Any yard nerds here?

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

He also got the yard and house at 25% of what you guys in Calgary paid for your little yards

It's the FIL house and I think he bought it for 298k with a crap ton of land. Property taxes are dirt cheap here though.

[PIMking]

About two weeks ago I did a 10x10 test plot of area that I prepped without fert and planted some seed and I really didn't water it that much because I was busy doing other yard work and it started to grow!!!!

So I got the majority of the needles up, then I aerated the yard and put some stater fert and new shade blend seed down.

Hopefully in a few weeks I get a nice growth.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

quite often, actually. It's nice to be able to have a lot of seating in the yard, (basically the entire perimeter of the lower section)

Is a very relaxing yard to go out and enjoy your coffee (or other beverages) in the evening.

off to the right, there's a good view of the entire northwest of Calgary as well.

I love all the work you've put into your yard etc... It is pretty amazing. Also having a lovely place to sit while drinking coffee etc... is pretty much the good life for me.

But, you do need to lose the Aphrodites pretty quick.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by peter12

I love all the work you've put into your yard etc... It is pretty amazing. Also having a lovely place to sit while drinking coffee etc... is pretty much the good life for me.

But, you do need to lose the Aphrodites pretty quick.

My house is mostly French and Asian fusion design wise, so the statue fits in with the overall theme. Normally I do agree though when it comes to stuff like that.

[Knalus]

Blueberries grow well in acidic soil. Just saying.

[PIMking]

It's growin pretty good

[PIMking]

Starting to come in pretty good now.







I will be working on the spot in the back of the third picture soon, there is some grass coming in but if I roto till the dirt it will be much better

Now I've been putting some yard lime down, then mixing tall fescue seed and fertilizer together and spreading it. After that I use a hand held tiller to just basically cover the seed up.

After seeing how good it's looking I'm gonna have to kill the other grass and put more seed down...

[PIMking]

I also underestimated how much work this was going to be. Even with a gas power rototiller (smaller one) it still takes a good amount of time. I'm also going into the wooded area with the tiller and basically digging a hole and getting some good soil for some low areas and to help mix in.

[PIMking]

Here are some updated pictures


http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/g...ard%20picures/


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[Barnes]

I like the look of fescue. Have you used or looked at rhizomatous tall fescue? I'm going to over-seed and use it to repair dog damage next year and slowly replace all the Kentucky blue grass. I like the idea of rhizomatous grasses as they fill in bare spots naturally.

[PIMking]

Tall Fescue, hopefully it will hold up in the summer here.

[PIMking]

Here are some more updated pictures.

http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/g...te%2010-17-12/


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here is my back yard lol

[Sliver]

Your backyard looks like another planet from what we're used to, dude. Very cool.

[Bagor]

What is that climbing plant that is rampant in the last photo?

[Komskies]

Climbing Hydrangea possibly?

[puffnstuff]

I wanna say its Kudzu

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

I wanna say its Kudzu

Winner winner

When to Tornado came it took about 1/4 of the trees in the 'back yard' and they're still laying down.

Those rough areas of grass in the front yard are going to get tilled up sunday and planted. Since the other stuff is growing good I will get that done. I wasn't planning on it until this stuff started coming in and is looking good. I've mowed the stuff 3 times in the last 2 weeks. It's growing super fast.

[PIMking]

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[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by PIMking

Tall Fescue, hopefully it will hold up in the summer here.

Tall fescue thrives in the summer. Loves the heat and hardly needs to be watered (or ever if you get consistent rain).

Originally Posted by Barnes

I like the look of fescue. Have you used or looked at rhizomatous tall fescue? I'm going to over-seed and use it to repair dog damage next year and slowly replace all the Kentucky blue grass. I like the idea of rhizomatous grasses as they fill in bare spots naturally.

I'd advise against that. Tall fescue doesn't survive winter well nor does it have the strongest rhizomes. KBG has the strongest rhizomes around and can handle winter (plus it's just a much nicer grass). Dog damage is a soil problem rather than a grass problem. But if you like fescues then creeping red would be better if you're in Canada (even if it isn't the most comfortable grass to be on).

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

Tall fescue thrives in the summer. Loves the heat and hardly needs to be watered (or ever if you get consistent rain).





I'd advise against that. Tall fescue doesn't survive winter well nor does it have the strongest rhizomes. KBG has the strongest rhizomes around and can handle winter (plus it's just a much nicer grass). Dog damage is a soil problem rather than a grass problem. But if you like fescues then creeping red would be better if you're in Canada (even if it isn't the most comfortable grass to be on).

I thought I read that we're on the very edge of the transition zone and it could be too hot here in the summer for it. I will water it every other day when we have our june through september 95+ days