Lava Rock

Solid

Yes, don't get married. Lol, jk. Congrats

35f. Bugs live on

No, just my opinion.

Lock it in now. Grinch storm will ruin the Xmas mood

Couple years ago I grabbed a bag of salt at work, strong arming it with one arm, but at the same time grabbing it from the corner of room behind some other barrels. Bam! Pulled an intercostal rib muscle. I've done it before in the gym but not as bad. I could barely walk and if I twisted my torso or moved the wrong way, it nearly brought me to my knees. I was close to crying it hurt so bad. Went to the ER hoping they could inject some numbing meds, but they did nothing. Said to ice it. Took a few days to get better.

What happened to last night's rn?

why don't you post your location? asking for a friend

36.7f. chilly morning

A lot of nothing here. Barely any wind

Frenchville, already 42f. Light the stove

way to be compassionate

0.65" yesterday. We take.

0.35" on the day so far.

Lightening. Hoping to cash in on the line approaching

Are the women hotter than the ones at electric blue?

Does get cooked most of day. Not very compacted especially on slope

So we got our soil test results back from our awesome back yard. Results look good to me. Plenty of organic matter which makes sense since last Fall's total rework included loam/compost then hydroseed. Yet, after all that and good soil results, it still looks like shit. The rest of the lawn areas tested (not pictured) were decent, but lower in some nutrients. I'm attributing the dead grass in those areas to chinchbug and/or grub damage.

Had a landscaper come by last night to discuss options (more cha-ching) for the lawn. She proposed removing the dirt/lawn in front of the oak and exposing the granite below, then creating small islands of mulched bed areas with various shrubs (creeping juniper) and some perennials. She advised next Spring, we rototill the rest of the lawn nearest the driveway and reseed. The oak tree is really the culprit in a lot of this as it just sucks all avail moisture from the grass. We thought of cutting it down a couple years ago, but opted not to.

Well I'd say last year's hydroseeding was nearly a complete failure. Seems we're right back to where we started, less money. I've sent some soils samples out for testing including other areas of the property which also didn't grow well. I think the rock garden idea suggested for this pic is probably the best option and we'll tackle that in Spring.

Up in Rangeley for the weekend. Not much color yet.

Wife and I were talking about the issue with trying to get the grass to grow well in front of the oak tree mostly due to the oak itself and steep slope. One alternative option would be to do a retaining wall with backfill, mulch, then plant shrubs, blueberry bushes, etc. We had a landscaper come out last summer to discuss. Other than the high cost ($4k+) the challenge in doing it is setting the first layer of rocks or masonry blocks in the ground. The granite is only ~4" below the grass surface so not sure this is enough to create a strong foundation. The other issue is the amount of backfill required to essentially create a level ground from about the oak tree to the driveway. I've not measured the height difference, but it's got to be at least 4'. My least expensive option is to buy more metal edging and create a barrier from the oak tree down around and back up. Then kill the grass, dig out and replace with topsoil, mulch then the bushes. However, the slope will remain and my concern will be runoff and possibly poor shrub growth due to little water retention. Any other thoughts on this? Thanks.

Found it. It's prostrate spurge

What's this flat weed that grows close to ground?

Glad I bailed out on my ride because of the supposed rain. [emoji849]