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Post by HighCotton on Aug 4, 2012 11:35:07 GMT -5
Today, I "mowed" my lawn for the 1st time since mid May. To be specific, mowing involved cutting the ditch bank and "connecting the dots" (dots being individual clumps of weeds).
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Post by stevein on Aug 4, 2012 11:58:09 GMT -5
If the agg experts would cross corn and soybeans they would have a drought resistant plant.  We have had enough rain in the last 2 weeks that I have to mow grass. |
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Post by featherduster on Aug 4, 2012 12:11:24 GMT -5
We were real dry until about 3 weeks ago and now we have been receiving rain about 2 maybe 3 times a week.
I wish I could check the ZIPPO box because I really hate mowing grass however I also enjoy eating too.
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Post by Russ Koon on Aug 4, 2012 12:23:17 GMT -5
Three times, but two of those were when I watered it heavily for a ocuple weeks to get it into growth mode again for a weed treatment. back to dormancy now.
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Post by tenring on Aug 4, 2012 13:04:04 GMT -5
Mowed mine one, only because the weeds some how managed to survive and were 2 feet tall.
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Post by daneowner on Aug 4, 2012 13:27:24 GMT -5
Mowed my lawn grass around mid June, then mowed July 19 mainly because of weeds that were here & there.
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Post by 3ptbuck on Aug 4, 2012 13:45:47 GMT -5
I mowed a couple small areas of my yard last week that had some weeds gettin a little too tall. Haven't mowed the rest of it since sometime in May. Might need to finally in the next week or so due to the rain we got this week.
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Post by raporter on Aug 4, 2012 15:13:30 GMT -5
My crabgrass is doing real well.
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Post by drs on Aug 5, 2012 5:02:42 GMT -5
Going to have to mow whenever our rain ends. Hope to mow sometime this comming week.
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 5, 2012 6:16:02 GMT -5
Think May was the last time.
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Post by trapperdave on Aug 5, 2012 9:01:25 GMT -5
may was the last time I mowed...for my daughters graduation. thats the one good thing about this drought  |
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Post by esshup on Aug 5, 2012 9:05:24 GMT -5
I am going to be mowing today. I mowed once early in the year, again in mid June because the weeds were 12" tall (what grass?) and now because we'be gotten some rain in the past 2 weeks. The grass is probably tall enough to be hit by the mower blades, but the weeds are 12"-18" tall.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 5, 2012 11:34:02 GMT -5
Hope I can find my mower under all the dust it has been collecting since May. Haven't needed it since. I bet I've only mowed 4 times this entire season.
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Post by kevin1 on Aug 5, 2012 12:34:02 GMT -5
I mowed a couple small areas of my yard last week that had some weeds gettin a little too tall. Haven't mowed the rest of it since sometime in May. Might need to finally in the next week or so due to the rain we got this week. Same here, I've mowed the "public view" parts twice, and now need to do the rest before a bush hog will be needed. Just too danged hot out, even with a rider. |
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Post by 36fan on Aug 5, 2012 13:24:17 GMT -5
I haven't mowed since mid June. My house is built on an old cow pasture that is very fertile and holds moisture well. But it has gotten so bad the weeds in my yard have started to wilt. I have small green patches around the trees that I've been watering that almost need mowed, but my gravel driveway still has green weeds growing.
We needed rain BAD, and we got some this morning ... and we have been without power since then :-(
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Post by kirch86 on Aug 5, 2012 15:29:44 GMT -5
Surprisingly I have had to mow my yard 4 or 5 times in the last month or so. I sprayed broad leaf killer on my front yard right around when the drought started. I have a big sycamore in my front yard that keeps shade most of the day. I think my yard looks better now than it ever has. back yard is a whole different story though. . .
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Post by firstwd on Aug 5, 2012 18:44:18 GMT -5
Last Monday was the second time I've mowed since the first week of May. Neither time was actually mowing grass, though. Both were to simply knock the weeds back down to an acceptable height.
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 6, 2012 8:16:06 GMT -5
Mowed once after the dry spell started and it finally needs it again. Zoysia grass in the back yard has seeded out again and needs to be knocked down. All the rest of my "grass" in the yard is about gone.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 6, 2012 10:29:35 GMT -5
Mowed once! Used the trimmer on the dog patches & septic field a couple of times though.
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Post by goosepondmonster on Aug 7, 2012 9:40:48 GMT -5
I really can't remember the last time I mowed.
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We have had enough rain in the last 2 weeks that I have to mow grass.
