Earthquake 88

I got a purchasing agent that I sell lumber to and he’s a pretty cool guy. He told me he got sick of mowing and spent 6k on a mower that does it for him. Had the thing for 3 years and never has had a problem with it. His yard is cut pretty much daily. It runs at night I believe. He can’t brag enough about how good of a job it does. I’m going to call him in the morning and find out what brand it is. I travel a lot and thought about getting one, but that’s honestly a form of exercise for me.

Guy Jeansonne at Jeansonne Millwork in Alexandria can find you one or has one in stock. Lumber Locators in Santa Rosa Beach, FL would be a good one to call because Shane has his sawmill in Simsboro, LA. They cut a ton of beams and I bet he has slabs too.

Lumber Locators sells over 2-3 million BF of cypress a year. I’d call him first.

Acadian in Ponchatoula like someone noted above would be a good one, but they are going to buy something like that from Lumber Locators most of the time. I’ve been in the hardwood lumber business for 35 years. If you can’t find it let me know. The ones I have are something exotic from Africa.

Brandon at Omega Millworks in Ruston can find you one too.

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Earthquake, Belle hit a HR over the centerfield fence and cleared the RF fence & hit that pink house! Saw it with my own eyes. My dad told Lantrip they should walk him every time he came up to the plate. Lantrip asked about a bases loaded scenario…my dad said…’then you sure as hell better walk him.’

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Coach Ken Lantrip. He was one of my favorite coaches. Great personality, funny, hard working. I was at that game. Joey Belle hit the longest home run I’ve ever seen and I’ve been to no telling how many NCAA and MLB games. That guy was unreal.

When we moved into our new house we had problems with them. I didn’t mind them too bad, but it was creepy walking across the yard and you could hear with each step a bunch of shells crunching. I put something from Home Depot around my bricks and the ground and it kept them from getting all over my house. I rarely see them anymore. Guess over the last decade they moved on or all died.

Tractor Supply has something on the shelf with a high percentage of Glyphosate coming in at 53.8%. I don’t think regular everyday Roundup has that in it anymore. A heavy dose of Glyphosate sprayed on those weeds should kill the weeds real nice. Ortho makes a product called Ground Clear that my neighbor said worked well for him.

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I remember the one in Ruston but only vaguely, I think it was out on 167 headed toward Vienna.

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When was this? I moved to Ruston in 1979 when I was in 3rd grade. I don’t recall seeing one of those there. Wasn’t much there back then moving from Dallas. Griff Burgers is still there. Not sure how because it wasn’t good. Guess because the burgers were always dirt cheap.

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11,000 - 12,000 square feet

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If it’s in the sun I’d probably go with zoysia if you can find it. A few years ago zoysia seed was hard to get and it was expensive. I seeded some zoysia once and it took a season to get going good.

Centipede is far less expensive and fills in quicker. Looks somewhat similar to your neighbors St Augustine blade wise but the stuff is more of a lime green unless you fertilize it 2-3 times a year with a quality time released fertilizer like Lesco 15-0-15 w/2% Iron that I buy at Site One.

A good quality Bermuda seed would be your fastest option. Look though and I’m serious when I say this. Once you go with Bermuda it’s hard to kill that stuff off. There is no sprigging St Augustine in and chocking the Bermuda out. I had a tiny amount of hybrid Bermuda mixed in with my Centipede sod. The Centipede always chocked it out and kept the Bermuda under control for a decade. 2-3 years ago my entire neighborhood had big patches of Centipede die off coming out of winter. When that Bermuda got room to spread it took over my entire yard so now I have primarily a Tifway 419 looking yard. If you go Bermuda there is no going back unless you kill it off with some kind of Glyphosate and Fusillade.

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is it time to put it on the street and spend $350 for a new one?

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Been a minute since you’ve shopped for mowers. Might have to dig a little deeper in that pocket if you want a Honda motor. My mom’s mower went out and I looked around and man alive they’ve really gone up in price.

Acelepryn SC liquid insecticide. Kills about every insect in a yard. I use my FlowZone 4 gallon backpack sprayer and spray my entire yard with it.

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He announced he was stepping away from coaching at RHS back in January. Was he contemplating a job with Buffalo before the LSU job opened up?

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Yes. He had been going to Buffalo quite a bit. He waited until after the football program had their banquet to announce he was stepping down. Kyle was going to most probably be an analyst and start his career there. They love him up there. He will be a great coach. The players at RHS loved him. Played hard for him. This is a great hire.