Tominator Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Got a break in the weather this week while on spring break. Got the front lawn (half of it anyway), prepped and ready for grass seed. Spent about 17 hours on the tractor in the last 2 days. :toot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Heck of a lawn...:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Lots of mowing there, that's gonna look nice. Rows or criss cross?:paint: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Rows or criss cross?:paint: Yes! Lawns are a hobby of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Beautiful home, Chris. I'm super jealous of your front lawn, mainly because this is what we are facing in the future (when we have enough money) to put in a lawn. Welcome to my giant rock garden. Rock garden is putting it nicely, I tend call it other not so nice names. Feel free to come do ours when you are finished with yours. LOL!! Btw, this is only half of the front yard, the other half is identical. Please post "after" pictures when you have grass growing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Nice house you got Chris. I'll take my big oaks and leaves over the grass! Lawns are not a hobby of mine, lol. Though I did put out a bag of ammonia I had left over on it yesterday before a rain, so I'll have lots of stuff popping up in a couple of days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I see big deer roaming that lawn soon. Very nice Chris. Have fun cutting it. Any trees in the surroundings planned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyhorn Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I am green with envy.....I it is year 3 in my place and I just got my lawn back. Had it beautiful last year before the mud slide. Had to start over this year. The most exciting thing I have seen this week was little green blades. Orders about 80 plants last night. I hope to restore it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly_Alaska Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I am jealious... mine is still snow coverd mud with dozer marks in it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Feel free to come do ours when you are finished with yours. LOL!! Btw, this is only half of the front yard, the other half is identical. Please post "after" pictures when you have grass growing! Ummmm, you need dirt to grow a lawn Alisha. I see big deer roaming that lawn soon. Very nice Chris. Have fun cutting it. Any trees in the surroundings planned? Had at least one cut through the undone section last night. There was a fresh print in one of my tractor prints that I put there yesterday. That pic makes it look bigger than it is. I lasered the front and back and came up with a total of 31,500 feet--give or take... Smaller than my old lawn. I enjoy cutting the lawn. It's my 2 hours 2 or 3 times a week where I don't have to think or hear arguing kids or answer any questions. I have over 200 trees on order, mostly pine seedlings. Looking forward to my wind break in ohhhh, 15 years or so. Thanks for the comments folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Nice house,the lawn looks big enough for a cornfeild to feed the deer. It wouldn't have to be mowed either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Man that's one nice looking house and yard Chris!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Real nice looking house and lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Ummmm, you need dirt to grow a lawn Alisha. I was hoping you'd bring about 50 BIG truck loads of dirt (or more? lol!) with you when you came to do ours??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Looks good Chris. Lot better than mine. Put a good bit of time on the tractor myself the past week here before the rain moved in Saturday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great looking lawn! You could host a football game out there. Some apple trees out front would really be neat and really bring the deer around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Looks good Chris!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Ya just couldn't talk your wife into food plots instead..eh ..GEESH, women :no: That sure is looking good Bart..real good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Lookin good Chris!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 That is a great looking house you have there. Oh and lawn to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 yes, thats going to be a heck of a lawn there, looks like it would make a great driving range from the house to the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Got the starter fertilizer down after dinner tonight, and right now we are about to get hit by a pretty good thunderstorm. Hope it doesn't pour too much, but enough to get that fertilizer down into the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 i thought you disced the fertilzer into the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Yes! Lawns are a hobby of mine. Even if they weren't, then they are now. lol Do you plan on any trees out there? Weeping willow trees aways look really nice. My parent's have a pear and used to have a cherry tree out back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 i thought you disced the fertilzer into the soil. All of that ground has been tilled, graded, tilled and graded at least 3 times. I keep saying to myself "you only have one chance to get this right..." so I've been pretty careful to get a good seed bed. I'd guess we got at least a half inch of rain last night. There was no ponding that I could see, so hopefully all my grading work paid off. If it dries out enough today with the sun and wind, I'll spread the seed tonight. I think that fertilizer will do just fine. Even if they weren't, then they are now. lol Do you plan on any trees out there? Weeping willow trees aways look really nice. My parent's have a pear and used to have a cherry tree out back. I have over 200 pine seedlings, shrubs and wild flower seed on order to be picked up and planted Friday. :eat: My wife likes willow, and so do I, but willows do not like drain tiles, septic fields, and foundations, in fact, a lot of municipalities around here outlawed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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