about to sprinkle some grass patch mix on my bald spots out back

give me some hacks to make this shit stay

how much soil do i have to **** up?

Put a garage where the bald spots are.

Profit.

so 5-10 tiny garages sprinkled around the back 40

ass

This is a pulmaria, right?

Plumeria, yes!!!

That's a beauty. Takes forever to get them that tall here but I've seen some 10'+ ones here.

I put some sun shade protection on a few of mine as we head over 110 here now.

Everything sticks to semen. Put a good coating down before you seed.

It depends on the seed type. Some do better deeper, like 1/2 inch. Some prefer shallower.

I'm so late in putting in my tomato & basil garden, but I should still be okay, right? I got some beat up Charlie Brown leftover plants today.

Depending on where you are, should be ok. If you have a longer growing season, tomatoes will be later, but should still grow.

I made some of these and they solved a lot of problems. It's so hot and dry here ,keeping enough moisture in a raised bed is a problem.

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Put in another raised bed and 5 more mater plants and two more pepper plants. Per my green thumb neighbor, but a 1" piece of banana under each plant and some epsom salt on the soil after planting. So far so good.

60 onion sets
10 tomato plants
4 blueberry bushes
watermelon
cucumber
potatoes
Red sweet peppers

Wife bought 6 tons of river rock and had them dump it on the carport where I usually park the Dakota. She’s spent the last few weeks pulling out shrubs and scraping out the white limestone she had around the whole house before, and laid down this black paper shit, planted new shrubs and other plants. Then she washed the river rock load by load, and hauled it by wheel barrel all around the house.
It looks great. But it looked great before we paid $650 for river rock, bought new plants and bullshit, made me pen up my lab off and on every time she turned on the damned hose, and made me park the Dakota 30 yards from the house

I guess it gave her something to do, so that’s cool.
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I'm kind of proud of myself even though I screwed up.

We added an egress window to our basement last month, and it required some landscape work. The landscapers leveled out a raised dirt bed that had a bunch of river rock, and then put the river rock back. The river rock ranges from the size of a marble to perhaps 3/4 of the size of a racquetball.

But I didn't know how this worked and my wife was out of town, so I got into trouble. The landscapers mixed the dirt with the rock when they replaced it, so when she got back into town she was displeased. They had put a weed barrier down, but there's not supposed to be dirt above it, just rock. If we have dirt, weeds will grow in our rock garden. So we had to somehow remove the dirt.

Now, this is a 40 foot by 7 foot rock garden. It's big. Plus, rocks are heavy and hard to deal with. We initially started by putting the rocks into a bucket, and then sweeping up the dirt, and it was terribly slow. We were doing perhaps 2 square feet an hour. Not good.

So we put our critical thinking skills to use. We made a big sieve out of a plastic shelf and started putting the rocks in the sieve. Then we would shake the sieve and tip it over. It was faster, but we were up to maybe 4 square feet per hour, and it was exhausting.

I put my thinking hat on, and we made an investment in the next experiment. We bought a shopvac. We would then put the rocks in the sieve and run the shopvac over the weed barrier to get the dirt. That shopvac was powerful, and it gave us some good ideas.

After a number of experiments, we developed an optimal process, and it goes like this:

1. I run my shoes over the rock. It's river rock so it's kind of round, and I can move the bigger rocks.
2. My wife, wearing gloves and using some sort of garden claw thing, scrapes over the mid-sized rocks and pulls them forward.
3. I use the powerful shopvac on what's left, which is the dirt and small rocks sitting on top of the weed barrier. If I pressed the shopvac nozzle down hard, I could avoid sucking up the rocks and efficiently get the dirt down.

We get one section done, and then move downstream and move the next rocks to the clean section, which makes it efficient. We're no longer lifting rocks at all, just rolling them and clawing them a foot upstream.

After a bit of process optimization, we're now up to about 30 square feet per hour. It's hard work, but we're going to get this thing done.

All of this rock relocation will potentially mess with our spinning mass distribution and thereby our magnetic fields. This could disrupt the Van Allen belts protecting the earth. I suggest everyone go put all the rock back where it started and stop trying to destroy the Earth.

ROFL
At first she was going to buy it all bagged up because she thought it was cleaner. Then she went up and looked at it and decided they didn’t wash the river rock before they bagged it. So she went ahead and paid a truck to come and dump 6 tons on the carport.
Doesn’t like dirty river rock.
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There are Rock Vacs....

maybe a rental place has them

Here is one for rent in MPLS

https://www.55rental.com/equipment.a...key=038%2D0059

I've never heard of such a thing.

It's interesting, but will it also suck up the dirt? My mission is to separate the dirt from the rocks.

I had no idea this was a thing. I thought I did a good job managing the landscaping until my wife came home and scowled. Once she explained it, it made sense. But how was I to know? I have no background in rock garden design.

I think I should be good since I'm just shuffling it around in the same place. However, we did lower its distance from the center of the earth by lowering the mound, so let me know if you feel the earth spinning a bit faster.

Zeke (the dog) and I just watched her spread out a batch of rock, then spray it off with water. Then shovel it into the wheel barrel and go dump and spread around the house. Six tons of river rock ;.
I did put air in one of the tires for her that was a little low.
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It sounds like she couldn't have done it without you. Properly inflated tires are a must.

Anyone have a good pickle recipe? I over planted cucumbers and will have enough to feed Ukraine when they are ready to pick.

Team work, my friend.
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I do think I feel the earth spinning faster. It has taken me most of the day to get acclimated with the new speed but I am now comfortable with it and able to type again. This may actually work to increase our magnetic field output and increase the strength of the VA belts delivering greater protection of our atmosphere. Carry on the good work!

Keep it simple. Vinegar, dill, a dash of red pepper

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We got all of the rock cleaned today. I'm glad to finish that project.

Here’s some of the backyard.these plumeria grow like weeds. The one is on the other side of the fence out in the side yard. It’s overthrowing the fence. Do the shed area where we put the wheelbarrow now has some beauty.

OMG. Those plumeria are stunning.

So much work to grow them here but so worth it. I don't know a more beautiful plant.

Took a personal day to "recover" from a fun football weekend, but also a mental health day from work and to give myself some time to garden for a few hours this morning. Behind Chiefs/Royals, gardening and working out are my hobbies.

The peace of being in the yard alone this morning, was just what I needed. I love my Facebook gardening groups for learning and looking at beautiful plants. I hope someone here enjoys these.

Lots of pictures so using a spoiler tag so the pesky Mods don't ban me!

Passion fruit vine showing well with the cooler temps. It's only ever flowered two blooms and right now we have about 10! Zoom in on that bloom. What an amazing structure. It's been in the ground about 2 years now.

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I like this softer side of Lew. It makes me feel warm and cozy on the inside.

when ya'll planting grass this year?

i got some bare spots i want to shore up...do i need to aerate or can i just **** up the soil a bit?

Waiting on my cuttings from these!!!!

Remove any dead grass. **** up spot. Dump yo shit. Drank it 3 times a day.

Crap forgot about ya. Wife is getting ready to trim them back.

Anyone in the KC area mix their own garden bed soil? I haven't been able to find good places for compost and vermiculite other than small bags of vermiculate and the one yellow bag of cow manure compost that would work, but I'd like to find some other sorts of compost to mix with it.

I'm doing a big new raised bed and am needing to get a lot of soil to finish getting it up to the soil level I want, and don't want to spend a fortune on the bagged garden soil.

They fogged and seal coated our road last summer. Now, most of the chips seem to be in my yard-thanks to the snow plow.

What is the best way of picking them up and removing them?
I know I will not get them all, but want to prevent more from moving into the yard when I mow.

Could not find anything online. Still looking.

I did not realize how pricey they are but a friend of mine used one of these to get the gravel out the grass from his driveway after winter plow jobs.

https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Swee...2-63e904010ad0

You might be able to rent one. He had a small one like above for some spots and a big one for his Bobcat.

This is what they have at a rental place.
https://a1rentit.com/product/sweeper...hind-46-/65251

I do have a lawn sweeper to pull behind by mower
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

found this
https://www.unitedrentals.com/market...ld-gas-powered

I doubt your lawn sweeper would pick up what you need picked up.

So the next question is...

do I brush it in a pile, on the street or in my neighbors yard? (the dick)

Look up hugelkultur raised garden bed. Is an awesome way to garden organically.

Second this. I actually was unaware of the name for it, but the technique is something I learned a few years ago. It works great and minimizes costs.

warm enough to plant grass?

In hindsight it seems obvious but learned the lesson that I have to dial back my drip system schedule during the winter months.

Had to replace 4 Red Yuccas but everything else I should be able to save.

Also looking into doing a waterless cactus garden along the path to my backyard.

I spent 9 1/2 hours over two days several weeks back getting all the ****ing weeds out of the rocks on my lawn.

I will invest in 75% vinegar concentrate next as I know that works to kill the weeds AND the roots. 1 gallon of vinegar + 1 gallon of hot water in a 2 gallon pump sprayer will take care of a lot. Probably need 5-6 gallons of vinegar.

Have you tried a weed torch?

I was looking into those for the sporadic weeds in my rock lawn and wondered how effective they were.

It’s supposed to freeze here Wednesday.

Overseeding Thursday.

Puppy needs a yard free of mud pits.

I'll go 1-2 weeks without watering a single thing in the yard during winter depending on the rain, and I have lots of tropicals. I'm always turning it on and off in the winter. I'll rarely turn it off in the summer, even when it rains because it just gets so hot.

10-day forecast in KC is pretty good. But the low of 30 degrees Wednesday gives me pause.

Might wait a week.

I own The Torch that I bought 3 years ago and have used it often. Unfortunately the community has a ban on open flames of any kind and they resent a letter banning it. Lots of people complaining and to be honest, there are natural gas lines that could be hit the way the utilities are laid out in the community.

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Awesome. Good work.

You got a real slice of paradise there lew.

Good job dude

This yard had a pool and not a single plant 9 years ago. I’m proud of the work we’ve put in. It’s been fun planting it and seeing it grow. I never grew a single thing until I moved here but I love it now.

Looks great Lew, well done

I like that big blue and red dump truck. I remember having fun as a kid with a Tonka loader and dump truck. Mine wasn't Tonka it was the Monkey Wards version. Parents were the miserly WWII Generation. Still had a ball!

Nice pics

He's a dig in the dirt for fun kind of kid. He really loves digging holes and moving gravel from different parts of the yard. ROFL

Top shelf, Brother! That looks amazing.

I’d love to be able to landscape like that, but it’s not possible in Wichita, KS. The extremes limit what you can do. I do love gardening and landscaping projects though. I’ve had to get after several so far this Spring. Last Summer was really rough on the plants, and an extremely dry Winter just sealed it. I’ve probably replaced at least 12 various varieties of plants & bushes around my house, as well as two holly trees. It’s ****ing expen$$$$$ive to keep a nice yard around these parts!

A few more and then I'll be done. Limes will be ready in about 2 months. The Passion fruit flowers have never turned into fruit yet so we tried hand pollinating them this year. Hard part it they show up for a day and then die but man are they pretty.

Grapes are about the easiest thing to grow here. Some winter pruning is all they need and after that just basic watering and some fertilizer. They grow like weeds here. Peppers are Serrano peppers. I will ferment some and make salsa with the rest.

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i bet those grapes taste amazing

Lew, if you make it across town I'll have some foie gras waiting

MFers keep shitting all over my pool deck

*palms are getting a haircut this afternoon

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Some of our stuff around our yard.

Plumeria just growing like weeds there while I have to work super hard to get them to thrive and hopefully not die. ROFL

That's a beautiful bouquet of pink plumeria flowers. Simply awesome. Do those ones smell?

ROFL

I ****ing love eating duck. It's so damn good. I've never had ducks in our pool though but know it can happen. Those things make a ****ing mess!

These flowers look beautiful. I also have them in my garden. I love spending time in my garden, so I decided to buy some pieces of furniture to put there. What can you recommend me?

Oh yeah. You can smell them from a distance.

I've been on a rampage building raised gardens and mound garden spots based on hugelkultur.

I've build the boxes, and I tried a design with plastic barrels split in half. The premise is that I have stumps and logs underneath the mounds and as filler in the raised beds.

I'm also trying potato box method of raising potatoes using my old bee hive boxes.

Had to cut down my Ash tree yesterday.

**** you, emerald ash borers.

Guess I'll put in a pin oak to get a decent, hardy, fast growing shade tree back there. I really liked that Ash tree, though. Crap on a stick.

I have about 25 Ash trees, several are really big that have to come down.

Its a bloody shame about Ash Trees. I lost 5 in my yard.
My replacement trees so far:
I needed to be very selective as my area can flood the yard.
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Swamp Oak
Honey Locust
Blaze Maple
River Birch

The Honey Locust are really struggling. I don't think the soil conditions are correct for it because I had one already fail and replaced under warranty.

My small golf course took down almost 40 over the winter.....They are not finished.

Just put down a bunch of landscaping rock and realized I need a LOT more.

Ya'll got a source for buying this shit in bulk?

Nice Buddha

I like big buddhas and I can not lie...

Turns out the previous owner of the home also owns a pool and spa company here in the area.

According to neighbors, he went all out with the pool install to try and salvage his marriage, which failed, hence me owning the property.

Either way, they were both into Asian themes despite being 2 extremely white people but I'd likely have to hire a crane to hoist it out so we just roll with it.

His name is Clark and I just power washed him this afternoon.

Our climates and soil types are remarkably different, but I put in a shamrock linden and I was amazed at how Hardy it was and surprised by how quick it grew.

Might look into some form of Linden tree.

I hate freaking Pin Oaks. If a branch breaks near the end of the limb the whole branch dies to the trunk. Then you are constantly picking up dead branches that blow down in a storm or any high wind. They also go through cycles of heavy acorns that those grey tree rats love. Fox Squirrels can't digest them if you have those Red squirrels kiss them goodbye. The greys breed like rabbits and Fox squirrels hate them and move on. Greys dig little holes in your lawn digging up the billions of pin oak nuts they will drop. Then any auto left out at night grays love to chew the insulation off wiring. Thats a nice bill to track down the electric short.

Northern Catalpa is a nice native Missouri tree that has big ass leaves and cool white blooms in spring. It is a bean tree so it produces long bean pods that look like green beans. They are a slight niusence to pick up when they drop. But not as bad as Ash with those helicopter seed pods.
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Kentucky coffee is native and a cool tree too but drops bean pods. When the pods dry out good shake then and sounds like a rattlesnake.
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Missouri Bald Cypress is another cool Missouri native tree that the conservation department pushes to be planted here in Mo. It is a deciduous conifer so the bows turn golden brown at fall drops cones and can be acidic to blue grass lawns.
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I have a couple of Linden trees. Those Japanese Beetles love them.

Monterrey plumeria.

That looks great. I thought you couldn't grow them there?