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slynne
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response 25 of 190:
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Jun 27 15:45 UTC 2003 |
I have given some thought to mowing the lawn ;)
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tpryan
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response 26 of 190:
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Jun 27 16:25 UTC 2003 |
Finished mowing the front lawn. Not that much taken away,
so out with the sprinkler to make sure it gorws more in the next
week. Somehow does not seem logical. Enough to cause a Vulcan
to laugh.
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gregb
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response 27 of 190:
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Jun 27 16:29 UTC 2003 |
Why didn't you wait for the grass to grow more?
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other
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response 28 of 190:
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Jun 27 16:31 UTC 2003 |
Obtained a small Lincoln wire-feed arc welder, with a nearly full spool,
for a reasonable price.
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rcurl
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response 29 of 190:
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Jun 27 16:37 UTC 2003 |
You water a lawn? You seem to know that makes it grow more, and yet
you do it. I never water my lawn. Unforunately, though, I still have to mow
it (though I am not sure why).
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mynxcat
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response 30 of 190:
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Jun 27 17:13 UTC 2003 |
You don't water it, you have unsightly dry grass
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scott
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response 31 of 190:
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Jun 27 17:34 UTC 2003 |
Just cover the lawn with plastic to keep the rain off, and you'll greatly
reduce mowings. Eventually you won't need to mow at all. ;)
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gull
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response 32 of 190:
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Jun 27 21:10 UTC 2003 |
Unsightly dry grass is the price we pay for trying to grow northern
European lawn grasses in places they weren't meant to live.
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gelinas
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response 33 of 190:
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Jun 27 23:16 UTC 2003 |
I've let my lawn go wild. I'd rather it were native, but I'll take what I
can get.
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slynne
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response 34 of 190:
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Jun 28 00:55 UTC 2003 |
I have let a good chunk of my yard go wild. It looks better every year.
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rcurl
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response 35 of 190:
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Jun 28 05:28 UTC 2003 |
Dry grass is a lovely brown color, as attractive as green. And it doesn't
require mowing or anything else. It revives every year too, when wet
weather comes again.
I also let my grass go wild. There are a lot of interersting tiny flowers
in it in the spring, and something other than grass has taken over under
the trees, apparently better adapted to permanent shade. The one thing I
do do annually, is "superseed" - just reseed the whole lawn in the spring.
This fills in between the non-grass plants very nicely.
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keesan
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response 36 of 190:
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Jun 28 05:35 UTC 2003 |
My yard is mostly creeping willie. Grass needs sun.
What does wild yard consist of in Ypsi?
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slynne
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response 37 of 190:
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Jun 28 13:44 UTC 2003 |
I dont mow about 50% of my back yard. All kinds of wildflowers are
growing there now. I dont know what kinds
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void
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response 38 of 190:
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Jun 28 20:28 UTC 2003 |
Since lawn grass came here from France, I've been waiting for the
freedom fries/freedom toast crowd to rip up their lawns, send the sod
to France, and plant their yards with native ground cover.
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jaklumen
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response 39 of 190:
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Jun 29 08:04 UTC 2003 |
resp:35 Lovely brown? Oookkay.
resp:38 Xeroscaping? Not a bad idea, actually. Said to conserve
water.
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janc
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response 40 of 190:
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Jun 29 11:44 UTC 2003 |
What is "creeping willie"? We search shows nothing by that name.
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scott
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response 41 of 190:
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Jun 29 12:46 UTC 2003 |
"Creeping Charlie", perhaps.
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slynne
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response 42 of 190:
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Jun 29 14:53 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, I have lots of "creeping charlie" in my backyard. I figured that
is what she meant since it is so common here.
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gelinas
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response 43 of 190:
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Jun 29 15:54 UTC 2003 |
"Creeping Charlie is the bane of many lawn enthusiasts, because it tends
to grow no matter what you do to stop it. It has small, scalloped,
dark green leaves that may turn red or purple in full sunlight,
and grows in long stems along the ground. Flowers are purplish
to blue. You can make positive identification by breaking a stem,
which is square in cross-section, identifying it as a type of mint"
(http://www.riverwestcurrents.org/2002/November/000254.html).
It'd probably annoy the neighbors as much violets would, and more than
the current crop does.
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slynne
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response 44 of 190:
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Jun 29 16:53 UTC 2003 |
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slynne
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response 45 of 190:
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Jun 29 16:54 UTC 2003 |
I have heard that putting that "20 mule team borax" on the lawn kills
creeping charlie. You just have to be careful not to overdo it.
Personally, I think it looks cool and I am happy that it is taking over
the lawn.
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remmers
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response 46 of 190:
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Jun 29 16:55 UTC 2003 |
Are your neighbors thrilled as well?
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rcurl
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response 47 of 190:
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Jun 29 18:21 UTC 2003 |
Yes, what's wrong with Creeping Charlie? It grows better than grass under our
trees, and I really like seeing its flowers. Also, why should the neighbors
care" It doesn't create airborne seeds like dandelions - it just....creeps.
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slynne
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response 48 of 190:
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Jun 29 19:36 UTC 2003 |
Well, I havent asked my neighbors what they think of the "creeping
charlie" in my lawn. I dont see why they should mind. It is *my* lawn
after all. I also decided this year that I didnt have enough dandelions
so I got a bunch of the ones that had gone to seed (while out walking
the dogs) and then blew them all over my lawn. It didnt work though. I
must not have the right conditions for dandelions.
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mary
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response 49 of 190:
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Jun 29 20:05 UTC 2003 |
I'd think the reason they might mind is that it's a very
invasive plant. If all your neighbors wanted to have it
throughout their lawn, gardens and flowerbeds, no problem.
But when you intentionally allow it to thrive and don't
contain it on your property, then you're maybe giving
them a problem. Just because you like it doesn't mean
everyone else does or should.
Do you make any attempt to keep it on your property?
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