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You know that point in which your grass is just waaay too long? It looks like hair, neatly combed down the hillside. Yeah... we've been at that point ever since the beginning of the summer when Mike fixed a lawnmower for our neighbor and then tested [Read More]

We actually had stuff planned for this weekend past, but didn't get around to any of it because first Noel spent all day Saturday sick in bed, then when we might have gone and worked on some of the other stuff this pile of mulch came our way. The d [Read More]

Noel and a neighbor took a field trip to Home Depot to get more siding this morning, but by the time they got back the heat was just unbearable. We sat around complaining then decided to go enjoy some air conditioning at a movie theater (it's been [Read More]

Continuing with our ways to kill a lawn, there are a few different ways to go about it: Herbicide The most common herbicide to use is glyphosate, which can be found in products like Roundup. It’s probably one of the fastest ways to kill the gra [Read More]

I’ve mentioned before that the “grass” in our yard is just a mess of weeds. I don’t know if anything in the lawn could be considered grass. In fact, according to the Midwestern Turfgrass Weed ID site at the University of Illin [Read More]

The Handyguys talk about keeping a green and weed free lawn. Now that you have your mower ready for the new season (after listening to show #14), it is time to discuss proper lawn care. Anyone can hire a lawn service, but the Handyguys prefer th [Read More]

Dragged the push mower out of the garage tonight. There were some clumps of grass that were getting out of hand. Overall the lawn seems to be coming in ok. As usually there are "weeds" and other things not approved by the lawn chemical companies b [Read More]

Last weekend I found myself standing outside in the pouring rain at 10 o’clock at night while I was trying to spread down some grass seed in hopes of taking advantage of the wet weather in a desperate attempt to give my lawn a jump start for th [Read More]

In the last week or so the most recalcitrant of the fig cuttings have started showing signs of leaf buds, which is a relief because I was starting to think the Green Greek was dead and the Desert King on its way there. But here is a weensy little b [Read More]

This morning we cut the pathway out to the compost area. This was something I wanted last winter but Noel objected to on account of it went through his lawn, and you can take the boy out of the midwest but you better not touch his lawn, dammit. Th [Read More]

On the subject of starting too many projects without having finished the unfinished ones, we want a little path back to the compost/chicken area, so today I marked one out. I think I can make this in a day or two with the help of the adze and the e [Read More]

The majority of my neighbors subscribe to the "no leaf left behind" philosophy of fall lawn clean-up. When the first snow flake falls into their yard, it falls on shortly clipped, leaf free grass. I honestly think some of them take time off of work t [Read More]

I had to cut the lawn the other day. After my lawnmower debacle incident in August, I hadn't cut the lawn at all. The weeds were getting high, the lawn was looking raggedy, and I got a notice from the Yonkers City Hall that I needed to cut my lawn! [Read More]

Last weekend hubby and I bought a reel mower. Why? Our hand-me-down recycling mower bit the dust, and we needed a replacement. Reel mowers are people powered, no gas needed, way less noise, and not much maintaince at all! So, to save ourselves a bit [Read More]

Don't you just love yard work? I spent about an hour raking leaves and loved every minute of it. Now it might be a different story if I had a HUGE yard, but our is just the right size. I also find that raking several times over the course of a mon [Read More]

Ok, so I underestimated how long the bathroom trim would take…and the other repairs I would have to do because of the new trim.  But we’re about 98% complete-  just one more piece to put into place and a nice final coat of paint, and w [Read More]

Michael is probably proudly riding this around the yard right about now - showing the neighbors that we do intend to keep care of our lawn!The roof is fully shingled, and the roof ridge is installed. Now there are just the last few details to take c [Read More]

It rained on and off most of the weekend, and to be honest I was a bit relieved. I'm a little maxed out on the whole house thing. It was nice to have a reason to take a break.My big accomplishment was that grass has now sprouted in the final section [Read More]

Things have been pretty fricken (on a sticken) quiet on our blog, and you have my sincerest apologies for that. I'd love to say it's because we reached the point in our home remodeling process where we get to lounge around in a backyard hammock [Read More]

...Where they say the grass is always greener. That was until now. In this entry, I wax about the new greenery we have. Yes, this is a Gardening Post, even tho I vowed to never do one previously. I do house-type stuff, not nature-type stuff; I prefer [Read More]