Recent content by Lämmchen

Winter maintenance for drip irrigation?

If you don't want the leaves to get wet you can use a soaker hose that has holes in it and waters more toward the roots of the plants.

Does using a sprinkling system save water?

Yep, it's super green outside now from all the rain we kept getting. I'm glad I was able to return the grass seed and not have to use it or waste time watering it with the sprinkler. We have 1 acre of land and moving the sprinkler around is no fun.

I wasn't aware of how dry our summer had been and I know we had grub problems so when I saw the circle spots in our yard I panicked. I used the right stuff and then decided to get some grass seed to replenish those areas but waited a couple weeks. I'm glad I did because we got rain for a few...

What would be a good ratio of trees to grass to have a healthy lawn? Our neighbors have a ton of trees on their 1.5 acre lot and to me it would seem that it's overcrowded and not good for either the trees or lawn to get enough water and sun?

Here's how beautiful Kentucky Blue Grass is. It has the rich color as well as a hardy plant.

Not all grasses are the same and not all can be grown in some areas where we might live. But which are the sturdier types of grasses that can be grown that can endure kids playing on it? I remember doing kartwheels and summersaults on the neighbor's lawn and causing bald spots to form. We were...

That's very pretty and it looks so relaxing. How big is the space? Will you be adding more to it?

Oh, I don't think I could use anything that shocks an animal. That seems a little cruel, especially since we enjoy watching them in the back field as they graze on the hay.

I have a garden that is quite large but I let it go last year because of my allergies. I wanted to have my daughter create a sculpture for the center of it to keep away the animals so I could have a lower fencing. The idea would be that the deer wouldn't be able to jump into the center of the...

This is what we used to use on our smaller lawn and almost everyone else in the neighborhood had them too. The bag is removable for when you have a mulching blade put in place.

I have bad grass allergies that act up when the grass is being mown so I don't do that job here and my husband handles it. At our old house we had a push mower but we have an acre of land here so he uses a riding lawn mower. The maintenance on the lawn tractor is a lot of work and money but the...

Is there a special way to grow garlic?

Lime for grubs instead of pesticides?