moneypitmike

29* at Bakersville????

Nice spot---is that winterized?

Seasons in seasons--the shot across the bow that summer's days are numbered.

Summer of yore.

Things are shaping up nicely in West Chesterfield.

It appears that winds at ORH had shifted to NNW at 8:00a.m. Was that the front already passing through? I didn't think it was due until this afternoon.

Youtube was my first stop.....it looked so easy. It's not working. Ugh.

Way non-weather related..... Has anyone ever removed a doorknob with a pin-hole detent mechanism? I'm sticking in the little simcard-like tool that came with the new knob, but I'll be damned if I can get the old one off. TIA for any thoughts/advice. Feel free to pm if not wanting to interfere with the scintillating discussion of dew points.

A little extra coffee this morning? Why the hell do you make such a big deal of installing? You're at 75* inside.

Might have luck with a straw.

Wow. I would tend to be with the over-watered crowd. These don't need to be watered daily--perhaps every 2-3 days after transplant. However, the fact that this all happened in 3 days sounds like something more dire. Like you spilled some Round up on it.

We did the same. I think we got a Red Sunset, but it might be an October Glory--forgot what we went with. I do know we got it at about 15', I'm eager for it to get another 5-8 to better block the neighbors. I guess that'll be 2-4 years of growing.

Not likely. Do you have gas heat or a tankless hotwater heater? Those would likely be from that.

Black bear mothers are much less protective of their cubs than grizzly/brown bears.

Nice--world of difference! I mow a 4" height so hopefully that'll suffice.

Thanks!

Thanks. The lighting in the pictures masks the hideous barren spots. I don't think I'll be completely confident in it until next spring.

While I"m sure it will continue to fill in, I think the grass is in enough to recognize I need to do some additional seeding. What are folks thoughts on this--any reason to wait until after a first mowing to put it down? I'd rather get it in in the next couple of days and perhaps hold off on mowing until 2 weekends from now (maybe even longer depending on how it looks).

Black mulch for the Pit.

8 days into the seed.

awesome stuff there.

The new grass is growing unbelievably fast. Just from this morning to tonight it went from things you needed to search for (like my picture from earlier shows) to now having large patches of greenish tint. I just finished watering.....eager to see what happens over the next 24 hours. One thing that's kind of a bummer is that I'm not able to move the sprinkler to the center of the new area without walking through the other areas. So, I might find I"ll need to do some additional work on that after the other areas take hold.

The seed and starter fertilizer were only put down a week ago today. fingers crossed.

Watching grass grow may be a recipe for tedium. Knowing that it is growing is reason for celebration.