I’m thinking about getting a striping kit for my Toro time master mower and although it strikes very well, just kind of curious about how much better it could be if I had a striping kit. Before I spend $200 on the Toro version, I decided to try a DIY build or preface this post […]
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Today we’re going to be removing and replacing a lawn mower blade. It’s quite simple, just need a few tools. Things We Will Need We need a pair of vise grips or block of wood, something to hold the blade in place. We’re going to need a sandwich bag if you have gas in the […]
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In this article, I’ll be showing you how to test the ignition coil. This article is intended for the do-it-yourselfer, it’s not necessarily the way it’s done in the shop. The first thing is to pull out the fart fun. Go ahead and pull the airfield craw. Here’s our ignition coil right there and our […]
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Overview Today we’re going to show you another way of killing weeds. We’re going to boil them. The theory here is that we are not only going to kill the plants above the ground but that the water and the heats can transfer down and kill the roots as well. Boiling water is certainly an […]
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Overview Here in Jacksonville we’ve got two different types of grass: st. Augustine and Bahia. Now we do have some Zoysia and some fescue but the two main types are st. Augustine and Bahia and I would say that 80% of my lawn are st. Augustine. The rest are bahia and my question is do […]
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Overview: To care for a lawn takes too much time and money, keeping the lawn properly, mowing, seeding of fertilizing, watering might be difficult or impossible. If your lawn is also controlled and leaves or bears covering more than half of it, we want to get rid of it all and start over; or you […]
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Weed resistance has been a big problem for years and it’s been in North Dakota, in western Minnesota for several years. We’ve also identified a ccs or group one resistant green foxtail more in the northern area of North Dakota, along the Canadian border. What Is Foxtail? Foxtails are relatively commonly found in spring wheat […]
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Today I have a lawn tractor here, the customer says it pops and when it’s warm, it backfires and it also hesitates a bit at low speed. You can tell that the engine doesn’t quite sound right. So what I’m going to do now is start it up, it does start good by the way. […]
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What are the common diseases that basil has? Why are they so? How to solve the problems? Find detailed answers in this article. Basil is one of the favorite herb plants used as a spice in dishes in many countries around the world. Planting basil is also very simple. However, you notice your basil having […]
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Backyards should be part of your home, a separate space you can retreat to in the evenings, or where you entertain guests. Homeowners should spend as much time decorating and landscaping their backyards as they do with the interior of their home. A garden should be a reflection of your personal and family style, with […]
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I just got this lawn mowers part of a trade. It’s got a couple issues. First one being that looks like the bolt that holds the exhaust on rattled out or it actually looked like it was bent. What’s going on there but so anyways don’t worry about that later and tips thing over. So […]
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Benefits of Potassium The reason you want to add really potash to your lawn is really to be able to give it nutrients so that you can actually get a lush and plush lawn. You can tell a lot of times when your lawn does not have enough potassium is basically it’s turning brown and […]
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Today I’m gonna show you how to use a tiller. The process is fairly simple and I will walk you through it in a step by step manner. The first step is to start the tiller. To do that, the first thing that I have to do is go to the lever over there and […]
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Grass only really needs phosphorus when it’s first establishing itself. And once your grass has taken root, once it’s already seated, it doesn’t need any more phosphorus. Most Indiana lawns actually have excessive levels of phosphorus. Purdue did a study that showed 87 percent of Tippecanoe County longs had adequate or high levels of phosphorus […]
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I’ve noticed that when I’m mowing the grass that my fist gets kind of beat up with the lawn mower tire and and there’s still grass lights left behind, then I have to come over and wheatie. So what I’m gonna do is dig a trench and put some bricks under it for the lawn […]
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Today we’re going to take a look at thatching your lawn. This is something you want to do to remove dead grass and roots that have kind of built up overtime. It’s really easy to do. You just have to buy yourself a thatching blade. They’re not too expensive. I think they cost around 15 […]
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Have you ever noticed that you don’t see a lot of grass in the forest or for that matter, many trees on the Prairie. You see grass and trees are competitors for sunlight: grass likes a lot of sun, it does best where it gets full Sun. Although some grasses will put up with a […]
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People change spark plugs in small engine equipment like way more up and than they need to. They sell them in department stores, they sell spark plugs everywhere and yes, they follow more than the spark plug in a car. But you don’t have to put a new spark plug in your small engine every […]
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Here we have a ornamental grass plant, it’s been cut down for the season but in the spring this thing will get pretty tall, actually about three feet and I have other ones back here. These ones here in the summertime the depending on how much water they get. They can get to about six […]
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It’s got a few areas of oxalis in my yard this year that have been starting to kind of spread out a little bit more than I would like them to. So I’ve been wanting to spray these. It’s been so hot over the past couple weeks above 90 sometimes near a hundred degrees and […]
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We’re going to talk about the differences between the two: dethatching and aerating. Each one has its specific application that we want to clarify some of the misconceptions that may exist out there. The first thing that we’re going to talk about is core aeration or plugging your lawn. So what you’re going to do […]
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Today let’s discuss how to fertilize your lawn. Most of the lawn are built on lands where you have topsoil and some organic or similar material for about first six to eight inches, which was prepared when the home was built under that all you have is non fertile soil or filler material, which doesn’t […]
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I’m going to do some edging today and I got my edging from Big Lots normally six dollars for twenty five foot rolls, about four inches tall. And I got it for like four dollars because it’s at the end of the season so it’s good time to get some deals. It’s like twenty five […]
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This Johnson grass it’s identifiable by pretty, stocky leaves. It’s in the genus sorghum so it’s actually related to sorghum. It also can be identified by these stupid things: the rhizomes. Johnson grass is magical because it is what has one of those amazing attributes that can reproduce through seed or through rhizome. If you […]
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I would like to show you how to clean an air filter on a lawn mower. This cover snaps on with there’s a little tab here. You just pull that out and the air filter comes off. As you can see, this one’s dirty the way this filter functions is it pulls air from the […]
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We’re going to talk about an insect that attacks lawns here in the Midwest and really throughout most of the country, including Florida. We’re going to talk about sod webworms. Sod webworm is kind of an overall term used for a lot of different caterpillars that attack lawns but generally they’re going to start feeding […]
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We’re going to talk about a question that I get so often that I probably get it on a weekly basis. So I figured why not do blog entry on it. So hopefully, this on my short, is going to apply to you and this is how to store unused extra seed a lot of […]
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I planted some seed out here a couple of weeks ago and all the birds ate it so all my hard work was gone. So I thought of this excellent idea to basically scare the birds off. If you look put some topsoil on today and if I leave it like this, the birds will […]
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Last time I over seeded this hill. I had issues with the seed actually, it easily washes out so this time I’m trying germination blankets. Put the blanket down. Put some stakes to keep it from blowing around and the grass will come up growing through it. And if it rains a lot, the point […]
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On today’s segment, we’re gonna be showing you how to get rid of that little brown spot on the law and that was probably left there by man’s best friend – the dog. You take urine and you mix that with your grass and unfortunately you’re gonna get a brown spot already. Now there’s a […]
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What I’m going to do is showing you how I am expanding my garden more and I’m really gonna be growing a lot more quantity of the grass in my garden this year. So I’m gonna go ahead and take you along and show you what I got. You can see how this back section […]
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Growing up new grass onto your lawn is a great way to refresh the look of your garden without tearing up your yard to make room for new grass seed. Laying sod is like laying small throw rugs of grass over the area and then letting them naturally take root. To avoid damaging the new […]
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I’m going to show you how to remove grass to make flower beds/gardens and the best way to get rid of the grass to make a beautiful garden or lawn. The most important tool you’ll need is a flat shovel, also called a garden Spade. And basically the way you do this is by cutting […]
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As producers watch their weed emerge out in their fields, there’s also a common weed that they have to worry about many parts of the state. That weed is rye grass. Here to help us understand a little bit more about the plant, how to control is Joe Armstrong, a weed specialist here at OSU. […]
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Having a nice-looking lawn is not really an easy thing, it requires a lot of understanding and caring. In fact, there are so many problems with home owners about how to care for their lawns in the right way. And just get another letter from one of our readers, let’s take a look: “Since I […]
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Welcome back to AGreenHand of Ann Sanders. Today I’m going to talk to you about how I get rid of plant mites and its oftentimes. Sometimes when we over fertilized or for some reason, your grass has been stressed for a variety of different reasons. You may find an infestation of grass mites and they […]
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A common question that I usually get is what’s a really good weed control that can be used on st. Augustine grass. As you know, St. Augustine is pretty sensitive to a lot of common herbicides. Well I’m glad you asked because I’m going to need to use some weed control now because we’re a […]
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Today we’re going to put this deck back on to my Husqvarna 2246LS riding mower. The reason I had taken this off last fall was because this bracket had come off the deck. This weld here had failed so I have a welder, but I’m not a very good welder so I ended up taking […]
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I am here today to show you how to repel a skunk. Now as you can see right here I noticed not too long ago that I had all of these patches and spots in my grass and I didn’t know what was causing all of these. So one night I looked out from that […]
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You know bugs can be a nuisance for homeowners inside the house but unless you’re dealing with termites, it’s really outside where they do the most damage. Insects can take a beautiful wand and turn it into a wasteland in literally no time at all, so proper identification is the key to stopping an insect […]
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Bahia grass, also called highway grass, is often used for turf grass or forage and can easily infiltrate your lawn garden or landscape plot as an undesirable weed. Bahia grass is easily identifiable by its characteristic: y-shaped seed head and is present only in warmer climates. Although it will take time and persistence to remove […]
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Potassium, also known as potash, is one of the three essential macronutrients. Potassium plays an essential role in ensuring healthy crops and optimal yields. It’s required for the activation of over 80 plant enzymes. It’s responsible for improving a plant’s water use from roots to shoots through the regulation of photosynthesis and transpiration. Potassium also […]
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The purpose of this topic is to show you the pros and cons of having a Bermuda grass. Bermuda grass is known by many names such as Duke grass, durva grass, dog’s tooth grass, Devils grass… It is named as dog’s tooth grass because dogs searched this grasses for its stomach ailments, hence the name. […]
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I’m really excited to share this post with you because it’s something a bit different to what I’ve done before and this is actually siding. So here I have an Austrian meadow side and my father and I went on a course last year about how to side and we ended up flying our own […]
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Today’s topic gonna be about a question I get asked a lot about: when you have to replace blades and when you can sharpen lawnmower blade? It’s really quite simple. You can see these blades haven’t been sharpened a whole lot because people still using them to get all you can out of them and […]
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Dead, brown spots make a long look neglected and unattractive. St. Augustine grass has many good qualities but it also has some negative habits which make it susceptible to death. Disadvantages include freeze damage pest problems, spongy turf and turf buildup. Weeds can sprout up among st. Augustine grass but usually are hidden for quite […]
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I’m sure many of you have heard about that pesky monkey grass and are currently finding ways to kill it! After all, not many people like the look of it, especially when they want plain and beautiful greenery. But how can you kill it safely and without any issues with your lawn? Read on as […]
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A lot of people tend to complain about having a ton of weeds sprouting out of their gravel, may it be on their driveway or sidewalk. Not only is it irritating, but it also ruins the look of your home, also risking your garden being filled with these weeds! So how to stop weeds growing […]
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