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4 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:
Why am I having subtle brown spots showing up all over my lawn? They were hard to see at first, but more noticeable now
Would need pics to make any educated guess.
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On 6/8/2025 at 5:50 PM, HIPPYVALLEY said:
Is there a reason why my neighbor would be mowing his lawn every 2 to 3 days?
He’s only 60 and retired so it could just boredom but maybe there is a good reason for mowing that frequently?
i’m not going to ask him because I find it all a little annoying and he’ll probably detect that in my voice.edit: this is the same person, who will spend Sunny days in late February and early March, snowblowing snow from shady sections of the yard into sunny sections to melt it quicker.
Speaking for myself- I enjoy it. I probably mow every 3-4 days. Lawncare and landscaping are a hobby and are actually enjoyable. Many dread having to cut the lawn on weekends, so they can't imagine why someone would do it more than once a week AT most. I dont do it to "keep up with the Joneses" or one up my neighbor with a meticulous lawn or landscape, I don't have any neighbors--lol. I get a lot of us have different views on what is or isn't a waste of time, resource, money when it comes to this. I do spend a good amount of money(mainly on perennials plants/trees/conifers/etc) and like the yard overall looking nice. Part of that is the lawn too, which I also like freshly cut in combination with all the landscape beds. Certainly get that many on here could not give two craps about it this stuff. I really try to keep the lawn stuff as organic as possible, but will also do soil tests to see what is needed for lawn and plants and make amendments based on that so Im not just throwing stuff down that is not needed.
With all that said, maybe your neighbor is bored out of his mind or hates his wife
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After spending 7-8 hours standing in 50F Noreaster rain last weekend at a huge lacrosse tournament here, let's do it again this morning for another big event. Only 4 hours this time
. It's comical at this point.
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6 hours ago, dendrite said:
I assume this was a bear. Never broke the hook or pulled the feeder down. Just punched, smashed, and ate.
Sounds about right. It seems like they literally suck the seeds like a vacuum out of mine but the feeders are almost always completely left intact.
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3 minutes ago, metagraphica said:
Black flies are the worst. Nothing deters them. At least with deer flies you can wear a hat with tanglefoot on it that catches them and there other ways to catch them in the yard.
I guess this is the year I try this method...
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3 minutes ago, dryslot said:
I was in the garden yesterday and there was a hatch of black flies out there looking for victims.
Had the first baby deer fly land on me today, I would take 100 swarms of black flies over peak Deer Fly season.
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2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:
So, we are starting to get a lot of poison ivy, showing up in the back, wooded part of our yard. I’d rather not use toxins to kill it. Has anybody here had any luck with more natural solutions?
I was thinking of mixing up a big batch of sea salt and vinegar to spray it with. I’m pretty sensitive to it so I’m not really interested in putting on gloves and pulling it up myself.Also looking to see if I could borrow some goats for a day or two. I would love to own a pair of goats, but I’m not quite ready for that commitment and they are not easy to contain.
I think the problem with Vinegar is that its mostly a surface kill. It will most likely go brown pretty quick, but I don't think it gets to the roots for a total kill, so it will just come back. Not just poison ivy, but any thing you are trying to get rid of.
I am all ears too for a natural solution that actually works and kills down to the roots.
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24 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:
What direction is that looking? I love that view.
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This is the most blue sky I have seen in 8-9 days..
even bright overcast has been a win.
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35 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:
We had to purchase a portable unit for my mother-in-law's assisted living unit. Pretty nice and inexpensive device that seems to do the job where she is.
Mine was really old and most likely very inefficient so probably skewing my opinion a bit, guessing the 2025 versions are certainly a little better.
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7 minutes ago, klw said:
Too many lost Yurts to count
Meanwhile I am under a severe warning and a special weather statement, some thunder and pretty solid rain ongoing
I'm up in your neck of the woods on I-91, legit lowest VIS I maybe have ever driven in, literally dark as night/insane rates had to pull off. Crazy CGs and trees swaying. Cars going 10mph.
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26 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:
Thanks everyone for the suggestion of the Midea's. I have seen those on Amazon. Is the install as easy as a standard window unit with the U shape of these?
No, definitely more of a learning curve. You don't just pop them in like a standard unit. There is YouTube video that has step by step if you need it. I get them quick now after doing it a season or two.
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14 hours ago, mreaves said:
I can’t recommend the Midea u-shaped AC high enough. Quiet and efficient. I’ve had one for 2 years and I love it.
I have 4 units, its amazing how much more efficient they are at cooling my house. Keeps whole house comfortable. Previously had 3 older window units and a Portable AC it's laugable how much better the Midea's are. The Portable AC was absolutely awful.
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49 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:
Had this whole area of lawn totally redone last year. Brought in loads of topsoil and then they hydro seeded in Napril . Had them back in late Augdewst for an aeration and overseed . And it finally looks like what I have been searching for in that area. Tons of Oaks so a lot of shade and debris disaster. Not a weed. No dandies , no clover .. just deep green grass . It will erode as it’s prone to do in that sloped area and not enough sun. But for this season it is 100% full frontal nudity . T & V
That's insane coverage for what looks like pretty dense shade come full leaf out. Definitely looks good, but like you said will be interested to see it towards Aug/Sept.
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18 hours ago, jbenedet said:
Looking for some tips—-my backyard lawn is last spot I got around to fixing up and it started yesterday. It’s uneven and overrun with weeds. I tilled up all the weeds and now I’m left with soil and chopped weeds and wondering which direction I take from here.
Should i a) immediately start burying the chopped up weeds with soil, level out and plant grass seed or b)keep tilling for next few weeks until I don’t see anymore weeds come up?
I understand weeds will keep coming up in option A but I do feel that if I at least can get a grass base, I can manage and pull and eventually get the grass to out compete.
Thoughts?
I would stop the tilling. You are bringing up more and more weed seeds every time you till. At this point just try to level the lawn as best you can, it might be hard without machinery to get it mostly level without bumps. I would seed, but just FYI you are going on have to water alot to get it to survive through summer. You will definitely have alot of weeds coming up with the grass seed too that you will have to tackle along the way or after the grass is established. There are certain fertilizers you can use at seeding that also help prevent weeds from germinating(it won't stop them all).
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On 4/25/2025 at 12:47 PM, dendrite said:
I did last year. It was great! @Damage In Tolland
Kind of shocked your mower didn't bog down cutting that stuff.
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3 minutes ago, dendrite said:
The Guam of New England. Like in another world.
He took over the first mow role from that poster from coastal RI who had that house on the water with a big southern facing hill. Dude was mowing in March every year it seemed.
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9 hours ago, Sn0waddict said:
Moved into my house last year, and right before we moved in the prior owners put in a brand new septic tank in the backyard. Which is great except the entire backyard was just dirt and rocks when we moved in. Going to over seed the shit out of the yard this spring, but the backyard gets a lot of shade so I worry it may not get enough sun. Is there any grass seed out there that does well in shade? the lack of sun means less weeds which is great but I need some damn grass back there I’m sick of looking at dirt and stepping on rocks
Tall Fescue thrives the best in part shade. Jonathan Green has a mix that is all Tall Fescue I believe. I'm sure Lesco does too. If it is full shade, then nothing will grow there well (as far as grasses--Bluegrass, fescue, ryegrass). Still will need 4-6 hours of sunlight for it to thrive.
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Lawn was green right into the first snow seems like. This is NOV 4th.
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1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:
How in the sam hell is your lawn green? That’s wild. Did you Stein right into Tgiving like we did or was it wetter ? I mean this as brown as I have ever seen it in spring here. Literally every lawn .
I dont think we steined like you guys did, but would have to check. Its definitely snowcover related. This is pretty unusual, its normally not this green. This is the first time living here I went wall to wall snowcover though too. (Outside of a couple days in JAN.
My backyard has full snow cover still.
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Section of my front yard going quick down to grass this week. Prob 70 percent green, with some snow mold too. Assuming the non stop snow cover from Nov helped.
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On 2/27/2025 at 9:44 AM, backedgeapproaching said:
Really don't know how these 3 came away with just minor injuries, small plane into the side of Mt Equinox and minor injuries is crazy.
https://www.wmtw.com/article/vermont-plane-crash-equinox-mountain-manchester/63935470
Update on that crash. Beyond lucky family.
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Really don't know how these 3 came away with just minor injuries, small plane into the side of Mt Equinox and minor injuries is crazy.
https://www.wmtw.com/article/vermont-plane-crash-equinox-mountain-manchester/63935470
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Tried to get mailbox cleaned out, no shot with that shovel, it's a brick.
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New England 2025 Warm Season Banter
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Yea, I saw that..oof. I took mine apart as much as I could and did a bleach cleaning and let it dry. I think every window AC prob has some type of issue with water and some mold, but yea looks like a design flaw.