2020 Lawn Thread!

[johnplav]

3 hours gone that I’ll never get back... but at least the wife is happy. 

[Robhuntandfish]

My neighbor is out mowing her lawn in a mask.....

[Bionic]

7 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

My neighbor is out mowing her lawn in a mask.....

Might not necessarily be a bad thing 

[Robhuntandfish]

16 minutes ago, Bionic said:

Might not necessarily be a bad thing 

She is a sweet person and a great neighbor but .... Yeah. Lol.  As long as she feels safe I guess. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Those are mandatory for new constructed pools. It’s a great idea. But to me, it’s too late. I prefer an alarm on the house door before they ever get near the pool


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I immediately pulled mine, every time a leaf hits the pool it goes off. Our pool has its own fence,
Always locked. My girls are 15 but there are a lot of little kids in the hood


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[The_Real_TCIII]

Obviously pool alarms don’t prevent anything from happing ,just a notification , and one can go fish their kid out of the pool . Never having one my question is , what do you do when you swim ?
Do you shut it off ? Will it turn back on automatically? The reason smoke detectors now come with sealed batteries and and a ten minute hush button , is because people would disable them , when they burnt  food and forget to turn them back on .

There’s a “key” that disables it, it’s like a magnet


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[Paula]

Pic from this morning, I am cutting my own lawn this year. Seems to look better already. I still have alot of work to do but I am getting there. 

[crappyice]

Pic from this morning, I am cutting my own lawn this year. Seems to look better already. I still have alot of work to do but I am getting there. 

Looking good Paula...nice to see you popping back on here!


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[Moho81]

On 5/16/2020 at 4:17 PM, Robhuntandfish said:

My neighbor is out mowing her lawn in a mask.....

Many years my allergies where so bad I thought about doing it! 

[Steuben Jerry]

2 hours ago, Moho81 said:

Many years my allergies where so bad I thought about doing it! 

This has been my worst year for allergies ever. On three different prescriptions at the moment.

I don't know why I never thought of the mask idea. I'll be doing that at my next mowing!

 

[BizCT]

Looks good @Paula and welcome back!

[grampy]

Nice yard Paula!  Looking good too!

[Five Seasons]

On 5/16/2020 at 5:55 PM, The_Real_TCIII said:

I immediately pulled mine, every time a leaf hits the pool it goes off. Our pool has its own fence,
Always locked. My girls are 15 but there are a lot of little kids in the hood


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same. way too many false alarms even after adjusting it. gates and supervision. our 2 youngest need floats on even when they're not swimming if they're going to be anywhere near the pool.

[Five Seasons]

On 5/16/2020 at 10:22 AM, Nomad said:

Obviously pool alarms don’t prevent anything from happing ,just a notification , and one can go fish their kid out of the pool . Never having one my question is , what do you do when you swim ?

Do you shut it off ? Will it turn back on automatically? The reason smoke detectors now come with sealed batteries and and a ten minute hush button , is because people would disable them , when they burnt  food and forget to turn them back on .

you have to pull it with a "key" and yeah put it back in. Waste of $190 and i sold mine on ebay.

[Robhuntandfish]

8 hours ago, Moho81 said:

Many years my allergies where so bad I thought about doing it! 

she never wore a mask before in the last 6 years i lived there....... like i was thinking as long as it makes her feel good ....but ....... reaalllllyyy.....lol

[BizCT]

Backyard mow tonight. Will do front tomorrow night


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[Rebel Darling]

No Mow May.

Violets, strawberries, dandelions, prunella vulgaris...

We’re also at 1500’, so I can get away with not mowing until June.


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[reeltime]

Front yards a little over half done.

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[BizCT]

May 27th cut


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[Paula]

Mine looks like crap, it was fact and now it's all clumpy. I need a rider for hot days like today

[BizCT]

I’m famous


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[Bionic]

Angle cut this time

[Marion]

Angle cut this time

Who decides what pattern? Is that left to the groundskeeper what they feel like cutting? Or does someone else make that decision?

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[Bionic]

14 minutes ago, Dr. Jerkman said:

Who decides what pattern? Is that left to the groundskeeper what they feel like cutting? Or does someone else make that decision?

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On our sports fields, we just switch up the direction of cut each time.  Just take a quick look to see which direction was chose last tine, and then go perpendicular.  Every now, and then a 45 ish angle like I chose.  We do this because overtime if you cut the same direction each cut, over tine you will compact ruts into the ground, and it also sort of trains the grass to lay over in that direct you mow, and doesn’t actually cut it at the desired height you are set at.

An exception is when we have tournaments, or if we are aerating, or treating the fields, then we cut in the direction of game play.  This helps you in keeping straight, and correct overlap, when applying chemicals, or seed/fertilizers. 

Edited May 28, 2020 by Bionic

[Marion]

On our sports fields, we just switch up the direction of cut each time.  Just take a quick look to see which direction was chose last tine, and then go perpendicular.  Every now, and then a 45 ish angle like I chose.  We do this because overtime if you cut the same direction each cut, over tine you will compact ruts into the ground, and it also sort of trains the grass to lay over in that direct you mow, and doesn’t actually cut it at the desired height you are set at.
An exception is when we have tournaments, or if we are aerating, or treating the fields, then we cut in the direction of game play.  This helps you in keeping straight, and correct overlap, when applying chemicals, or seed/fertilizers. 

Very interesting. Never in a million years would I have even considered that there was so much thought and planning into the way the grass is cut. I figured it was based on whatever someone wanted to cut. Sweet! Got a beautiful day today to mow

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