Tag Archives: lawn mower

Wet Soils – Don’t go there!

With all the rain we have been having, it’s important to remember a few things about working in wet soils.  The number one thing is, well, just don’t do it When soils are wet,  they are much more readily compacted.  Soil particles get pressed together and the air gets forced out of the soil.  Compaction […]

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May Garden Chores

Finish April’s chores!  Isn’t that the way it always is? Spray Roses and crepe myrtles with baking soda spray weekly to control black spot and fungus. Mow weekly, tune up mower and sharpen blades. Pot up extra seedlings to give away. Give bad bugs a soapy bath. Pull dandelions to feed to chickens and bearded […]

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April’s chores

April is already half done and I don’t even have a working list of what I want to get done yet!  Aaaahhhhgggg! OK… here is the list I KNOW needs to be done: Sharpen all tools Tune up the lawn mower (wish I could trade it in for a cordless electric) Mow once a week […]

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Lazy Lawn Care

Well, for us the lazy part may have to wait until next year.  You see, we got so busy in the fall that we didn’t over seed with winter rye grass and now we have weeds popping up everywhere.  But here is the basic idea of lazy lawn care. Over seed with winter rye.  Of […]

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Lawn Mower Exchange

Lawn Mower Exchange. How cool is this?  If you live in Plano, Richardson or Allen then you can exchange your working gas powered mower for an electiric or manual mower.  Well, it’s actually an exchange for a $150 voucher, but still…  (You probably need to hurry, though.  It’s only for the first 250 people.)  I […]

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