Re: So, who's seeding this week?

On Sep 6, 12:57 pm, Chris Dukes <pak...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:25:18 -0000 in
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> Teech
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>  wrote:
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> > 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

300 ft^2 is 2 acres.  Good luck with that.