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cue ginx coming in here telling us to stock up on canned foods for the 30th time this year

I love it, wish it would take over more of my lawn than it already has.

Early fall is the better of the two times of year to apply, but if you don't have visible grub damage (or are only finding 1 or 2 if you dig up some sod), you don't need to apply. Not chemicals, but I get what you're saying. They're pricey, too.

Thanks. And for sure, I see them too. I think if you keep the growth short, it's not an issue with bees. We also have a ton of other flowers outside the yard that keep the bees out of the play area, even when the white clover is in bloom. I only made it 20 days or so into no-mow-May, because, yeah, that was NSFKids. Nothing wrong with aerating and overseeding, like you said, it's natural. I can trace the drainage from this yard straight to the bay 3 miles away, so no chemicals here either.

Definitely awful. Lawn is plenty enjoyable without all that but I appreciate your concern.

Yes, now watch the moon follow suite.

Cheapest way? Let mother nature do it for you. Don't do anything at all. After a few years it'll be a vibrant, natural, FREE, ecosystem of native and non-native "weeds" and grass.

Pull the dead grass.. do the roots come with, or does it snap off at the surface?

You guys are funny Bickering about stein Still unsure of regional geography after years of tracking and posting Beer for all

Let's keep the dews away too, please. Nobody wants mold for Christmas.

44.6F here currently, should be the low.

I've got hardware cloth for the primary veggie garden (for groundhogs) as well as for the coop (predators). I had considered rat traps, but with chickens and children and songbirds I decided against to avoid any accidents. They weren't a nuisance to my garden, but their tunneling was causing sinkholes to pop up dangerously close to the footing of my deck. I was content coexisting with them until then.

Used as a last resort as I hate killing things unnecessarily, especially in this semi-humane manner...5 gallon bucket 3/4 full of water, handfull of sunflower seeds on top. piece of scrap wood 2x4 as a ramp. Check for bodies 1-2x a day, refill with seeds as needed.

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Managed to double my July/August to date total with 1.79" yesterday. Needed it. Not the 3-5" that fell in interior York but it's a dent in the Stein bucket nonetheless.

On that image you posted I am between Cape Elizabeth and Portland, that blue/green zone and I'm over 2". Very efficient rainfall this evening.

We're in the same boat. Newer house, newer system, propane for 2400 sq, spend $1200 a year all-in on propane. Even with the price we locked in at this year, we're looking at $1400 based on past usage. Looked at heat pump system, did the analysis, would not be worth the investment for heating because we're so efficient. The only reason we would have gone for it would have been for cooling. Much more efficient than running window units. My local climo/house isn't that demanding on cooling, though, so ultimately we didn't get them.

Can I join the Stein pissing match? 1.76" since 7/1, over half of that coming yesterday. Fight me!!

Damn, I don't even have that since 7/1. We envy. 0.68" as of 7AM, 0.99" for the month. We still take.

Lol 77/70 at 11PM

Sitting at 79F at 920PM, a mere 3 miles from a body of water that's 65F. Wtf?

I would say the issue lies with your gadden/gardener, not the lack of precip.

Absolutely nailed it.

We have an area that borders the woods just outside the fence in this photo that's our milkweed area. Similar to what @mreavesposted. This year we planted Mexican Sunflowers in the box adjacent to that area and we've been flush with polinators including monarchs, bees, hummingbirds and something I didn't know existed: hummingbird moths (second photo). I highly recommend these sunflowers for any pollinator garden.

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