We don't give chooks enough credit for intelligence. Our neighbour had a Chinese silky rooster who was really tame and would let you pat him. She also had a huge bitch of a female rabbit who had an aggressive temperament and often growled and charged at the chickens. She made the mistake of attempting to put the frighteners on PooLing and he cooly turned his head and gave this giant rabbit one peck one the head as an act of castigating her and the rabbit left him alone after that.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
First pic was on Jan 8 not long after I started using the sprinkler. Second pic taken yesterday after a spate of heavy rains together with regular sprinkling.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Looking better...but still has a way to go. Might want to check your soil's pH to see it is right for the grass you have. Here we try to stay around a neutral pH of 7.0.
The last place I was at had a starting pH 4.1 so it took some fairly heavy liming in the garden spot. I knew something was when the corn in the first started tasseling at 12 inches. After the Fall application the next Spring the corn made it to over 6 feet. But the lawn took longer as I couldn't apply it as heavily, but after several applications it was up to pH 6 which the grass took off like a weed.
Yes MF, I was talking to the Jims man who mows my lawns last week and we were discussing how green the grass is. I can never recall seeing green lawns this late in February ever. They are usually just brown dustbowls with a few weeds growing in them. Somebody must be going around at night sprinkling dandelion seeds because most lawns have this yellow tinge to them a few days after the grass has been cut. I have not noticed this in years gone bye, maybe I haven't been looking too closely at lawns before.
I'm laughing because last friday I got the Scotts speedy green spreader out of the shed and spread about 8 kg of lawn fertiliser over the lawn (worked out at around 40g per m^2).
Figured it might help a bit after all the heat
Then I spread 5 kg of wetasoil over it and watered it in well.
Before I did that, I scratched the thatch out of the dead spots with the rake
We have been fortunate enough to get a bit of a hammering with rain over the last few days. Not tonnes, but good-ish. Its been a week now, and it is starting to look better
It has been so dry that the weeds on the verge have barely grown
Once winter comes, my fortnightly mowing increases due to the verge. Will be an extra 150 ish sqm + 110 council land that has to be slashed. Lucky I enjoy giving the mowers a workout
Really happy with the end result. It was looking pretty average, and it suddenly has gone mad. Still dead spots, but responding well
This was the mowing team today - the husky is a new find on curbside collection - just needed fuel lines and primer (although rest of collection has been lacklustre).
Mowed the back at height 7, got 1 full catcher off. Mowed the front at 2nd from top (there is some thatch) so as not to shock it. Always looks bad right after mowing, but by monday it will look nice and lush hopefully
Tyler, you should have done maximum height on that one. I managed to scalp a section on the highest setting with my PT thumb latch (the red one I posted with the four blades shown underneath). Should have used they slightly higher SupaSwift or my Corvette high arch.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Nothing too dangerous in the front lawn AVB, might get the odd ant in the back though.
Cockroaches have also been a pain this summer, but beside that, not many creepies.
Had a rather startled fox run down the street in January - gave the birds a bit of a fright. Think the poor thing was displaced from the freeway works they are doing.
AVB, I just saw on the telly where a red back spider took on a small snake that ventured too close and the spider won. I hope the woman who filmed it killed the spider after it killed the snake. And just so you know AVB a big red back spider has a body about 3/8th inch in diameter
Years ago I saw a chook treat a redback as a snack. Maybe Colonel Sanders could have marketed a chicken feed KFR Colonel Sanders Fried Redback Spiders!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
