Re: Anyone else enjoy doing yard work?
Yeah, you can get some great "deals" out there and certainly the real estate shows on TLC/HGTV helped fuel the flipper industry, but I think a lot of people underestimate how much work can go into fixing a house up. Repainting, changing fixtures, and even some remodeling is nothing in comparison to having to restore a house back to it's original self.
Anyway, I finally got some grass seed down in the backyard. Between the rain and not being home I've been wanting to get that done for almost a month. Anyway, I sprayed with weed killer first. That's taken a couple days, but finally starting to notice spots of dead ivy. Doesn't seem to be doing anything for the wiregrass, but the ivy came in pretty heavy this year so one step at a time.
First, I broke up the soil with a rake. Then we spread the seed. We ran out of dirt (and so did Lowe's) so we didn't get to hit all of the spots, but I used top soil and spread a small layer over the grass-seed. I made sure to do this on the larger patches. Next we laid down straw on the largest areas and any spot on the small incline. Finally we set up two sprinklers and have been watering the new seed in the evenings each day.
There are some big patches of wiregrass I would love to get up, but for now I want to fill in empty patches especially those around the deck and backdoor. Fall and Winter can be a little muddy so hopefully this will help a lot later this year.
Other than that no major projects. This weekend I want to trim the trees around the house. I don't like limbs hanging over the roof or crowding the house too much especially with the type of limbs that have come off the maple since we've been there. We need a new ramp and to reframe our shed doors. We could also use another truckload of landscaping gravel for the flower beds. Basically it's a lot of small stuff to do.
Yeah, you can get some great "deals" out there and certainly the real estate shows on TLC/HGTV helped fuel the flipper industry, but I think a lot of people underestimate how much work can go into fixing a house up. Repainting, changing fixtures, and even some remodeling is nothing in comparison to having to restore a house back to it's original self.
Anyway, I finally got some grass seed down in the backyard. Between the rain and not being home I've been wanting to get that done for almost a month. Anyway, I sprayed with weed killer first. That's taken a couple days, but finally starting to notice spots of dead ivy. Doesn't seem to be doing anything for the wiregrass, but the ivy came in pretty heavy this year so one step at a time.
First, I broke up the soil with a rake. Then we spread the seed. We ran out of dirt (and so did Lowe's) so we didn't get to hit all of the spots, but I used top soil and spread a small layer over the grass-seed. I made sure to do this on the larger patches. Next we laid down straw on the largest areas and any spot on the small incline. Finally we set up two sprinklers and have been watering the new seed in the evenings each day.
There are some big patches of wiregrass I would love to get up, but for now I want to fill in empty patches especially those around the deck and backdoor. Fall and Winter can be a little muddy so hopefully this will help a lot later this year.
Other than that no major projects. This weekend I want to trim the trees around the house. I don't like limbs hanging over the roof or crowding the house too much especially with the type of limbs that have come off the maple since we've been there. We need a new ramp and to reframe our shed doors. We could also use another truckload of landscaping gravel for the flower beds. Basically it's a lot of small stuff to do.
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