up until the last few days, we haven't had much rain this summer. Everyone's grass was turning brown, while mine remained green. I only have to mow it once a week tops, even when it rains, and it seems to be establishing itself well all across the yard. The clover crowds out other weeds as promised now, but it did require a decent amount of weeding while it was getting going. When it does rain, it's almost a neon green, it's so bright in color. The clover is cool, almost looks like a shag carpet on the lawn. We get compliments all the time from people. I'll take some photos to share later.
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Fuck lawns and landscaping. Stupid waste.

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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:37 pm Fuck lawns and landscaping. Stupid waste.
Pride of ownershit. I like my house to look nice on the outside.

You should move into an apt.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Lawns?

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Pride of ownershit. I like my house to look nice on the outside.

You should move into an apt.
I actually enjoy the act of some yardwork - it's good self meditation as long as I have the time to do it.
I hate yardwork while I'm at it, but like the results. I don't mind a little maintenance. That's why something like my lawn that requires little maintenance to look nice is :fuckyeah:
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Melon wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:45 pm Lawns?

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That's one way to do it.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Our backyard looks like that. We're in the process of a no-grass solution.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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LOLOL
Your backyard looks like it should be a futball camp for Kenya kids with their trash balls.
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Currently, I'm thanking the whore that mother nature is for the moat that she's given me while I try to reconstruct my rear french drainage. It rains daily, so my motivation to get out there and build the ground back up where I need is low.
Helps though as it's easier to sculpt mud than dirt. I run the french drain along the edge here and plan to slope the dirt towards the drains. From there it exits to the parking lot behind me. Works fucking awesome. (I'm changing it from pipes buried under dirt to pipes with gravel over the tops so that water can drain into them easier.)
I've got the visqueen (sp?), just gotta build the dirt up.

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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:37 pm Fuck lawns and landscaping. Stupid waste.
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Looks like it got flooded or something.
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:manuel: is the answer. :micdrop:
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:28 pm :manuel: is the answer. :micdrop:
:impressive: use of :micdrop:
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Acid666 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:52 pm
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LOLOL
Your backyard looks like it should be a futball camp for Kenya kids with their trash balls.
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U just mad cuz ur vette is now the slow vette
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Melon wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:49 pm
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LOLOL
Your backyard looks like it should be a futball camp for Kenya kids with their trash balls.
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U just mad cuz ur vette is now the slow vette
OMG YOU JUS MAD CUZ I R GUNNA BE ROLLS AROUND ON SKWARE 315S WICH WILL RENDR YUR GEERS OF WAR USELESSES!

Hah.
I almost wish I had a dirt backyard. Save me the heat exhaustion from having to cut it.
Then again it's one of the few things that gets my fat ass out of the house.
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Acid666 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:58 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:49 pm

U just mad cuz ur vette is now the slow vette
OMG YOU JUS MAD CUZ I R GUNNA BE ROLLS AROUND ON SKWARE 315S WICH WILL RENDR YUR GEERS OF WAR USELESSES!

Hah.
I almost wish I had a dirt backyard. Save me the heat exhaustion from having to cut it.
Then again it's one of the few things that gets my fat ass out of the house.
:poorvette: going to kill at autoX.
Just you wait until a month when my schedule aligns.

My yard has grown back for the most part, I'll snap a pic later tonight.
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Melon wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:59 pm
Acid666 wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:58 pm

OMG YOU JUS MAD CUZ I R GUNNA BE ROLLS AROUND ON SKWARE 315S WICH WILL RENDR YUR GEERS OF WAR USELESSES!

Hah.
I almost wish I had a dirt backyard. Save me the heat exhaustion from having to cut it.
Then again it's one of the few things that gets my fat ass out of the house.
:poorvette: going to kill at autoX.
Just you wait until a month when my schedule aligns.

My yard has grown back for the most part, I'll snap a pic later tonight.
:fax: gonna lay down the :fax: on you two at the next autox
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:poorvette: going to kill at autoX.
Just you wait until a month when my schedule aligns.

My yard has grown back for the most part, I'll snap a pic later tonight.
:fax: gonna lay down the :fax: on you two at the next autox

We've been waiting to finally race apples to apples and shit just keeps making it not happen.
Alan's usually up there in raw times for Cenla so I've been anxious to compare some times and see where I'm slipping up. The seat time and new tyrez are proving to be getting me there.

Totally lawn care equivalent.
On topic, what's the best way to level out my yard? Sand? Dirt in the low spots? When I push mow there's a few places that the mower dips down. Now that I've got a riding mower coming in I'd like to properly level out the few major spots so that everything is level. Don't have to be perfect, but I'd like to at least not make any low spots lower with a heavier mower slowly putting all its weight into that spot over time.
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Could just dump dirt in the low spots.
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I'm just here to post a picture of Zilch managing our landscaping.

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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.
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Sno wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:17 pm I'm just here to post a picture of Zilch managing our landscaping.

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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.
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