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cut low (~2-2.5"), rake/dethatch if needed, plug aerate, seed. Then take 2 weeks off from mowing. if you want to do a true overseed, then renting a slit seeder is the way to go. it's hard work, as the machine is quite heavy.

MPM, I always do my overseeding Labor day weekend. gives several weeks with decent temps for the grass to grow, and several weeks until leaf pickup season begins. Tblizz, azaleas are very sun-friendly. i have a couple that see full sun all day long. they are bedded in about 6" of loam on top of 2-3' of sand. my guess is that either yours are diseased, or they just didn't "take" when they were planted.

you sound so confident

CON is not SNE, nor is it NNE. so is it N-SNE, or S-NNE?

1,000,000,000% agree with the bolded. maybe someday we will realize that this is a regional subforum, and that the weather at our nearby climo station may not be the same as the weather at theirs. but we are hot and dewy, so you must be as well.

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regarding Dendy's bees, you would know if they were yellow jackets, as you would have been stung by now. nasty little f-ers. there is another ground bee that I have recently seen that burrows into the ground and builds their nest in sandy soil. you can tell by the piles of sand next to the holes. there are likely a lot of them, but they are very docile. sand wasps

sounds like Jimmy found dryslot's stash.

i also get up around that time, and just this week have noticed a difference in the amount of daylight. at first i thought it was the gloomy cloudy rainy weather hiding the light earlier this week. but this am it was pretty dark.

don’t do anything with the crabgrass this year. It’s holding the dirt in place. rent a slit-seeder and overseed this fall. Prior to Labor Day if you can.

when I woke up this morning, I could have sworn that I was in New England

why can't it be both?

very simple install, just swap the controllers. don't know about flow sensor, but the rain sensor is just as easy to install.

i'm glad someone enjoys this stuff, because I sure don't

just stepped outside, no idea what the temp is here in Lexington, but it is gross. hot and quite humid. no thanks.

they like the eastern beaches. they are particularly bad on some of the beaches north of Boston. it's funny though, i have never seen them north of that area of MA. and i have never seen them on the cape. Cranes Beach in Ipswich, while a beautiful area, is famous for the little green-headed m-fers. there is no escaping them

rachio is the best thing since sliced bread. it's a great system (when all the zones are turned on). irrigation can really vary in price from different installers. some place the heads fairly close together, some place them farther apart. why does that matter? because your irrigation system is typically priced per head. the closer the heads are, the more that are required. a friend got 3 prices when getting his installed. 2 of them were twice as costly as the 3rd one was. the 3rd one was the guy who spaced the heads pretty far apart. it was literally more than half the price than the other 2. he still gets good coverage, although it may be a little thin. but makes you wonder why those other guys put the heads so much closer.

have you had a lot of rain? looks like red thread (fungus), but hard to tell from the pics

i'm sitting here in Lexington, and that cell mostly missed us to the north. it did look quite dark, but based on what i saw here, i am surprised about that Concord MA report

different people like different times of the year, and different types of weather. some prefer summer, some prefer winter, and some enjoy all 4 seasons. some don't enjoy the particular type of weather that you enjoy what an interesting concept.

you really think that's going to stop him?

MPM, don't do anything. give it some time to fill in. overseed in the fall. Lava, I wouldn't be killing any grass, you have had hard enough time as it is. Fertilize, and keep it mowed.

not 1 single person here, not one, wants to hear about your sex life

is that a vine that takes over everything?

sorry to disappoint, but nope, not a single one