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Been pretty hot around here so been watering using my antique tractor sprinkler, stretch the hose out turn it around and it follows the hose back.

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That's a nice setup! Forerunner of the robot vacuum cleaners and mowers. As to your question about lawns: Her in central PA the grass is growning like weeds with ample rainfall now. Hope this summer is not a repeat of last summer where it was drought from June onwards. Even worse in western PA.
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No lawn except a small patch in the back. Went with drought resistant California native plants during our last drought. Even got rid of my fruit trees as between fruit flies and white ash flies it was a constant battle. Now the back is a bit of grass and my wife's roses. Look good and requires only a bit of work. Writing that check is really hard.
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Thanks, we`ve had some pretty hot days for this time of year had 99 degrees on the 5th.
Need rain bad too maybe get some Thursday night. :)
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"Lawn" ???????

Here at the family compound it's been nearly 64 years of dirt and weeds ....... can't argue with consistently successful horticultural program like that.
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We had a lot of rain in the spring and my lawn looks pretty good.
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Pitchy wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:56 pm Thanks, we`ve had some pretty hot days for this time of year had 99 degrees on the 5th.
Need rain bad too maybe get some Thursday night. :)
Wow,
It's been cold and wet here for a month. Not that I mind, I hate the heat and humidity.

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I've heard some folks around the neighborhood say it's dryer than a popcorn fanny burp. Not sure how dry that is, but we're pretty dry here too.
I check the drought monitor frequently and we're gradually getting worse. Hay prices are strengthening too.
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A fanny burp ? That's a new term for me, not exactly what I typed, but kinda funny too.
Must be a spell checker programed into the "reply box".
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You get caught watering a yard around here you might earn a free straight jacket!
My lily pads wilted enough I could mow them yesterday.
Then today I mowed with about $200 worth of chemicals.
Now it probably won't rain again until September.
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my yards are full of happy little yellow flowers and gophers and moles and voles and weeds and other weeds and more weeds. glad you asked.
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We don’t have a lawn... nor ‘mow’ anything.

We have goats and ‘pasture’...

Drought proof and good environmentally.

Also good for lazy guys like me. :D
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I love it Pard but if I had it in My yard My neighbor would have a fit as it would be full of government surveillance that was sent to spy on Him......... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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May was very wet here. Mowing every 4 or 5 days.
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I should of took a picture, i had so much hose out it got stuck couldn`t pull it all :shock:
Fire danger is my biggest worry during these hot spells, pretty sandy ground here it drys up fast.
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That's cool as all get out, Pitchy!
My lawn is mostly dead. It's pretty sandy here. It could rain every day and not be wet. Then there's the grubs that have been eating it the last few years.
I don't like it, but refuse to put money and work into a lawn. :D
Once I roll outta the yard with the Jeep or the Harley, I can't see it anyway. :D
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The old stuff is cool, must of been made in the 50`s i`m not sure they sell for big bucks on ebay for the old ones.
Thanks everyone.
Jay glad your riding i can`t even get on mine, haven`t rode it since last summer enjoy while your able bud.
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Pitchy wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:57 am The old stuff is cool, must of been made in the 50`s i`m not sure they sell for big bucks on ebay for the old ones.
Thanks everyone.
Jay glad your riding i can`t even get on mine, haven`t rode it since last summer enjoy while your able bud.
That sucks Lenn. I'm truly sorry as only a rider knows. I'm headed out this morning and will keep you in my thoughts.
You are right. Gotta roll the miles while we can. I sure hope there's Harleys in heaven. :D
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Sorry to hear you are not riding Lenn :( but talking about Lawns here's something to ponder on....

https://youtu.be/T-0wTjeldeo

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Wheeeeee that`s my kind of fun, need a big flat yard though.
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.45colt wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:43 pm I love it Pard but if I had it in My yard My neighbor would have a fit as it would be full of government surveillance that was sent to spy on Him......... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Soil here is a dark clay known as black gumbo. When wet it is slippery as oiled snot. When dry it is hard enough to break a shovel if you try to dig. It takes a long time to dry. I grew up with sand out in SouthWest Kansas. Very different.
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That's a cool old tractor Lenn. We haven't had to water yet and the lawn is beautiful right now. Here you never know what will come. It can be a total drought until October or maybe we'll get a little rain but n mostly it will come in thunderstorms with severe weather cautions.

Like you, I've not ridden in some time. Still have a couple of bikes that I should deal off but then what would I do with all those old Tshirts? Don't I have to have the iron to back them up?
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Thanks Ron, i`ve had a bike most of my life and guess i`ll probably leave this planet owning one even if i can`t ride it can still start it and hear that great sound. :)
Was supposed to storm and rain last night but it never happened so back too the watering. :roll: oh well it is what it is. :)
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I was always jealous of the folks with those tractor lawn sprinklers, Lenn. Hope you get some showers. We are in heat and serious drought down here, which suits my gravel lawn just fine, if not the nut who lives here. :lol:
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Thanks Bill, i remember living in the South West as i was stationed in Phoenix, hot hot and hot but at least low humidity until the monsoon season came. :)
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Pitchy we recently had 3.9" rain in 2 hours. My big tank is over the banks and about 20 feet deep :D nearby cistern from 1911 has 4 feet water. With 104° too hot to do much.
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We had a very wet month of May. Ground is still not dry. Lake Whitney, about 60 miles South and a little West of me is closed to the public because water is over the picnic areas and the boat ramps are inaccessible.
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All this rain is a big relief...my mud was starting to dry out. :roll:
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What is this rain thing you speak of? Here we live in a desert some fool brought water to. Then folks cut off the flow of large quantities. Now the same folks complain about water shortages.
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:lol: :lol: good ones fellers.
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Rained all day yesterday, only got a inch but was a steady soaker. :) :)
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Pitchy wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:44 am Thanks Ron, i`ve had a bike most of my life and guess i`ll probably leave this planet owning one even if i can`t ride it can still start it and hear that great sound. :)
Was supposed to storm and rain last night but it never happened so back too the watering. :roll: oh well it is what it is. :)
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i know, i know, it's NOT THE SAME THING, but i'm willing to trade the cruiser in for a dualsport something. maybe honda 300 rally.

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Thanks Grizz, i`m not liking these health probs but who does.
Left hip gave out now the right one is hurting, makes me sad but what can ya do, have to use the golf cart. :lol:
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We have had a lot of rain, here. But I have only mowed one time this year, so far. I have the cows trained where, all I have to do is rattle the chains on the gates and holler once or twice and they come a running. I let them in the yard for about 6 hrs or so, and they mow it almost as good as I can with the mower. Then I run them out, and drag the yard with a homemade drag behind the four wheeler for a few minutes and call it a day.

I started doing that last year, because it was dry and I hated to just mow it, when the grass was short in the fields, and waste it, instead of letting the cows eat it. My yard is a little over an acre, and when I let 50 head or so come in, they make short work of it. They even weed eat up close, fairly decent, a lot of the time. :D Saves wear and tear on the mower, also, and gas.
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Sounds like a good plan to me. 8) :)
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Water it. Mow it. Water it. Mow it...This has to be one of finest wastes of time ever perpetuated on an unwary man, I might speculate it was initiated by someone's wife. Grass has been doing fine for a kajillian years before it was first cut, and watered...
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octagon wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:08 am Water it. Mow it. Water it. Mow it...This has to be one of finest wastes of time ever perpetuated on an unwary man, I might speculate it was initiated by someone's wife. Grass has been doing fine for a kajillian years before it was first cut, and watered...
We never had much of a yard on the farm, when I was growing up. My dad, didn't see much value in it, I guess, and had a quote "if the lord meant for that grass to be short, he would have left it that way"
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Lastmohecken wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:48 am
octagon wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:08 am Water it. Mow it. Water it. Mow it...This has to be one of finest wastes of time ever perpetuated on an unwary man, I might speculate it was initiated by someone's wife. Grass has been doing fine for a kajillian years before it was first cut, and watered...
We never had much of a yard on the farm, when I was growing up. My dad, didn't see much value in it, I guess, and had a quote "if the lord meant for that grass to be short, he would have left it that way"
i think so too. the coastal grass in E Tx is worth mowing and baling. other wise it's a nice soft touch when the humidity hits 700 and even Texans make mention. air conditioners turn into water harvesters. :lol: :) :D
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