Money saving tips for your lawn
Having a lawn can be expensive, especially a well maintained one. With the price of gas at an all time high and just your essentials for living going up daily, everyone is looking for a way to stretch their dollars further. Here are some tips to maximize your savings while keeping your lawn healthy.
Money saving tips for your lawn
I’m not creative!!
I need some help. I would love to have a nice logo, banner, or something made for this site. I have tried several times and have not been happy with the results. If anyone out there is handy with this sort of thing and would like to donate their time for a little publicity on this site please submit something to me. I would like a couple of sizes and a color scheme that goes along with the site as it is now.
Also I am looking for new intro/outro music for the podcast. Anyone musically gifted is more than welcome to apply. Again the only reward is some publicity on this site, but you never know where that could take you.
Thanks again and you can submit all work to info@reallawnsense.com
My Lawn
For anyone wanting to know what my lawn looks like here are some pics. This is a 90% fescue lawn with about 10% bluegrass.
You can click on the pictures to get a larger view.
Trellis Update
Last summer I posted pictures of my copper trellis I made. I thought some of you would enjoy seeing how it turned out almost a year later. You can see a huge difference in the Clematis I planted on it last year.
So here you go, also you can click on it for a larger image.
A forum of forums
If you’ve noticed I’ve taken down the link to my forums as they are just too hard to moderate currently. I however, have a new place for you to go and encourage you all to join up and contribute. These guys know what they are talking about and you’ll find answers to almost everything. Also this is the one that I hangout at on a regular basis. Hope to see you there.
I made a difference
Ok, the title is a little ambiguous. I was contacted over a year ago about some pictures I had taken for the blog and using them in a publication. I had no problems with this was was amazed that a picture I had taken would be worth anything to anyone (I know there are skilled photographers out there somewhere).
So here is a link to that publication that came alive because of me. Or that is what I’m going to tell everyone. By the way the publication is about planting trees properly and I really like the information in it. Especially the tree type descriptions.
It is by Kansas City Power and Light and they did a great job.
http://www.kcpl.com/brochures/righttree.pdf
Goto the last page to see the best part, my credit with name and site address.
Under the Sink Lawn Care
Now that everyone is excited about getting into their yards and are getting ready for the invading pest and weeds it is time for the “home brew” remedies to circulate.
The first one is everyone telling each other to add soap to any spray to make it “stick” better. Bottom line is that if a chemical was meant to stick in a certain way, it has a spreder/sticker mixed in it and you adding anything else could put this out of balance and make your expensive sprays a complete waste of time. These companies want to sell you something that works so that you will continue buying their brand of products. They put alot of research into what they do and have tested it in every way possible. The soap your adding is not labeled for what your using it for and is technically illegal. That aside, you just don’t know what spraying your favorite bush, tree or flower with dish detergent will do to it.
Bottom line is - use cleaning supplies for cleaning, and plant care products for plant care.
And always read the labels on both.
Weeds abound
So the annual weeds are starting to emerge from the ruins of last year. Those that fortified their turf, thickening and broadening, are much safer than those that did not. As you start to see the dandelions and such emerge, you can reach for almost any selective herbicide that contains 2-4D. This will keep it and other easily killed weeds from growing to the point of releasing their hundreds or thousands of seed and worsening the problem.
Please remember that this is not the time to fight clover. Keep these areas in mind for this fall or try ripping those areas up and seeding to lessen the problem.
The new year, with new problems
Ok, it is time to get active again. I have neglected this all winter and now that it is time to play in the yard again and I am back in the spirit to get this site going.
I take it everyone has applied their crabgrass preventer by now. It probably isn’t too late yet to get the effectivness but don’t wait too much longer or you will be wasting your time and money.
I also assume everyone has done their mower tune-up. Oil change, filters changed, batteries check and charger or replaced, blades sharpened and belts checked for wear. I have mowed 4 times already and am always happy to do my spring tune-up so I can enjoy worry-free mowing the rest of the year.
Lets get the questions coming…. you can always reach me by commenting on here, or submitting your questions to info@reallawnsense.com
Thanks again and lets have a great 08′
Slow time of year
Well now is the time that we stay indoors, and look out at our lawns. Wether they be green or brown or any color in between there isn’t much to be done now.
The leaves are up or have been mulched into the turf, the last cut of the year has came and gone. A warmer day here or there brings little change. Shrubs are looking their worst (or best if it is a colored branch shrub). Flowers have died back to the ground and your compost piles are full.
The tools have been put up. The mowers and blowers and trimmers drained and stored for winter. Chemicals brought in out of soon to be freezing temperatures. Sprayers long emptied await a filling come spring.
Garages and sheds are filled with warmer day outdoor decor. A patio set, some potted plants or just pots that will shatter if left out in the cold.
Evergreens still green, some adorned by lights and other festive things. But everyone just wishes it was spring.
Sorry the further I went the more of a poem it became. Happy Holidays too all. I will see you in the new year.
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