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Got a new toy....errrr tool(Preview) | Dave W | 5 | 32 | |
| I was out in the yard this afternoon doing what I usually do between now and the first of December - moving 13 and more huge oak trees summer bounty - leaves and acorns. These trees are huge and if the wind is from the East, which it has been since t...
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PONCHO!!!!(Preview) | Come On | 17 | 89 | |
| Heeeeelllp!!! I need a long distance online diagnostic. My John Deere STX 38 is surgin' and sometimes quittin'. If it sounds like it's gonna quit and I get the deck shut off quickly enough it usually picks back up and stays runnin'. I checked the...
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Pruning Crepe Myrtles(Preview) | Mello Yello | 15 | 102 | |
| I have three huge Crepe Myrtles in various locations around the house and then need pruning really bad. SEE PICS ... ... Does anyone know anything about when and how to do this job? ... ... Especailly you new members because I think I ran this by ...
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Critters in the garden(Preview) | poncho62 | 28 | 142 | |
| We get critters from time to time raiding our garden........Raccoons and groundhogs mainly, the odd rabbit, I think.........I don't want to put a fence around it, as if that would stop them anyways........I have heard that there are certain flowers/p...
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Suthern' Lawn Perfume(Preview) | Mello Yello | 3 | 40 | |
| You can smell these all over the front yard ! ...
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One For the Birds !(Preview) | Mello Yello | 4 | 49 | |
| ... I don't know how many of you are Bird Lovers but I have been ever since my Grandpa taught me how to appreciate and feed them many years ago. ... ... I keep some kind of tube-type grain feeder out 24/7/365 and this...
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World's greatest leaf ?rake?(Preview) | Mello Yello | 6 | 110 | |
| I hate to rake or burn leaves so I decided today to do what I saw a neighbor doing the other day. ... ... I took the leaf rake and raked the leaves back from the house enuff so that I could drive the lawn mower over the top of them without any probl...
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Two Cycle Gas/Oil Ratio Chart(Preview) | Mello Yello | 6 | 59 | |
| My oldest son sent me this and I'm gonna print it and keep it in my billfold for those moments when you are at a gas station standing there counting on your fingers and staring into space - - - - there's always a comedian around that says something l...
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Found the Wiff a Reel-type Mower(Preview) | Mello Yello | 16 | 74 | |
| Can't wait until Spring so she can try it out ! ...
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Transplanting San Augustine(Preview) | Mello Yello | 9 | 74 | |
| ... Is now an OK time to transplant some San Augustine grass runners and plugs over the area where I just dug out the stump...
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Fall Chores(Preview) | Come On | 6 | 58 | |
| I've got my annual fall yard chores to get done...same as the rest of ya I suppose. Gotta get all of the dead stalks chopped down to the ground and leaves cleaned up. I have 2 questions... ... 1. Can I or should I cut back my Honeysuckle vine? It rea...
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Hot Rod Shed(Preview) | chop509 | 9 | 132 | |
| Not mine, but sure gets the creative juices flowing! ... ...
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Lawn Tractor(Preview) | Come On | 14 | 154 | |
| Hi guys! I have this old ride on mower that I'm gonna jazz up some. It works, it's what we use to cut our grass. It just needs painted and stuff like that. I've never heard of the brand before. Never even saw another like it... it's got a Briggs&...
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Your Mailboxes(Preview) | chop509 | 8 | 89 | |
| Things have been a bit slow around here so....... ... ... Years ago I saw a mailbox alongside a rual road on a post that read "us mail", the post extended up about another 20ft. with another mailbox at the top that read " air mail&quo...
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Swimming Pool maintenance question......(Preview) | poncho62 | 6 | 73 | |
| The wife went and bought one of those inflatable pools..for when the grandkids come this summer...........15ftx4ft deep......It has the pump, filter, skimmer etc.......Upon filling it from our well, we noticed the iron content .....The water actually...
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Reducing upkeep(Preview) | Peg | 11 | 99 | |
| I'm ready to rethink the way our "yard" areas are done. The upkeep is just killing me and I'm not getting any younger so I'm ready to make some changes to make the yard easier to maintain. Right now, for example, we have grass growing right...
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Murdering Dandelions............(Preview) | poncho62 | 7 | 114 | |
| I have a lot of dandelions on the old lawn..........What is the best stuff to use to kill them. I have always used a brand called Killex (don't know if they have that in US)...It works OK, but was wondering what you all use.....BTW, I have been told ...
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Old TV tower..............(Preview) | poncho62 | 4 | 125 | |
| Probably the wrong place to put this...... ... ... I have an old TV tower and arial that needs to come down....been there for years. It has 3 legs and i was thinking of just cutting the outer one, unhooking the top and pulling it over....I don't car...
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