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.

 

[Mary Stetler]

After spending a crapload of money buying different types of grass seed, looking for something that would grow well here only to find it being replaced by the stuff that really wanted to be here, I've decided to let nature figure my lawn out and I'll just focus on keeping it from getting too high. So, my lawn is a mixture of several types of grasses, wild strawberry plants, broadleaf plantain, dandelions, a couple of kinds of clover, and moss in one part of it, as well as other stuff that I haven't identified. In the end, my lawn wanted to be a meadow.

Being a wild foodie, I just let my lawn be what it is too. I would probably sprinkle some sulfer around for fungus. But mushrooms are fungus so maybe not. I go out in the morning to cut dandelions for my new guinea pig and violets which started flowering now. Was thinking of putting up some violet flower ice cubes for wild food dinner drinks. I made candied violets once but we don't eat sugar any more.

 

[Marie Mallory]

After spending a crapload of money buying different types of grass seed, looking for something that would grow well here only to find it being replaced by the stuff that really wanted to be here, I've decided to let nature figure my lawn out and I'll just focus on keeping it from getting too high. So, my lawn is a mixture of several types of grasses, wild strawberry plants, broadleaf plantain, dandelions, a couple of kinds of clover, and moss in one part of it, as well as other stuff that I haven't identified. In the end, my lawn wanted to be a meadow.

So is ours, of course we now have two more large dogs who like to tear it up when they relieve themselves.
The worst is no rain for over 3 years. We do not water our lawns inly gardens.

 

[Mary Stetler]

We have 'no mow May' and 'low mow June' scheduled in Wisconsin, supposedly. It is supposed to help pollinators. I think it helps people who needed to get their mowers fixed and tuned up.
I stopped hubby from mowing because I have daisies growing wild in one area and damsel's rockets growing almost everywhere this spring. They are supposed to be horribly invasive but they are soooooo pretty I want them. And after the blooming we can just mow them down.
Always use your weeds wisely.