Pix of Oshkosh this week

WOW!!!
No haze, no clouds.

Actually, it was pretty hazy -- but Photoshop takes that right out,
somehow...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Unfortunately we've got a very nice underground sprinkler system at the inn,
and I therefore still must mow *that* lawn weekly.

Doesn't it have an "off" control?

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Jay Honeck wrote:


Farmers will hate me for saying it, but that year -- and this year -- are as
close to "perfect" summers as I've seen. VFR every day, sunny and warm.
THAT is summer, gentlemen!

That is every day all summer long in Montana. Every year. And you
willingly live there in the midwest.

Unfortunately we've got a very nice underground sprinkler system at the
inn, and I therefore still must mow *that* lawn weekly.

Doesn't it have an "off" control?

Well. sure -- but for some silly reason, people expect nice landscaping at a
hotel...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

Unfortunately we've got a very nice underground sprinkler system at the
inn,
and I therefore still must mow *that* lawn weekly.

Doesn't it have an "off" control?

Mary's in charge of that button.

The areas that are not hit with the sprinklers are completely, 100% dead...

Im not a turf grass scientist, Jay, but I've been assured that grass
does not die when it gets dry; it just goes dormant and will green up
when rain arrives.

As an aside, I have not watered my lawn for at least 20 years, or
fertilized it, either. It has NEVER in my memory turned brown during
that period, and we've had our droughts in central PA, too. In fact,
we're having one now. Farmers are in serious trouble.

And yet I have to mow it every damn week. I mow it high, 3", and
leave the clippings.

If you regularly water your lawn, especially not deeply enough, it
becomes "hooked" on that watering. Roots seek that shallow water.

If you don't water it, the grass "learns" to send its roots deep,
where there is some moisture even during droughts.

vince norris

vincent p. norris wrote:
As an aside, I have not watered my lawn for at least 20 years, or
fertilized it, either. It has NEVER in my memory turned brown during
that period, and we've had our droughts in central PA, too. In fact,
we're having one now. Farmers are in serious trouble.
And yet I have to mow it every damn week. I mow it high, 3", and
leave the clippings.

Psst... that's not grass, it's all weeds!

vincent p. norris wrote:
The areas that are not hit with the sprinklers are completely, 100% dead...


Im not a turf grass scientist, Jay, but I've been assured that grass
does not die when it gets dry; it just goes dormant and will green up
when rain arrives.

As an aside, I have not watered my lawn for at least 20 years, or
fertilized it, either. It has NEVER in my memory turned brown during
that period, and we've had our droughts in central PA, too. In fact,
we're having one now. Farmers are in serious trouble.

And yet I have to mow it every damn week. I mow it high, 3", and
leave the clippings.

If you regularly water your lawn, especially not deeply enough, it
becomes "hooked" on that watering. Roots seek that shallow water.

If you don't water it, the grass "learns" to send its roots deep,
where there is some moisture even during droughts.

That might work in PA. In NC, your fescue grass is going to turn brown in the
summer unless you have deep pockets for your water bill. Most people just let it
go dormant in the summer. Zoysia and its cousins are green in the summer, brown
in the winter. Take your pick. I'm not a turf grass scientist, either.

Dave

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As an aside, I have not watered my lawn for at least 20 years, or
fertilized it, either. It has NEVER in my memory turned brown during
that period, and we've had our droughts in central PA, too. In fact,
we're having one now. Farmers are in serious trouble.
And yet I have to mow it every damn week. I mow it high, 3", and
leave the clippings.

Psst... that's not grass, it's all weeds!

I have news for you, John: One of the best ways to prevent weeds to
to mow your lawn at 3". Read a book on lawn care.

vince norris

That might work in PA. In NC, your fescue grass is going to turn brown in the
summer unless you have deep pockets for your water bill. Most people just let it
go dormant in the summer.

If you live in NC, I'm sure you know it better than I do. I know that
it gets a lot hotter there. We don't even reach 90 most summers.

But you're agreeing with my comment to Jay that his grass isn't dead,
it's just dormant.

Zoysia and its cousins are green in the summer, brown
in the winter. Take your pick.

But are fescue and zoysia your only choices? What about Kentucky
bluegrass?

vince norris