Re: So, who's seeding this week?

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:25:18 -0000 in
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> Teech
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>  wrote:
> It's that time of year...overseeding/reseeding your lawn.  But with
> the ongoing lack of rain and sometimes scorching temps...is anybody
> putting off this task?
>
> I am currently planning on seeding this weekend...but am a little
> unsure of whether to put it off another week or two or go ahead and
> dive in.  I do have the ability to keep the seed damp throughout the
> day (and Durham isn't on mandatory water restrictions, yet)...so that
> shouldn't be an issue.
>
> Thoughts?

I wouldn't bother until I saw a weather forecast with a bit of rain,
which probably won't be until early October.
Then again, I'm on a well that was put in before I was a twinkle
in my parents eyes...

I'll probably invest in a thatching blade for the push mower this weekend
to break up ac***ulated dead stuff and defuse the "land mines" left by the
dogs.
Next weekend I'll try to rent a piston aereator and aereate the lawn
and pick up some compost and sharp sand and pop's little roto tiller
to take care of a few divots in the lawn.
Then when it looks like it'll be raining off and on for a week or two
I'll overseed with winter rye.

Then I'll be discussing with my wife where she wants ~300 ft^2 of nice
lawn
in the front yard so we can start converting the rest of trees
shrubs, groundcover, and mulch :-).


-- 
Chris Dukes
< elfick> willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat