Yard Care

[God is a Husker]

The explanation in () made me laugh harder than the original comment.

It's nice that we can still safely make fun of Polish, Italians and Irish.

Political correctness will never defeat good ole fashioned white on white ethnic ball busting.

 

[Pipe Line]

Picked up the smart sprinkler system today.. the rachio one is on sale right now.

Amazon.com

@alt f4

Hey that looks efficient as shit

 

[Pipe Line]

Front yard grass is getting long. Think I might break the mower out a couple weeks earlier than planned.

 

[Huskersballz]

I got some bald spots I need to reseed in my front yard. Would it be a good idea to throw some seed down before the rain/snow we are about to get in Omaha or should I wait until it gets a bit warmer?

 

[Pipe Line]

Anyone in the Omaha area planning on mowing this week? Grass is getting long, weekend rain is going to make it shoot up even more. A lot of dadding for me this week as the wife is headed outta town for a few days. Thinking Thursday might be my earliest chance at this point.

 

[Frogsker30]

question for the body: I have a really small yard (Takes 20 minutes to mow front and back with a push mover) I have been using Sunday products because they make custom plans for each yard type and size. I am getting a puppy and want to make sure my fertilizer is doggo safe. Does anyone have any recs?

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Mowed on Sunday
Put down fert and preemergent today

 

[Pipe Line]

Mower is getting a service this week. Second legit mow coming up this weekend. Need to tweak with my trimmer a little bit, the string I got from Home Depot is horrible for the second year in a row and I'm going to start using STIHL specific 50:1 fuel. Grass Pad Prevent went down last week, sprinklers get turned on in a week and a half, spot sprayed some dandelions the other night, shits lookin Masters Greeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

 

[Scott Hall]

Mower is getting a service this week. Second legit mow coming up this weekend. Need to tweak with my trimmer a little bit, the string I got from Home Depot is horrible for the second year in a row and I'm going to start using STIHL specific 50:1 fuel. Grass Pad Prevent went down last week, sprinklers get turned on in a week and a half, spot sprayed some dandelions the other night, shits lookin Masters Greeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Please don’t tell me you’re paying someone to turn your sprinklers on for you. It is so easy. I understand if they are going to make adjustments to the spray patterns but turning them on is a flip of a couple of valves.

 

[Pipe Line]

Please don’t tell me you’re paying someone to turn your sprinklers on for you. It is so easy. I understand if they are going to make adjustments to the spray patterns but turning them on is a flip of a couple of valves.

I was going to pay my install company, yes. Maybe in the future, I'll do it myself, but nowhere near confident enough. I was planning to watch though. I wouldn't need help with adjusting. Had a DIY inground with PVC pipe for 3 years and busted plenty of those heads making adjustments, that's easy.

 

[jaihawk]

Got the first mow of the year in last Friday. Trimmed, edged, mowed, then put down the first step of my 5 step program from Nebraska Landscape Solutions, then turned on the sprinklers and watered it in good. Yard is looking really nice. My two friends across the street gave me a hard time on Saturday that their wives were bitching at them about needing to take care of the yard that weekend because mine looked so nice. They said, "there went our weekend plans!!!". It's crazy what a difference using the good stuff makes. Early March, I took a picture of the lot line between my house and the neighbor to the south (who uses a service). My side was nice and green and theirs looked dead.

 

[1HuskerDad]

This is a good Nebraska FB group that I check out with some good tips on lawn care and people providing feedback on questions.
I am not one of those guys taking pics of their lawn stripes though 😉

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Please don’t tell me you’re paying someone to turn your sprinklers on for you. It is so easy. I understand if they are going to make adjustments to the spray patterns but turning them on is a flip of a couple of valves.

I'm going to pay someone to turn on your sprinklers just to spite you

 

[Toe]

Three weeks later, I've finally finished off that pile of mulch. Shit's a pain in the ass, loading wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow and spreading it out. My back is glad it's over, lol. But between this truckload and the load I did in fall, I now have a nice wide strip of mulch running pretty much all the way around my half acre yard. Now to get back to planting trees...

 

[Pipe Line]

Three weeks later, I've finally finished off that pile of mulch. Shit's a pain in the ass, loading wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow and spreading it out. My back is glad it's over, lol. But between this truckload and the load I did in fall, I now have a nice wide strip of mulch running pretty much all the way around my half acre yard. Now to get back to planting trees...

I have 8 medium-ish sized trees lining my sidewalk and backyard fence that I was going to mulch up in probably mid May. Used to hate mulching, but very much appreciate it now days. Got lazy with it and skipped last year due to the sprinkler system getting installed in early summer, but looking forward to that in about a month. Does wonders

 

[Toe]

Yeah, in the long-term, getting all that organic material in there does wonders for the soil. And in the short term, it helps regulate temperature and moisture levels for the roots and reduces competition from weeds. It's a lot closer to how things work in nature, too, as old plants die and are broken down to become food for new ones.

Just don't be one of those shitty landscapers who piles mulch up against the trunk of the tree. You see it all the time in parking lots and stuff, and it is 100% the wrong way to do it.

 

[Pipe Line]

Yeah, in the long-term, getting all that organic material in there does wonders for the soil. And in the short term, it helps regulate temperature and moisture levels for the roots and reduces competition from weeds. It's a lot closer to how things work in nature, too, as old plants die and are broken down to become food for new ones.

Just don't be one of those shitty landscapers who piles mulch up against the trunk of the tree. You see it all the time in parking lots and stuff, and it is 100% the wrong way to do it.

Nope, my OCD forces me to get it all smooth and even. Lots of monotonous circles

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Nope, my OCD forces me to get it all smooth and even. Lots of monotonous circles

Should have got the Irrigreen system.... seems like an OCD dreamland.

 

[Pipe Line]

Should have got the Irrigreen system.... seems like an OCD dreamland.

God dammit, must be what the guy a few houses down has

 

[Pipe Line]

It was a Good Friday afternoon. Getting better on the Z Turn. Sprinklers come back on Monday