My lawn looks terrible

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Sweeney’s Solar Powered Sonic Spike

That might be it. I get a lot of snow here so I guess I just have to make sure it's exposed enough to charge. Might have to get one for next winter and see if it does the job. Thanks!

[puffnstuff]

One thing I noticed re voles if you dont use your back yard in the winter it gives them free reign to tunnel and eat grass under undisturbed snow. If you use it, it wrecks their tunnels and bugs them, they go elsewhere.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I call shenanigans, there's hardly any snow on the ground.

Another angle.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Sweeney’s Solar Powered Sonic Spike

Will they work on dew worms? My son thinks that's what he has.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I call shenanigans, there's hardly any snow on the ground.

I keep telling those damned kids to conduct their Galactic Socio-Political Conflict someplace else! Get off my lawn!

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Nosehill looks a lot better than a manicured lawn, imo. Lawns are boring.

If someone is willing to put in effort and use excess water, they should at least put it to good use and develop something interesting and vibrant.

If landscaping was like art, a well manicured lawn would be like a painting you buy from the mall. Boring and standardised, but good enough for people that aren’t the creative type.

If landscaping was like art, a well-manicured lawn would be the background of the painting. Having a nice lawn doesn't mean you don't have any brickwork, flower beds, trees or vines - it means you have a nice backdrop on which you can exercise your creativity (if you want), or at least be clean and tidy.

The Mona Lisa would lose a little something if the chick was just cropped out with a white background.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah, it doesn't take long being a landscaper to realize there's no such thing as maintenance-free anything. And if you're a slacker-type (e.g. can't see the value in maintaining a property), it's definitely the wrong way to go.

Probably the closest I've seen to maintenance free is artificial grass. I did my backyard maybe six or seven years ago and it still looks great, but it was fataing expensive and a big job as there's 6" of road crush under the turf.

I have artificial grass at my house too. I love it. looks great, and it's so easy to clean.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Anyone have a recommendation for a landscaping outfit in town who could come out to my place and give me some advice about what to do?

I think I probably want to change the couple of feet at the back of my front yard by the house itself, maybe with some mulch and bushes or something like that, because the lawn near the house does pretty poorly and there's a window well to the basement that could bear disguising.

??

[mrkajz44]

Since we're talking about lawns...

I heard on the radio that the best way to deal with crab grass is to "attack it" in the spring, right after the snow melts. It said to use corn gluten but I looked online and it seems like it can help, but its not consistent and I shouldn't count on it.

Anyone have good ways to deal with crab grass? I've got some starting up near my sidewalk and I want to stop it from spreading.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

Since we're talking about lawns...

I heard on the radio that the best way to deal with crab grass is to "attack it" in the spring, right after the snow melts. It said to use corn gluten but I looked online and it seems like it can help, but its not consistent and I shouldn't count on it.

Anyone have good ways to deal with crab grass? I've got some starting up near my sidewalk and I want to stop it from spreading.

i've used weedman (in kelowna) for the last few years with good results. we used to have a TON of dandelions and crab grass. i really noticed the weed reduction after the first year. i guess the idea is that as the number of weeds in your lawn go down there are fewer and fewer weeds around to drop more seeds for the following year.

the crab grass treatment isn't cheap though - $148 per year

the broad leaf weed control is $124 and they come out twice. if you notice that the weeds just are dying they will come out and spray again at no charge. i've done that a few times with some rather resilient clover.