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re: OT- St Augustine Grass
Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:33 pm to Litigator
Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:33 pm to Litigator
Litigator, you could spread good top soil maybe add some peat moss to it. Spread and level this out then spread seed. Once seed is spread use a water-filled roller to roll the seed in and compact soil at same time.
Then, because of slope, cover with hay to help prevent erosion and keep birds from eating your grass seed.
ETA. You could till the yard you currently have then use a garden rake to level new soil and remove rocks/mowing obstacles.
You put the hay down liberally to start with to hold soil in place and protect seed. As grass starts to come up you lightly rake a little more hay out to give room to the growing grass. You start with liberal hay and end with mostly grass and just a little hay throughout grass root system.
Then, because of slope, cover with hay to help prevent erosion and keep birds from eating your grass seed.
ETA. You could till the yard you currently have then use a garden rake to level new soil and remove rocks/mowing obstacles.
You put the hay down liberally to start with to hold soil in place and protect seed. As grass starts to come up you lightly rake a little more hay out to give room to the growing grass. You start with liberal hay and end with mostly grass and just a little hay throughout grass root system.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 1:46 pm
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:52 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Jefferson Dawg:
Whatever format you think will work best. I thought the rib-off format worked fine. From the DawgRant archives here's my avi from back then. I think I won an award because my wife had the best looking dinnerware or something like that.
RhodeDawg:
Thanks for the tip and that sounds like a winner to me. I think once I get the topsoil down and leveled I can better evaluate whether the hay will work for support or whether I might need some railroad ties, landscape timbers, or something like that.
Whatever format you think will work best. I thought the rib-off format worked fine. From the DawgRant archives here's my avi from back then. I think I won an award because my wife had the best looking dinnerware or something like that.
RhodeDawg:
Thanks for the tip and that sounds like a winner to me. I think once I get the topsoil down and leveled I can better evaluate whether the hay will work for support or whether I might need some railroad ties, landscape timbers, or something like that.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 3/5/17 at 2:57 pm to Litigator
Edit Nevermind
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 3/5/17 at 5:02 pm to deeprig9
Litigator with the first call-out of LAWN OFF! 
Gloves are off folks...
-Official: Litigator calls out deeprig9 on who can best solve riddle of shared troublesome shade grass scenario
Soundtrack: LINK....................
Gloves are off folks... -Official: Litigator calls out deeprig9 on who can best solve riddle of shared troublesome shade grass scenario
Soundtrack: LINK....................
Posted on 3/5/17 at 5:53 pm to deeprig9
deeprig:
So we meet again.....
So we meet again.....
Posted on 3/5/17 at 7:18 pm to Jefferson Dawg
My grass won't be green for another month.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 9:02 pm to AlaCowboy
Just like that its the Second LAWN OFF Call Out!
Official: AlaCowboy calls out RhodeDawg
north vs. South
Official: AlaCowboy calls out RhodeDawg
north vs. South
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:40 am to Jefferson Dawg
Reply from School of Environmental Design:
David Nichols UGA Bio
Looks like I'll be prepping the dirt for Zeon Zoysia. Atlanta Sod sells it.
Atlanta Sod Zeon Zoysia Link
quote:
RE: Founder's Garden- Emerald Zoysia?
The turf in the serpentine garden between the fountain and the steps is 'Zeon', which is very similar to Emerald, but supposedly more shade-tolerant.
I'm not sure of the cultivar used in the remainder of the Garden since it was installed before my time at the University. I've been calling it Emerald since I don't have any evidence that its not.
David Nichols
David Nichols UGA Bio
Looks like I'll be prepping the dirt for Zeon Zoysia. Atlanta Sod sells it.
Atlanta Sod Zeon Zoysia Link
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 9:41 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 10:45 am to deeprig9
my neighbor just put that down this summer. Appears to be doing well in the shade where his Bermuda had died
Posted on 3/6/17 at 10:37 pm to DawgCountry
I might order 250 3x3 plugs from Seedland for $154.00. It will take a year or two to fill in. It will be a real joy planting 250 plugs .....
Posted on 3/10/17 at 10:08 am to superdawg
Red Runner (?) fescue ordered for my washed out shaded slopes
Creeping red maybe? I forgot.
Creeping red maybe? I forgot.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 10:43 am to deeprig9
Turns out the suburban pinestraw game is locked down pretty tight.
Apparantly, the bigtime straw players deal straight with the neighborhood home owner's associations who run all the subdivisions. And they've pretty much got entire zip codes contracted up. And if you hear of a trailer full of pinestraw catching fire in certain zip codes, it probably wasn't a random accident. These guys are playing for keeps.
Back to the drawing board..
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:05 am to Jefferson Dawg
No.
You have local artisan pine straw.
Not some hoa sanctioned trash straw with chemicals.
Build a narrative and build a brand.
You have local artisan pine straw.
Not some hoa sanctioned trash straw with chemicals.
Build a narrative and build a brand.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:12 pm to deeprig9
You don't understand. Remind me to tell you about the north Georgia Pine Straw War some time. You wont find anything about it on wikipedia, but you'll find the names of about 7 people who were involved in it on the GBI's unsolved murder victims list.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:14 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Seriously, the next time you're admiring the lawn in front of some mcMansion and thinking to yourself how much the pine straw provides definition and makes the flowers and shrubs pop and how it gives a nice clean lush overall appearance to the yard and ties everything together.....also think about how that pine straw is practically soaked in blood.
Count me out. No way.
Count me out. No way.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:27 pm to Jefferson Dawg
quote:
Remind me to tell you about the north Georgia Pine Straw War some time.
This is as good a time and place as any.
Perfect Friday afternoon conversation. A story like this wraps up the work week perfectly.
Please proceed.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:40 pm to deeprig9
Trust me, you probably don't want to hear it. One of the bodies was found with it's head crushed flat inside a pine straw hand baler. All of them had the same four uniform puncture wounds across the front of the chest though.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:42 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Sounds crazy like its made up probably until you've crunched the numbers....
Let's make it simple just as an example: Say you've got 1,250 acres of lob lolly. At a conservative 200 bales of straw per acre and say you can get atl suburbanites to pay $4 bucks a bale, that's a cool $1 million dollars right there.
You see now?
It's no different than with the mafia or union goons and stuff like that.
Let's make it simple just as an example: Say you've got 1,250 acres of lob lolly. At a conservative 200 bales of straw per acre and say you can get atl suburbanites to pay $4 bucks a bale, that's a cool $1 million dollars right there.
You see now?
It's no different than with the mafia or union goons and stuff like that.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 1:51 pm to deeprig9
You were supposed to ask about the four uniform puncture wounds found across all the victim's chests. Or maybe you're going to eventually, but I have to run..
Posted on 3/10/17 at 2:44 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Sweet Jesus.
Connect the dots for me.
Connect the dots for me.
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