Some Site Updates, Scott’s PatchMaster, Lasers, and Helicopters
It’s raining tonight again. It’s really been crazy, like it should be Spring right now and not summer. For the last two weeks we’ve had almost non-stop rain, perhaps one or two days without it. The Scott’s Patchmaster is doing great, but it’s not really getting a chance to get it’s roots deep in the […]
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Tags: grass, Helicopter, laser, Lawn, patchmaster, rocketry, Topsoil
Weekend Update: Lawns and Scott’s Patchmaster (28 day report)

This is just a quick update on things. The Scott’s Patchmaster is now right at 28 days and is growing nicely. We’ve had a huge amount of rain here in the NE the last week so that certainly hasn’t hurt things by keeping the patch mulch wet. My only fear is that the weather will […]
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Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, rain, summer, till, Topsoil
Some Options for Sprinkler Timers

Having had to grow a new lawn in 2 areas covering around 2000sq ft we really needed some sort of sprinkler timer system. I had actually spent some time searching online to see what it would take to put an in-ground system in at one point. Although most of the components are extremely price friendly, […]
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Tags: Electronics, Lawn, Orbit, sprinkler, Vigoro
Scott’s PatchMaster 21 Day Update

I wanted to provide some photo’s of the Scott’s Patch Master over time. It has been a few weeks now since I put the paper/seed/fertilizer mix down on the blank spot, and there is grass growing. It will take some time to fully fill in, but if it survives the summer which is now upon […]
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Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, summer, Weeds
Lawn Watch 2009 – First Scott’s PatchMaster Update

A couple of days ago we posted pictures of the lawn where we had done the Scott’s PatchMaster patch mix over some new topsoil we put down when we were trying to level a large low spot in the lawn. There was no grass to be seen, but I said it would pop up any […]
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Tags: Fill, grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, Topsoil, Weeds