greendave

Just now, tarheelwx said:

I agree.  We have done so much better than those not far to our south and east.  We've seen a respectable amount of snow, but not much in the way of ice.  

TW

Last major ice storms in Alamance Co were back-to-back 1st and 3rd week of March 2014. Power was out for a few days with the first one, don't recall for the 2nd.

3 minutes ago, BullCityWx said:

Burlington made it to 40 today 

In Burlington (1 mi ESE of Elon) - started seeing snow mixing @ 430pm. But it stayed very mixed with sleet until ~5:30pm. 5:30-7:45pm huge fluffy snow but marginal temps - struggled to have 1/2" at most to show for it. Mixing back now w/ sleet and maybe rain, big fluffies gone.

1 hour ago, NCSNOW said:

Youll get sleet 20-30 mins or so (cool column), then 15 min to complete flip. Its coming.

Nailed it. Sleet intensified for 30 mins. Flakes just started mixing in right @ 4:30pm. 1mi. ESE Elon.

what's going on at the Durham/Alamance/Person/Caswell lines in terms of radar echoes blossoming - pivoting back through Alamance Co. and eastern Guilford - are we seeing the deformation setting up here?

3 minutes ago, NCSNOW said:

Switch over is complete here GSO airport. Quater to small cotton ball size flakes

Hopeful it switches over here in Alamance Co shortly. Nothing to write home about but have seen slightly heavier echoes this afternoon compared to bone dry all night through 9:15am.

5 minutes ago, eyewall said:

That is encouraging. it would be nice to see a courtesy flake out this way.

I also heard flurries as far south as Snow Camp in Alamance Co. - so yes - some hope - but its marginal at best.....the flakes are very few and far between but we're going on almost an hour now and still seeing a few here in Burlington.

flurries in Burlington, NC

In Burlington, 1.5mi ESE of Elon and looks like we'll settle out at 2.5"

made the call to leave Crossroads/Cary @ 2pm. rain/snow mix all the way out 64 to Pittsboro and up hwy87. Turned all snow in Saxapahaw @ 3pm and ground is white - mod. snow falling as I stare over my laptop out the window of Haw River Farmhouse Ales - work hard. play hard.

20 minutes ago, jburns said:

Personal.

Debra Morgan definitely said "personnel matter", Fish's statement said "personal issues" FWIW....

19 minutes ago, Shane said:

Agree on Greensboro. They tend to get a similar to the SVA Counties to their north. Greensboro is 500' higher than Raleigh after the plain ends around Hillsborough. I would place my boundaries around that elevation change

Agree 100%. I live in Burlington and I've seen the transition line setup so many times quite literally in a line from just south of Graham and over towards Mebane and Efland more times than not. And to the point of not grouping us with RDU. Yesterday I left RDU for home and witnessed a 7degree temp drop and arrived to snow/graupel flurries.

Here ya go griteater, thanks for the response.

Any suggestions on a proven weedkiller? I'm thinking staing away from the big box store names might be best, but maybe not.

-Dave

Lawn Help:

Back story:

1) Re-seeded front lawn (roughly 5000 sq ft) last fall after aerating and lime, when we inherited the place, for years the lawn was neglected so huge mix of weeds, moss, and "some" grass. Reseeded with mix of southern gold fescue mix and kentucky blue. Came in great, yard was in fantastic shape all through the end of June. Put out Scott's crabgrass halt early spring, i thought early enough.

2) 2nd week of July rolls around and two major problems: A) Crabgrass, nutsedge, and bermudagrass everywhere. B ) Two huge patches and several smaller of dry brown dead crispy grass. The worst spot came right up without ease, did the shovel test, and grubs. 

3) To remedy I put down one bag of Bayer 24 hr grub killer, and 2 bags (double dose) of Scotts Grubex for long term. My plan is to use nematodes this fall and next spring for an organic remedy.

It's been roughly a week since application and initial watering (unfortunately the big soakers completely missed us here in Burlington this past Sunday). Anyways, there seems to have been a stop in forward progression (almost football season pun).

So on to my question, knowing I'll have a substantial loss in areas and have to reseed anyway this fall.....what do i do about the weeds.

Should I A) let weeds go until early fall and kill then when grass can better cope.

or B ) trusting the long term pattern (i think) of a mild moist few weeks upcoming and go ahead and tackle the weed problem and hope there's enough rain and no brutal temps the next few weeks?

I fear if i don't tackle now the crabgrass and bermudagrass will take over in place of the dead fescue. It really is amazing the difference in lawn conditions just over the last 3 weeks, i wasn't prepared to stomach it.

So looking for advice when to kill weeds, and also curios what product i should use. Right now i'm looking at the SouthernAg 2:4-D Amine, but doesn't look like it will tackle the bermuda.

I'm also a little confused on the bermuda, seems like many use it as a "grass" but I can't stand it, long runners, invades everything. Perhaps its centipede and not bermuda?

Thanks for any advice.

-Dave