Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Strong reasons make strong actions. - William Shakespeare #Quote

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Every failure is a step to success. - William Whewell #quote

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

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"It takes twenty years to become an overnight success." - Eddie Cantor #quote

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Saturday, December 13, 2014

"The work is done long before I dance into the lights." - Muhammad Ali #quote

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Friday, December 12, 2014

"The way to succeed is to double your error rate." - Thomas J. Watson. #quote

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

"To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." - Elbert Hubbard #quote

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Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything. - Chinese Proverb #Quote

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Monday, December 8, 2014

"When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most." - Drew Barrymore #quote

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Sunday, December 7, 2014

"The world belongs to the energetic." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #quote

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt #quote

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Age is not a matter of years. It is a state of mind. - Robert Collier #Quote

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Friday, November 21, 2014

Initiative, plus imagination, will take you anywhere. - Robert Collier #quote

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Seeding Project Sept-Oct 2014

In lawn care, one of the great mysteries is how to grow a lawn from seed. It is not difficult even in situations that are not necessarily ideal.

On Sept 8th, I decided to plant some grass between a couple of bed of garlic that had been planted earlier. The 2 garlic beds have some mesh placed over them to keep the squirrels from digging in the beds.

The soil here is quite gravelly. The second series of photos a few weeks later will show the extent of the gravel

The pathways that were to be seeded were quite compacted. So I just took a hoe and made some shallow scratchings in the soil. They were about 3- 4 inches apart. The soil from the hoe also fell onto the hardened pathway as well.
Then I seeded the pathways with our Seed and Feed product. This contains a good mixture of grass seed that is suitable for sun or shade and also contains a high percentage of organic matter to help the seed stay moist and also provides a bit of nutrition for the germinating seedlings.

 Now these next 3  photos are taken 15 days after the seed was initially scattered on the ground.
 Here you can see all the gravel that is in the pathway. Not an ideal soil for a lawn.
You can also see the pattern of the scratch marks made by the hoe. The seed of course grew better in the bottom of the scruffings as there is more moisture there.

Then I seeded the pathways with our Seed and Feed product. This contains a good mixture of grass seed that is suitable for sun or shade and also contains a high percentage of organic matter to help the seed stay moist and also provides a bit of nutrition for the germinating seedlings.

Now here are some photos taken 7 weeks after seeding. It was a frosty morning and the camera may have been a bit fogged up. But you can see how nicely the grass has filled in.


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You'll never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals. - Anonymous #quote

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Friday, October 24, 2014

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"It is not length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #quote

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work. - Anonymous #quote

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

- Vince Lombardi #quote

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

The time is always right to do what is right. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #quote

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"I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?" - Benjamin Disraeli #quote

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

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Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your own permission. - Ralph Waldo Emerson #quote

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Monday, September 8, 2014

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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. - Albert Einstein #quote

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

"I never worry about action, but only about inaction." - Winston Churchill #quote

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Friday, August 15, 2014

"The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B." - James Yorke

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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"The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong." - William Randolph #quote

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The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. - Dr. Wayne Dyer #quote

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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"Never say, "oops." Always say, "Ah, interesting." #quote

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"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them." - - John C. Maxwell #quote

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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"When you blame others, you give up your power to change." - Author Unknown #quote

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Mini Slit Seeding

Some equipment companies and some lawn companies tout the benefits of slit seeding as a way to overseed thin and bare spots in the lawn.

We had some work done in our lawn. A trench was dug and filled in. As a result, there was a patch of lawn that was nothing but mud.
The soil was packed pretty hard there with the rain and with tamping it down to reduce settling.

So the one thing that was handy was a spade.

So I took the spade and sunk it an inch or two into the hard clay, sprinkles some grass seed and kept it moist by watering twice a day.
You can see in this photo above where the seeds have started to sprout in the straight lines made by the spade. There are also some holes made a few days later with a grass stitcher. A grass stitcher is a tool that makes holes in the soil.
You can see that the seed in the slits is coming up nicely, with the seed in the grass stitcher holes just a bit behind.
Here the seeds in the slits are much more developed- but they are very obviously in the slit made by the spade.

For small area, making a few slits in the soil with a spade or shovel is one way to keep the seeds from drying out and therefore more likely to germinate well. Not well suited to large areas but an easy way to remedy small areas with little or no grass.

For large areas the easiest is to aerate and then overseed. 

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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