kj_mustang
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I buy the generic Tenacity, Meso 4 SC, from Amazon and spray it as a preemergent for crabgrass and to kill the dandelions. It takes the whole 8 oz bottle to mix the 30 gallons that I spray on my yard.
Above 1200 Sq/FT C Dub's Garage Build in Central NC
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I use Torocity, also a generic. I think I got it in a 2 pack last time I bought it and I still have some left. I put it out 20 gallons at a time in my pull behind. I will check out Meso next time, probably next spring.
How big is your yard? My yard is just over 1 acre. Its about 50k sqft, but I dont spray all of it. There are some areas that are just perennial rye with some fescue mixed in.
kj_mustang
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I never tried to measure the grass area accurately. Roughly an acre, I ran over 1,000 foot of underground dog fence wire that covers most of the yard and then less the house, detached garage, and concrete driveway.
After a relaxing Saturday with friends at their pool, Sunday we decided it was time to clean up the back porch and make it enjoyable again. I always wait until the pollen is gone, but this year we had so much going on this spring that this stayed on the back burner. Sucked it up and got it done, just in time for it get warm. Got it all scrubbed, bleached, and pressure washed. We even pulled off all of the cushion covers and threw them in the washer to get them good and clean.
Also, finished just in time to watch the Heels make to Omaha in a great come from behind 9th inning walk off!
Work golf is the best! Got out on Monday to play in a tournament that we were a sponsor. Its fun playing free golf especially on a work day!
Also, finished just in time to watch the Heels make to Omaha in a great come from behind 9th inning walk off!
Work golf is the best! Got out on Monday to play in a tournament that we were a sponsor. Its fun playing free golf especially on a work day!
kj_mustang
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I buried all of mine since it is in the grass. Rented a 4 inch cable trencher and got about 20 feet done in almost an hour because of the sticky clay. Gave up on that and rigged up a sharpened edge 2" flat bar onto my box blade and used my tractor to carve a trench.
I was trying to keep it out of the yard, big mistake. I thought the wood line would be better so I didnt hit it with the aerator and any landscaping, so I rented a trencher as well. That thing beat me up all day, ended up manually shoveling a large area. Then when they ran the power to shop, they tore my fence all to hell so I reburied that part in the yard, much easier. Then I had a tree fall and ripped it up, so I reburied again. Last year my FIL had a bunch of trees cut on our adjoining wood line and inadvertently ripped it up again when using his tractor to move all of the stumps and debris. Thats when I pulled up about a quarter of the fence and just laid it on top of the ground in the Woodline and just buried it where there is a foot path between our houses. That way if it breaks again, it will be simple to repair.
Congrats to the Tar Heels. I've said many times that this is the best week of baseball in America. We've been hosting the College World Series for over 75 years. Because I used "we" I googled using it that way. It's called Basking In Reflected Glory. Hmm, it even sounds better that way. Heels have a solid chance.After a relaxing Saturday with friends at their pool, Sunday we decided it was time to clean up the back porch and make it enjoyable again. I always wait until the pollen is gone, but this year we had so much going on this spring that this stayed on the back burner. Sucked it up and got it done, just in time for it get warm. Got it all scrubbed, bleached, and pressure washed. We even pulled off all of the cushion covers and threw them in the washer to get them good and clean.
Also, finished just in time to watch the Heels make to Omaha in a great come from behind 9th inning walk off!
Work golf is the best! Got out on Monday to play in a tournament that we were a sponsor. Its fun playing free golf especially on a work day!
I have always wanted to make a trip to Omaha for the CWS. Its looks awesome! I hope they pull it out, I played with Scott Forbes the head coach for the Heels and also with assistant coach Jason Howell. I hope they can finally put a banner in the Bosh! Been the bridesmaids a few times but never the bride!
They showed some clips from the interviews of all 8 teams arriving. Heels head coach was very humble. The CWS is always great. One of the ESPN announcers, Kyle Petersen, is from Omaha. Although he played at Stanford. Him and Karl Ravich do an outstanding job of calling the games.
cccoltsicehockey
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This isn't a lawn, this is properly striped carpet.
slim_grim
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I'm gonna need one of you guys to come out to Asheboro for some consulting. After years of neglect, my yard is looking pretty sad. It's no longer worthy of being called a lawn after this dry spell.
ESPN does a great job with production at the CWS. Great stories and interviews. Looking forward to the games this weekend.
Thank you sir. This heat and no rain is really starting to take it out on the lawn. I usually can get it to look good through July, but this year has been a struggle. Its still hanging in for now.
Also, welcome back to the forum. Looking forward to some of your updates.
Im sure we could work something out, lol. Its really not a ton of work, it just takes a commitment to how you want it to look and then consistency on maintenance. It took a lot to get it established at first and a bit of trial and error, but once I got it where I want it, I have the same process year over year. If you want a fescue yard, wait until fall, overseed, fertilize, and water. You may need to add Lime or Compost or both, but thats about it.
cccoltsicehockey
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The lack of rain is definitely hurting. Been really putting a hurting on my water bill running the irrigation so much. I have tried some of the water retention/soil amendment products from SiteOne this year during this dry spell. Not fully sure if they are helping but some reports seem to say it takes over a year for it to matter.
Thanks. Life got busy and and just needed to take some time away. Good to be back and catch up on everyone's projects.
Hot weekend around here.
I had an issue with the AC in the Suburban. My Suburban is an 03 that I bought a while ago off of my SIL. I got a really good deal and we used it as our Beach and Ball wagon. Back when my Daughter played travel softball we would load it up and burn up the road going to weekend tournaments. And when we didnt play, it was our beach vehicle. We would load all of us up and head to the beach with plenty of room for everyone. This thing owes me nothing, so I figured I would keep it up. Now I drive it back an forth to work to keep miles off of the Gladiator. It has now become the golf wagon. Plenty of room for my 4some and our clubs. A couple of weeks ago I had an AC line rupture and had it replaced and while doing all of the testing realized that a blend door was stuck in the rear air. The front was blowing cold after having the line replaced but the back was stuck blowing hot air. So off with the rear panel. It was actually a quick fix, two bolts and back to normal. It took longer to get all of the panels off than the actual fix.
Once it was back together and working it was time for a wash. Figured if I was out in the heat, might as well be wet.
Sunday I played a miserably warm round of golf and ended the night at my buddies pool. He has a fairly nice outdoor set up. We were able to watch UNC win at the CWS followed by the Hurricanes winning Lord Stanley's Cup! Great weekend in Carolina.
I had an issue with the AC in the Suburban. My Suburban is an 03 that I bought a while ago off of my SIL. I got a really good deal and we used it as our Beach and Ball wagon. Back when my Daughter played travel softball we would load it up and burn up the road going to weekend tournaments. And when we didnt play, it was our beach vehicle. We would load all of us up and head to the beach with plenty of room for everyone. This thing owes me nothing, so I figured I would keep it up. Now I drive it back an forth to work to keep miles off of the Gladiator. It has now become the golf wagon. Plenty of room for my 4some and our clubs. A couple of weeks ago I had an AC line rupture and had it replaced and while doing all of the testing realized that a blend door was stuck in the rear air. The front was blowing cold after having the line replaced but the back was stuck blowing hot air. So off with the rear panel. It was actually a quick fix, two bolts and back to normal. It took longer to get all of the panels off than the actual fix.
Once it was back together and working it was time for a wash. Figured if I was out in the heat, might as well be wet.
Sunday I played a miserably warm round of golf and ended the night at my buddies pool. He has a fairly nice outdoor set up. We were able to watch UNC win at the CWS followed by the Hurricanes winning Lord Stanley's Cup! Great weekend in Carolina.
"a fairly nice outdoor set up" is like saying Jordan was a pretty good basketball player.Hot weekend around here.
I had an issue with the AC in the Suburban. My Suburban is an 03 that I bought a while ago off of my SIL. I got a really good deal and we used it as our Beach and Ball wagon. Back when my Daughter played travel softball we would load it up and burn up the road going to weekend tournaments. And when we didnt play, it was our beach vehicle. We would load all of us up and head to the beach with plenty of room for everyone. This thing owes me nothing, so I figured I would keep it up. Now I drive it back an forth to work to keep miles off of the Gladiator. It has now become the golf wagon. Plenty of room for my 4some and our clubs. A couple of weeks ago I had an AC line rupture and had it replaced and while doing all of the testing realized that a blend door was stuck in the rear air. The front was blowing cold after having the line replaced but the back was stuck blowing hot air. So off with the rear panel. It was actually a quick fix, two bolts and back to normal. It took longer to get all of the panels off than the actual fix.
Once it was back together and working it was time for a wash. Figured if I was out in the heat, might as well be wet.
Sunday I played a miserably warm round of golf and ended the night at my buddies pool. He has a fairly nice outdoor set up. We were able to watch UNC win at the CWS followed by the Hurricanes winning Lord Stanley's Cup! Great weekend in Carolina.
Heels need to knock off the Sooners and bring that Natty back to NCYep, its actually quite an unreal place and we enjoy being invited over. We bring food and drinks to share, just to make sure we get invited back. Ive posted pics of it before.
turbowoodworker
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Happy Father's Day Chris.
Well, we are back from vacation. The wife and I took some time off and travelled down to our beach house for most of the last week. We didnt do much that was photo worthy. We spent a few days on the beach doing absolutely nothing. We did our yearly trip on the Ferry system from Southport over to Fort Fisher. We love that little excursion and look forward to it every year. It was a tradition we started when our daughter was small and plan to continue it as long as possible.
Front row parking.
We stopped a pretty cool restaurant. Its the Riverview Restaurant in Kure Beach. It was really cool and used to be part of a military recreation area. Its open to the public and had some great views of the Cape Fear.
Of course, I had to have an issue while on vacation. The Gladiator started having some weird electrical issues. Now, I know enough about the newer Jeeps that if you have random stupid electrical issues, that you likely are losing the Auxiliary Battery. Well, I did a quick trail fix at the beach and unhooked the negative cable of the Aux Battery to save the main battery. It was fine other than that. Once I removed the Aux negative cable, it started working mostly like normal. We got home and I decided to go ahead and replace both batteries. Since I bought the Jeep used a year ago, I decided since I had to replace one battery, I might as well do both at the same time.
New main battery installed below. I did upgrade from and H6 to a larger H7. That way I can disable the Aux battery in the future and run everything like normal. That appears to be the best solution to go away from the Aux battery system.
Even though I plan on eliminating the Aux battery, i still decided to replace it with a new one. The Jeep is still under warranty and want to keep it mostly stock and dont want to give the dealership any reason to deny a claim in the future.
The aux battery is dumb and located in an even dumber spot. Thanks Engineers. This battery is located under the fuse panel that sits behind the main battery. Its in this black box. You can access it in two ways, the first being remove the fuse box, the second is to removed the inner fender liner. I chose the second and it wasnt that bad. It probably took me about 2 hours to replace both batteries. And that time included removing my switch panel system and tidying that up a little.
This was my set up. The new fan and magnetic light were my father's day gifts. Happy to put them to use.
I did complete a new project this weekend. I built 2 DIY Boomboxes. I used the HF 2800 and built a poor man's turtlebox. I had seen these on a few FB pages and thought I could do that. I was right. I plan on using these in the old cars so that I dont have to add any new electronics.
They were really simple and sound really good.
Front row parking.
We stopped a pretty cool restaurant. Its the Riverview Restaurant in Kure Beach. It was really cool and used to be part of a military recreation area. Its open to the public and had some great views of the Cape Fear.
Of course, I had to have an issue while on vacation. The Gladiator started having some weird electrical issues. Now, I know enough about the newer Jeeps that if you have random stupid electrical issues, that you likely are losing the Auxiliary Battery. Well, I did a quick trail fix at the beach and unhooked the negative cable of the Aux Battery to save the main battery. It was fine other than that. Once I removed the Aux negative cable, it started working mostly like normal. We got home and I decided to go ahead and replace both batteries. Since I bought the Jeep used a year ago, I decided since I had to replace one battery, I might as well do both at the same time.
New main battery installed below. I did upgrade from and H6 to a larger H7. That way I can disable the Aux battery in the future and run everything like normal. That appears to be the best solution to go away from the Aux battery system.
Even though I plan on eliminating the Aux battery, i still decided to replace it with a new one. The Jeep is still under warranty and want to keep it mostly stock and dont want to give the dealership any reason to deny a claim in the future.
The aux battery is dumb and located in an even dumber spot. Thanks Engineers. This battery is located under the fuse panel that sits behind the main battery. Its in this black box. You can access it in two ways, the first being remove the fuse box, the second is to removed the inner fender liner. I chose the second and it wasnt that bad. It probably took me about 2 hours to replace both batteries. And that time included removing my switch panel system and tidying that up a little.
This was my set up. The new fan and magnetic light were my father's day gifts. Happy to put them to use.
I did complete a new project this weekend. I built 2 DIY Boomboxes. I used the HF 2800 and built a poor man's turtlebox. I had seen these on a few FB pages and thought I could do that. I was right. I plan on using these in the old cars so that I dont have to add any new electronics.
They were really simple and sound really good.
slim_grim
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"The aux battery is dumb and located in an even dumber spot. Thanks Engineers."
I'd bet my hat that the engineers didn't want to put that there. Packaging space looks to be hard to come by on that thing.
We're trying our best.
I'd bet my hat that the engineers didn't want to put that there. Packaging space looks to be hard to come by on that thing.
We're trying our best.
runit
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Thanks for the updates!
And no Jeep needs an Aux battery. The pendulum has swung so far to the side of 'get as complex as we can'
I hope it swings back soon
And no Jeep needs an Aux battery. The pendulum has swung so far to the side of 'get as complex as we can'
I hope it swings back soon
cccoltsicehockey
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Really starting to feel this way about lots of cars. I want to drive a machine and not a computer.
The aux battery in the Wrangler and Gladiator is used to keep all of the electronics going when the Start/Stop feature is active. And it controls the RF antennas for the remote key fobs. When it fails, it will drain the main battery. They are known as a huge problem because they can last 1 year or 5. Jeep forums suggest to remove the Aux and replace the main with a larger H7 and then wire in the Aux cables to the main so that you bypass the need for the Aux. That is probably the step I will take.
I hope everyone had a great 4th. I started the weekend by finally putting up our flags. We have had them for over a year and they have been collecting dust in the garage. The main reason they have been sitting is because we couldnt figure out where we wanted to put them. I thought the fence post down at the road was the best spot.
I also got in a mow for the first time in a couple of weeks. We had a couple of showers recently and the grass has responded well. I have a few burnt out spots, but for the most part, its hanging on fairly well. I am ready for the rain that is projected for this week.
We had a great day of celebrating the 250th at my buddies house. Everyone brought food to share and the host did a low country boil. We had plenty of beverages as well.
We finished the night back in the pool watching the fireworks!
I also got in a mow for the first time in a couple of weeks. We had a couple of showers recently and the grass has responded well. I have a few burnt out spots, but for the most part, its hanging on fairly well. I am ready for the rain that is projected for this week.
We had a great day of celebrating the 250th at my buddies house. Everyone brought food to share and the host did a low country boil. We had plenty of beverages as well.
We finished the night back in the pool watching the fireworks!
Wow, I didnt realize that I had not posted since July 4th.
Thats probably because there hasnt been a lot to post about. It is my busy season. As a CPA in industry, I dont have the tax season any more, but I do have year end. Ours is 6/30. So, that means that im crazy busy at work from 7/1 to 8/5. We close the books and complete our audit during that time. Its probably one of the fastest full close periods I have ever been a part of. Anyway, on to other stuff.
Its been a little wet around here for the last couple of weeks. My weekends have been full of house stuff and a little bit of yard stuff, but not a lot of stuff that was photo worthy.
I did go up to Boone for my annual college buddy golf outing. Well, this year we only made it through 6 holes. The good news is we did have a lot more time at the bars to hang with the fellas. So in my eyes, that was a win-win situation.
It wasnt one of those rains we could wait out and play after. They closed the course and sent us home! I even left my ball just off the front of that green. They sounded the weather alarm in all of the carts, we went back to the clubhouse, and I never went back on the course.
Nothing like a little flat tire drama. Stopped at the grocery store on the way home and picked up a bolt. It must have happened really close to the store because I didnt hear anything when I stopped, but when I got back in to leave the TPMS system was screaming at me. I was able to fill it with air and get it home. I plugged it to get it to the tire shop. They patched it from the inside but suggested I may look at replacing the tire. I will need new tires soon, but they thought it would be fine until then. It was almost too close to the sidewall, but just far enough away they were ok with the patch.
Speaking of tires. I needed tires on the suburban and had been looking for more take offs on CL and Marketplace. Well, I found some Escalade take offs for a reasonable price with fairly new tires. I did this last time I needed tires and thought why not do it again. I get to change the looks of the suburban and get new tires. Since its not a daily driver for me, these should last quite a few years. And I get rid of the Maypops that are currently on it.
Figured it was a good time to get it all cleaned up since I was putting on the new wheels.
And since it was clean, and the weather was crappy, but temps were cool, I decided it was a good time to give it a good polish and paint treatment.
I also got the windows tinted a few weeks ago. I had been meaning to do this for quite a while, I just hadnt gotten around to it. My daughter has a friend that does tinting and since she needed some work done on her 4runner, she took the suburban as well. I just did 20% on the front 2 windows, and 50% over all of the factory tint in the rear. I put a strip on the windshield.
This photo is after tint, but obviously before I changed out the wheels.
And this is the after! All cleaned up, ceramic coated and ready for more years and miles!
Thats probably because there hasnt been a lot to post about. It is my busy season. As a CPA in industry, I dont have the tax season any more, but I do have year end. Ours is 6/30. So, that means that im crazy busy at work from 7/1 to 8/5. We close the books and complete our audit during that time. Its probably one of the fastest full close periods I have ever been a part of. Anyway, on to other stuff.
Its been a little wet around here for the last couple of weeks. My weekends have been full of house stuff and a little bit of yard stuff, but not a lot of stuff that was photo worthy.
I did go up to Boone for my annual college buddy golf outing. Well, this year we only made it through 6 holes. The good news is we did have a lot more time at the bars to hang with the fellas. So in my eyes, that was a win-win situation.
It wasnt one of those rains we could wait out and play after. They closed the course and sent us home! I even left my ball just off the front of that green. They sounded the weather alarm in all of the carts, we went back to the clubhouse, and I never went back on the course.
Nothing like a little flat tire drama. Stopped at the grocery store on the way home and picked up a bolt. It must have happened really close to the store because I didnt hear anything when I stopped, but when I got back in to leave the TPMS system was screaming at me. I was able to fill it with air and get it home. I plugged it to get it to the tire shop. They patched it from the inside but suggested I may look at replacing the tire. I will need new tires soon, but they thought it would be fine until then. It was almost too close to the sidewall, but just far enough away they were ok with the patch.
Speaking of tires. I needed tires on the suburban and had been looking for more take offs on CL and Marketplace. Well, I found some Escalade take offs for a reasonable price with fairly new tires. I did this last time I needed tires and thought why not do it again. I get to change the looks of the suburban and get new tires. Since its not a daily driver for me, these should last quite a few years. And I get rid of the Maypops that are currently on it.
Figured it was a good time to get it all cleaned up since I was putting on the new wheels.
And since it was clean, and the weather was crappy, but temps were cool, I decided it was a good time to give it a good polish and paint treatment.
I also got the windows tinted a few weeks ago. I had been meaning to do this for quite a while, I just hadnt gotten around to it. My daughter has a friend that does tinting and since she needed some work done on her 4runner, she took the suburban as well. I just did 20% on the front 2 windows, and 50% over all of the factory tint in the rear. I put a strip on the windshield.
This photo is after tint, but obviously before I changed out the wheels.
And this is the after! All cleaned up, ceramic coated and ready for more years and miles!