Lawn Service; Yea or Nea

[matti]

I have a small yard and an electric mower. 20 minutes for 2x/week is what I need. No water, no fertilizer.

 

[pclark]

I started using the Cutter Backyard Bug Control because a lot of people were swearing by it. It seems to work OK. Just hook up to hose & go. View attachment 72229

Good Stuff, have used it for years

 

[SHOOT2KILL]

Scotts Crabgrass with Halts I spread 9 days ago...Today was the 1st cut...

 

[durphee]

At home, I do the basic weed/feed and such for a descent lawn. It looks real nice but honestly I dont want to spend the extra money or time to make it really nice, I have too many summer hobbies for that. At our lakehouse, we do not use much, mostly sand. We really try to keep stuff (nitrates, phosphates, general runoff) out of the lake. A cranberry farm (marsh) on our lake (and I worked there for 5 summers, loved it) closed and they allowed it to go back to a natural wetland. And I can tell you, the quality of water in the lake has increased significantly. The clarity has increased significantly and the late season algae blooms have decreased also. We dont get the nasty eutrophic water conditions that we used to....hence think Rice Lake, even woth low and warm water conditions.

 

[Hoosier]

Anyone have any luck getting rid of moles? They apparently took over my back yard over the winter. I've tried traps in the past with no luck.

For fertilizer I put down scott's 2 or 3 times a year that I buy from costco. They have it at a reasonable price so it's not too far off the menards brands etc. prices. Late summers get dry here typically so there's no use to do more unless I want to water a lot, which I don't. Usually early spring, around memorial day and fall. And spray weed killer as needed.