moneypitmike

Thanks. It’s a sellers market for sure. Hopefully one of the buyers will be for us. We’re nit going to rush unnecessarily to a new one—want to be happy with where we land. The good news in that is I might get to spend some time at Pit2, my happy place.

And it begins.

When does the drought start back up? July 1, 2020 RESERVOIR LEVELS: The Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water supply source for 47 communities in the Metro Boston area, is currently at 96.8% of its 412 billion-gallon maximum capacity. The 65 billion-gallon Wachusett Reservoir is 91.6% full.

Is that why they're called "ears" of corn?

Well, we had a few hours of sun.....now into overcast.

Thanks for posting that.....I hadnt' looked at anything other than the sunny blue sky and thought "that's a helluva way to run a crappy day". I worked for an IA company for a dozen years so spent a lot of time in Cedar Rapids. Worst humidity in the summer ever, and nut-retracting cold in the winter.. You'd get about a week on either end of the extremes where it was actually comfortable.

Elevation snow spot in winter.

We'll call it a 4 for 4. Sounds like Hall of Fame numbers. Who knows, maybe we can eek out a bonus day tomorrow. Missed out on the big rains, had to settle for a paltry 2.05" (so far). And I'll say again, I am NOT the one on this board who calls for 'days and days of snow'. I'll give you three guesses who does though. Looks like no big heat in the short term. Peek of climate temps less than 3 weeks away. We move.on.

Sprinkler getting it done.

I had rented one from Taylor rental.....pretty much a one-and-done deal when I needed it.

I rented a lawn edger for the weekend. It did a pretty good job on the front walkway, probably added close to a foot of width and I didn't break any pavers in the process. The edge around the city sidewalk is a different story. The yard had really spilled onto the side walk so while the edge did a fairly good job at separating cement from the yard, I now need to go back through and clear the overgrowth that is sill on the sidewalk. The funny thing is i used a snow shovel to pick up the stuff that l used the blower for, and for clearing the sidewalk, I'm going to try using an ice scraper. I didn't need these in January and February, but Memorial Day weekend? Break out the winter equipment.

I went to buy a blower for my post-mowing clean up. I ended up coming back with a nice back-pack blower instead. I'm ready for fall clean-up.

Thanks--timing notwithstanding, does a broad-leaf fertilizer work as well?

Pictures are better than reality.

I had used some starter fertizer (I had overseeded in the back) over a month ago. The back in particular has a lot of leafy crap growing in it. So, I was thinking some type of weed/feed might do the trick. Or some broad-leaf weed stuff. I think there's a mix of crap I'm trying to rid. Forutnatley, I don't think crabgrass is an issue.

Thanks....bummer I'll need to wait a couple more weeks before I do the front. I'll be good on the back in any case.

how much time do you need to wait between fertilizer treatments? I'd like to get some weed control down, but don't want to harm the lawn in the process. TIA.

They don't have any "boys in blue". Instead, they have "the girls at the Blue."

can we pin the lawn thread?

Given the number of weeds I have, I'm sure it will handle some of them!

Thanks--I wasn't aware they had pre-emergents that didn't impact grass. That sounds like a great idea. Do you put that down prior to seeding?

Sorry for the dumb questions here..... I want to overseed my lawn. I know I need to rake it. Do I put down fertilize a couple days before I seed? Same time as seeding? After seeding? Should I use a starter fertilizer even though it's already established? Thanks for the help!

I'll go with: '78 Rocktober Irene's flooding 1993

Over 30 hours of continuous snow at this point. I'm not sure if we can claim "days and days", but "days" works.

Congrats, Ray--that's awesome. Makes for a great winter finale. With the exception of an hour or so yesterday afternoon, I haven't been able to see across the river since the snow started. No idea of accumulations. We've probably received close to 10" since the end of the day yesterday. Snowing nicely now, progged daytime accumulations today of 1-3".