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Man destroys his 40,000 square-foot lawn after mistakenly buying weed AND grass killer
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| 7-15-12
| James Nye
Posted on 07/15/2012 4:26:45 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide
One of my neighbors did this a few years ago.
His wife bought the wrong stuff.
This was a big lawn, several acres, and he had a tractor mounted sprayer.
After the first week, we were all asking what the heck happened?
To: The Truth Will Make You Free
I’ll be the first to admit not knowing very much about cystic fibrosis but i can’t imagine all the chemicals he puts on his lawn would help his children.
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posted on
07/15/2012 6:37:10 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
( if you love, you will not condemn, and if you condemn, you cannot love)
To: BuffaloJack
My whole neighborhood got taken over by clover with no effort on anybody’s part that I am aware. The only yards that aren't covered with it are the few weed & feed fanatics who are fighting the soil, the terrain and the intact, mostly wild forestation throughout. They're all retired and so have time to fool with it. The rest of us struggle to just keep it mowed and fertilized/reseeded in the fall.
To me, the clover is annoying. The white blooms pop back out within a day of mowing, so the sunny areas of the yard look perpetually in need of mowing. I'm embracing moss in the shaded areas, which is most of it. Wild ferns coming up too. Kind of nice, but it still needs occasional mowing, stray unwanted vegetation.
To: BuffaloJack
Along with those little white blossoms come the bees. Lots and lots of them. Clover honey is just that, from clover.
Beware walking in blooming clover with bare feet!
I learned that lesson the hard way when I really young.
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posted on
07/15/2012 6:53:38 AM PDT
by
ConradofMontferrat
(According to mudslimze, my handle is a Hate Crime. Hope they don't like it.)
To: BuffaloJack
That is a very retro solution! Years ago people had gorgeous lawns using clover as a natural weed and feed in their lawn. Some decided clover in a lawn was a weed and the battle began. I am going to put clover back in my yard, little kids like it too- gives them something to do, they can look for four leaf clovers.
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posted on
07/15/2012 6:55:15 AM PDT
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: rawhide
want to bet this guy voted for Obama?
no one read the clearly marked label there either
.
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posted on
07/15/2012 7:02:38 AM PDT
by
Elle Bee
To: Texas Fossil
I am wondering if the Marketing Department at Double Play has contacted him about doing an endorsement?
“Double Play: Works as Advertised!”
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posted on
07/15/2012 7:05:10 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
To: BuffaloJack
You’re in high clover now.
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posted on
07/15/2012 7:05:26 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: rawhide
want to bet this guy voted for Obama?
no one read the clearly marked label there either
.
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posted on
07/15/2012 7:05:44 AM PDT
by
Elle Bee
To: rawhide
He can 'no till' in some soybeans. SOP for no till; spray roundup, kill the grass, wait a while and drill in soybeans. Might be a little difficult getting the rig in.
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posted on
07/15/2012 7:15:02 AM PDT
by
Walmartian
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To: Tammy8
The clover is nice to walk on and it seems to hold more of the moisture in the ground.
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posted on
07/15/2012 8:23:48 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: rawhide
I grabbed the squirt bottle of Roundup instead of the squirt bottle of Weed-B-Gone once.
It looked like my lawn had been hit be a meteor shower.
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posted on
07/15/2012 10:34:21 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: cripplecreek
I know many don’t like to see the blooms up and think lawns w/clover don’t look manicured- but I like the look.
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posted on
07/15/2012 3:45:22 PM PDT
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: SkyPilot
Accusing the Daily Mail of being “international news” is out of line. The only reason it’s more credible than the Enquirer is the accent.
To: whd23
whd23,
I bought the white clover on Amazon.
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posted on
07/15/2012 5:05:32 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Repeal Obamacare, the CITIZENSHIP TAX)
To: BatGuano
Must be some sort of British acres.
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posted on
07/15/2012 5:11:25 PM PDT
by
gitmo
( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
To: BuffaloJack
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posted on
07/15/2012 5:54:49 PM PDT
by
whd23
(Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
To: Walmartian
Seems like a good time to bring in some rock ground cover. That’s just to much grass to mow.
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posted on
07/16/2012 6:24:37 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: chainsaw
Grass can go a relatively long periods without moisture but it cannot go forever. Whether the lawn is dormant or dead depends on just how long the drought has been in effect and the temperature during the drought.
Grass type also has a bearing on how stressed a lawn will become. Zoysia and Bermuda grass tolerate drought well but even these grasses will die if there is no moisture for 2-3 weeks and temps are past 90 degrees.
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posted on
07/16/2012 9:32:34 AM PDT
by
drago15
To: Texas Fossil
The stuff I used says it kills the ground for up to a year.
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posted on
07/16/2012 9:40:12 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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