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03-07-2008, 09:08 PM
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Wow nice yard Charles. I don't know though, from my point, I always prefered my yard to resemble the landscape of Colorado, and green grass, it sure ain't. Sure, it isn't pretty as all the yards I was accustomed to growing up in Ohio, but I think i'ts a different kind of beauty with all the red dirt and prarie grass. Oh and soontob, I was just in COS last week man, I know what everything looks like. I'm moving out there permanently in 2 weeks
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03-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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Charles, thank you so much. I will be printing that out and using every bit of advice you've given me.
Thanks again.
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03-07-2008, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak
Wow nice yard Charles. I don't know though, from my point, I always prefered my yard to resemble the landscape of Colorado, and green grass, it sure ain't. Sure, it isn't pretty as all the yards I was accustomed to growing up in Ohio, but I think i'ts a different kind of beauty with all the red dirt and prarie grass. Oh and soontob, I was just in COS last week man, I know what everything looks like. I'm moving out there permanently in 2 weeks
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Ryan, I know that. I was of the many that congratulated you. I wasn't being sarcastic, I was giving you a hard time. |
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03-07-2008, 09:15 PM
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ASE Master Certified Automobile/Heavy Truck Tech
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I know man, I was just giving you one back. LOL. No hard feelings.
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03-07-2008, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak
I know man, I was just giving you one back. LOL. No hard feelings.
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Got it...
Absolutely no hard feelings. |
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03-07-2008, 10:16 PM
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Curmudgeonly Colo. native
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Originally Posted by soontob
Again, funny guy, Ryan.
I want grass, not rocks, astro turf, etc. I have kids that like to play in it, not to mention I like to lay out on the grass.
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Go up to the dry desert in South Park that used to be one of Colorado's most beautiful wetlands (hundreds of square miles of it) and see where the water came from to water your (and most everybody's else's) @#$%^&!! bluegrass in Colorado Springs. It came from de-watering that formerly beautiful area of Colorado. Maybe xeriscaping might look a little more attractive to you then.
As to why your yard is dead for two years, it's very possible the previous owner treated it with a soil sterilant. Depending on the type, it may stay that way for 2 to 7 years or more. If it was sterilized with Ureabor, that can last up to 10 years. You might want to have the soil tested . . . |
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03-07-2008, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jazzlover
As to why your yard is dead for two years, it's very possible the previous owner treated it with a soil sterilant. Depending on the type, it may stay that way for 2 to 7 years or more. If it was sterilized with Ureabor, that can last up to 10 years. You might want to have the soil tested . . .
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That is a very, very good idea. I should have thought of that. Imagine if the guy did all that work and found out....Shoot...I can't type...I can't stop laughing..... |
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03-07-2008, 10:48 PM
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Wow, soil sterilants. I used Ortho Triox back east along a fence line. The stuff is like Agent Orange - green stuff don't grow, at all.
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03-07-2008, 10:50 PM
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very informative.. i love landscaping!!!!
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03-07-2008, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jazzlover
Go up to the dry desert in South Park that used to be one of Colorado's most beautiful wetlands (hundreds of square miles of it) and see where the water came from to water your (and most everybody's else's) @#$%^&!! bluegrass in Colorado Springs. It came from de-watering that formerly beautiful area of Colorado. Maybe xeriscaping might look a little more attractive to you then.
As to why your yard is dead for two years, it's very possible the previous owner treated it with a soil sterilant. Depending on the type, it may stay that way for 2 to 7 years or more. If it was sterilized with Ureabor, that can last up to 10 years. You might want to have the soil tested . . .
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Wonderful. Thanks, I hope that's not what they did but boy we've had nothing but trouble with it. |
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