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Lava Rock

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  1. April 22nd and really no signs of spring up here.  Grass is brown.  Red maples are not even swelling yet.  Forsythia look like they did in January.  A few blades of green grass showing up on south facing lawns.  Really only loss our snowcover 2 days ago so I suspect things will move into high gear over the next couple of days.
    Still waiting for ice out on Newfound Lake.
    Ice out on Raymond Pond, which is a small pond, but still latest I've seen it go out since we lived here, 6 years now.

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  2. 3 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

     

    You couldn’t even follow your own advice :facepalm:

     

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    Soil temps up here may not be ideal for fert this weekend, but I don't want to miss the window and wait another week. With some mild temps coming next week, would next weekend be too late?

  3. 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

    Eff Scott’s. Get Lesco from Site 1 it any of these former John Deere places. Lesco from Depot or Lowe’s is generic. Johnathan Greene is good as well. 

    what's so bad about Scotts? Which Lesco spring fert do you use?

  4. 19 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

    Disastah.  Hopefully this weekend offers up some free time for me to do a cleanup.  SHould drop 1st round of fertilizer.  Seeing some Forsythias blooming.  Crocuses are up.  Daffodils are getting there.  Pear trees have buds on them.

    I'm going to try the Scotts 4-step stuff. My buddy swears by it. I fired Trugreen.

  5. Good timing. After 5 years, I am finally going to start over on the front side lawn area. Last year we did the back, but the front needs fresh loam and seed. Here are my ideas/options:

    1. Bring in 4" loam and hand seed with high quality KBG. On the slopes, use straw netting to prevent washoff. Spread straw elsewhere. The only issue is we get a lot of wind in the Spring and the straw may easily blow away

    2. Bring in 4" loam then hydroseed. Still use straw netting on slopes.

    I'm a bit torn on which option to go with . #2 is more costly and the grass seed quality is not as good, but it's more likely to stay in place and retain moisture during germination. I also thought about ripping all existing sod out, but was told that wasn't necessary.

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  6. Man...some of you have gotten spoiled. 
    Maybe so,.but I don't like three weeks of solid winter (cold/snow in Dec/ early Jan) then piss warm rains,.little snow and overall meh for weeks on end to then have mother nature blow her load at the end of season all at once

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