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Does the area get any sunlight? With an area that size, if you get any sunlight, I'd go with sod. There's a sod distribution center west of Burtonsville on Spencerville Rd that you can go to directly and pick up the rolls that you need and you'd have an instant yard. It's grown near Annapolis and I've had great success with it. The rolls are about 10 sq ft and I seem to remember them being under $5 a roll so you'd have a great looking yard for about a hundred bucks. If you only have a car, you might need to do a couple of trips because sod is heavy, but here's the website that you'll want to read through. https://www.southernstatesturf.com/sod/ Notice on the bottom that they recommend at least 6 hours of sunlight for the tall fescue but even without the sunlight, you can put it down and overseed with a fine fescue. I'd wait for fall to do that.

Does it have to be grass or would a nice green ground cover work for you? I'm not sure how big a yard you've got, but a smaller lot with nice ground cover with crushed stone paths leading to a patio seating area is very do-able and easy to maintain. But if you have a larger lot, kids, or are trying to make a play area, it would depend on the degree of shade. Fine fescues do well in shade, but they are not as desirable as tall fescues nor as durable. If there's enough light filtering through, you may get away with a tall fescue. The southwest side of the fence will probably be very shady but azaleas and rhododendrons do well in those situations if you want to put a garden bed along the fence.

General statement, but I agree that it's localized. I think it's also better that it's urban based since most of us in the 95 corridor use municipal water rather than rural areas where more folks rely on wells. Most people understand that for urban water supplies, our reservoirs are fed from afar, so a narrow strip of "severe drought" where the reservoirs are located has less impact here than in other areas of the region. I'm not dismissing how dry it has been, but if we are going to have a drought, two things stand out to me that make this situation bearable. The first, obviously, is that for now the severe concern is within an area where impacts are minimal, and secondly, if it is going to be dry, winter is a good time for it since water demand is lower. I'm pretty sure that if this was a June, July, and August drought, the beachin that would be going on in here would make wintertime Ji would sound optimistic.

The Milagro Beanfield War continues... November 2.00" December 1.03" January 1.20" Pretty remarkable that I've also had 8" of snow.

I just summed the past two and a half months, and less than 4" here since October 30. I have no idea what that means in term of a drought, but I'm pretty confident that going forward it means that I need to make sure my sump pump is working well in March and April.

Awesome! I hope that you don't mind, but I copied that image to the D.C. area obs thread with a nod to you, of course.

NiCe!!!

Good stuff!

The time lapse is awesome. I might have to set one of those up in the yard.

They were about about 20 mins ago.

Yeah, that was a fun day. I think one of my girlfriend's friends has a screenshot of us making snow angels. I need to get a copy.

Your January storm was pretty awesome. We road tripped down to OC for that one. Good times. If anyone down that way gets a look at the beaches, I would be interested in hearing how they are doing regarding erosion.

PD I February 5-6, 2010 February 1983 because of the crazy thundersnow January 2016 February 2003 January 1996 December 2009

Yep. Me too.

Yep.

And then it finally all disappeared. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/05/unbelievable_still_snow_at_bwi.html

I was in my class room on the north side of our school when it sounded like a pack of animals was running across the roof from south to north towards me. Once the sound got overhead, the shaking starting and having been through a small quake in LA, I knew immediately what was happening. The shaking is unmistakable. Like others have said, it was relatively light at first, and it seemed like it was going to pass quickly, but then a longer and more pronounced wave went through that lasted just long enough to make me wonder if it was going to get worse. Then, like a rogue gust of wind that passes on an otherwise calm day , it stopped. Minus the structural damage that some areas have, it was definitely a very cool experience.

I read today that half the jokes on Twitter and Facebook regarding the earthquake today were a little funnier if you added, "That's what she said."

Not shure what you mean. PG cownty taut me good.