A few weeks ago I bought some Nelson Square Spray sprinklers for the lawn, but they were terrible and I had this urge to mod and fix them.   I replaced these with some better sprinklers for the yard, but these may come in handy at some point.  They have a top spinner which, when spinning [...]

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Tags: bearing, epoxy, mod, nelson, spinner, sprinkler, square spray

It’s only been a few days but spring is really kicking into full gear.  The lawn has been growing, I added some solar powered landscape lighting around the peninsula where the lawn has been growing, additionally I’ve been working on weeding the lawn and the upper ridge and around the planter.    Here are some progress [...]

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Tags: catskill mountains, grass, landscape lighting, Lawn, seedlings, solar

In the back yard there were some HUGE dips and sags in the soil which made the area look like a small association of rolling hills.  Additionally the bluestone which the property sits on was poking up through certain areas.   This last weekend I ordered 5 cubic yards of topsoil and we filled in the [...]

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Tags: dirt, Fill, germination mat, grass, grass seed, Lawn, Topsoil, wood fiber

We’ve been working on the yard next to the barn for a few weeks now. I went out one weekend to rake up the yard as it had a lot of moss growing it in. Much to my dismay moss was apparently the only thing growing in it and it tore up in [...]

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Tags: Lawn, peat moss, seed, till

The planting beds were in serious need of help.  They had both been overgrown with weeds, moss and other things.   We raked them both out and picked out rocks, etc.  They will probably need to be weeded in a week or two though since you never get everything with just a rake.  The narrow and [...]

Continue Reading Cleaning out the planting beds

Tags: Herbs, Interlocking Bricks, Moss, Planting Beds, Rake, Veggies, Weeds