Lawn care

[Krystal Shay]

It takes a skilled cat to catch them. They usually stay under the grass or vegetation since they eat the roots. If a cat waits at one of their mounds, they will probably never catch one. I watched one skilled cat in my neighborhood patrol, and he watches for movement under the vegetation, gets close, and then pounces. He has a very high kill rate. The voles never see him. They haven't left a mound in my yard or flower bed, since I smoked them out, but they come from the neighbors and eat roots in my flower bed that is along the fence. Old Orange keeps them under control.

I had one cat like that too. She had some serious skills in catching voles, moles, mice, birds and more. She always left a dead mouse laying at my utility door in the garage. "It's for you mom". I would leave it there because I knew when I would look 5 minutes later, she would have ate it all except the intestines. I would scoop up the remains to get rid of it after she finished her meal. But every single time, she always offered it to me first.

 

[Mary Robi]

I had St. Augustine grass at the last house I owned. I never watered it, I never "fed" it, I just mowed it when it needed it.

The soil in our neighborhood consisted of a combination of dirt, dust, sand and fire ants that reached half-way to the center of the earth.

My yard looked almost as good as those in the neighborhood who worked hard on theirs.

 

[Von Jones]

I had one cat like that too. She had some serious skills in catching voles, moles, mice, birds and more. She always left a dead mouse laying at my utility door in the garage. "It's for you mom". I would leave it there because I knew when I would look 5 minutes later, she would have ate it all except the intestines. I would scoop up the remains to get rid of it after she finished her meal. But every single time, she always offered it to me first.

 

[Marie Miller]

We all know that grass is the gateway to needing a lawn.

If something has not worked for years it may be time for a different approach. Soil testing, discussing this with the County Extension Office. There are alternatives to traditional grass.