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Almost a perfect year from the last time we saw [[The Long Weekend]], we jump right into '''The Long Weekend 2''', or perhaps even '''The Lawn Weekend'''.
Almost a perfect year from the last time we saw [[The Long Weekend]], we jump right into '''The Long Weekend 2''', or perhaps even '''The Lawn Weekend'''.
=Priceless=
# Yards of dirt: 42
# lbs of seed (Sun/Shade & Shade): 56
# bales of straw: 8
# Weekends spend moving/flattening/seeding/rolling: 2
# Seeing the smallest sliver of grass the next weekend: Priceless
=Dirt=
So we were finally tired of the valleys & pits of our lawn, not to mention the moss that grew in the dark shaded areas (which is easily 1/4 of our lawn).  We pulled in 3 dump truck loads of dirt and leveled it out that first weekend.  Our neighbor [http://www.covesidepolaris.com/vintagecycles.htm Kerry] lent a great hand with his Kabota, turning a good week of manual labor into a Saturday afternoon job.




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Latest revision as of 19:38, 31 December 2007

Almost a perfect year from the last time we saw The Long Weekend, we jump right into The Long Weekend 2, or perhaps even The Lawn Weekend.

Priceless

  1. Yards of dirt: 42
  2. lbs of seed (Sun/Shade & Shade): 56
  3. bales of straw: 8
  4. Weekends spend moving/flattening/seeding/rolling: 2
  5. Seeing the smallest sliver of grass the next weekend: Priceless

Dirt

So we were finally tired of the valleys & pits of our lawn, not to mention the moss that grew in the dark shaded areas (which is easily 1/4 of our lawn). We pulled in 3 dump truck loads of dirt and leveled it out that first weekend. Our neighbor Kerry lent a great hand with his Kabota, turning a good week of manual labor into a Saturday afternoon job.



Valleys & Moss
The Original Lawn
Straw!
42 Yards of Dirt
King of the Hill
Kabota
Worms