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Grex > Nature > #22: The Lawn Care Diary of "Doctor Straight" |  |
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rcurl
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response 150 of 172:
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Jul 5 18:08 UTC 1997 |
We don't keep those.
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valerie
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response 151 of 172:
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Jul 6 19:14 UTC 1997 |
This response has been erased.
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rcurl
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response 152 of 172:
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Jul 7 05:03 UTC 1997 |
Sure - but the curator is away at camp for two weeks.
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valerie
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response 153 of 172:
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Jul 8 03:26 UTC 1997 |
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remmers
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response 154 of 172:
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May 5 16:49 UTC 1998 |
Spring is here with a vengeance, so it's time to revive this item.
Haven't done much to the lawn yet this year, except to mow it once
or twice. Everything's growing at a great rate, including the weeds.
Dandelions have made substantial inroads, so I'm afraid I'll have
to zap 'em with weed&feed. In general I don't like to use herbicides,
but one application every couple of years seems to keep things well
enough under control.
The dandelions are having a field day all over town. I blame El Nino.
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scott
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response 155 of 172:
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May 5 23:09 UTC 1998 |
I've already mowed 3 times. And I'll have to do something about the
dandelions, next year.
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remmers
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response 156 of 172:
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May 19 14:24 UTC 1998 |
Gave the lawn the weed & feed treatment. The weeds are under
reasonable control. No more herbicide treatement is planned
for the rest of the season. The grass is growing at such a
rate that I have to mow it every three days just to keep up.
Because of the early fertilization, I'm postpoing the Grandma
Putt treatment for a bit. Plan to do it at the end of May.
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remmers
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response 157 of 172:
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May 25 10:47 UTC 1998 |
Hm, here it is Memorial Day. If the weather stays dry today, I'll
mow the lawn, do the Grandma Putt treatment, and throw on a little
Milorganite for good measure.
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mary
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response 158 of 172:
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May 25 11:25 UTC 1998 |
Oh, great. Our very own chunk of radioactive intoxicated
green space. ;-)
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remmers
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response 159 of 172:
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May 25 20:25 UTC 1998 |
Hey, if one bag spread out over the entire lawn is going to cause
a radioactivity problem, then I pity the poor folks who work at
Franks. They've got bags and bags of Milorganite piled high and
deep there...
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remmers
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response 160 of 172:
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May 31 01:37 UTC 1998 |
Well the lawn has been Milorganited -- it required two bags, not
one -- and given the Grandma Putt Spring Lawn Tonic as well. The
exact recipe was given earlier in this item, but in brief, the
lawn tonic consists of ammonia, beer, listerine, epsom salts, and
dish soap mixed together and applied to the lawn with a hose-end
sprayer. Yummy!
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remmers
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response 161 of 172:
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Apr 18 12:44 UTC 1999 |
The 1999 lawn care season has begun. Time to revive this item.
Only thing I've done so far this season is apply some fertilizer
containing crabgrass preventer. That plus all of our rain and mild
temperatures have caused the grass to green up nicely and grow like
crazy. It could really use a mowing.
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arabella
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response 162 of 172:
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Apr 23 23:25 UTC 1999 |
Our grass (and weeds) definitely need mowing, but it's way too
wet to mow, alas. We have a low spot in the yard that is acting
like a miniature swamp right now. Should dry up by tomorrow,
though, so maybe we will mow then.
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scott
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response 163 of 172:
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Apr 24 13:01 UTC 1999 |
Wow, I've noticed lots of grub damage this spring. How did you guys fare?
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n8nxf
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response 164 of 172:
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Apr 26 11:01 UTC 1999 |
Yes, there has been a lot of grub damage this spring. My parents thought
the crows were doing it by pulling out the grass in their yard but I
showed them the grubs and told them the crows were going after them.
We had a smallish invasion in the strip between the curb and sidewalk.
The kids and I raked through it with small gardening tools and found
several hundred grubs. Do these things multiply or is it just part of
the life-cycle for some insect? I imaging some insect lays the eggs
and this year a lot of the hatchings survived.
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rcurl
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response 165 of 172:
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Apr 26 15:03 UTC 1999 |
No, grubs don't "multiply". I think most are beetle larvae - June Beetles,
perhaps.
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remmers
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response 166 of 172:
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Apr 26 18:14 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:162 - Although the grass was a bit damp, last Wednesday I
decided the front lawn was getting just too shaggy and mowed it anyway.
And now it needs another. Is there no end to this madness?
Speaking of madness, it will soon be time to give the lawn its spring
Grandma Putt treatment. See resp:0 for the recipe.
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arabella
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response 167 of 172:
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Apr 28 03:38 UTC 1999 |
You could rip out the lawn and plant low-maintenance groundcovers.
That would end the madness.
What does grub damage look like? I don't know if we have any.
I did find a grub when I was weeding my perennial border
(and squished it with my shovel). Most lawn grubs are
the larvae of japanese beetles. They can be controlled with
applications of milky spore disease (I believe it's some kind
of bacterium or other organism that kills the grubs, but doesn't
harm earthworms and other good bugs).
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mary
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response 168 of 172:
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Apr 28 11:58 UTC 1999 |
We are fortunate not to have a problem with grubs. They don't
seem to like the radioactivity from the Melorganite. What
a relief, eh? ;-)
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remmers
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response 169 of 172:
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Apr 29 12:09 UTC 1999 |
(Reports of radioactivity in our lawn are greatly exaggerated... ;-)
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md
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response 170 of 172:
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Apr 29 14:17 UTC 1999 |
(Do you know that for a fact?)
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remmers
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response 171 of 172:
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Aug 8 01:18 UTC 2000 |
I would like to announce that in just a couple of
weeks we will be moving out of our house and into
a condominium, where Big Brother (aka the "condo-
minium association") does all the lawn care. I
have mowed my last lawn. It's over, finnissimo,
done. You may express your congratulations or
condolances, whichever seems appropriate.
Actually, I'm quite happy about the change. But,
obviously, I will have little more to say about
lawn care.
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rcurl
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response 172 of 172:
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Aug 8 03:59 UTC 2000 |
So what will you do with your special lawn elixir? Bottle it and sell it
for sexual disfunction?
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