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The Scott’s PatchMaster has been doing well so far.  It grew in pretty fast and has just been thickening up.  It has now been mowed quite a few times.  We started mowing when it ‘looked decent’ and have just kept mowing it as part of the normal yard. It’s not super-scientific (though I suppose it [...]

Continue Reading Another Scott’s PatchMaster Update

Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, seed, sprinkler, Topsoil

This is just a quick update on things.  The Scott’s Patchmaster is now right at 28 days and is doing nicely.  We’ve had a huge amount of rain here in the NE the last week so that certainly hasn’t hurt things.  My only fear is that the weather will go from very wet to super [...]

Continue Reading Weekend Update: Lawns and Scott’s Patchmaster (28 day report)

Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, rain, summer, till, Topsoil

I wanted to provide some photo’s of the Scott’s Patch Master over time.  It has been a few weeks now since I put the paper/seed/fertilizer mix down on the blank spot, and there is grass growing.   It will take some time to fully fill in, but if it survives the summer which is now upon [...]

Continue Reading Scott’s PatchMaster 21 Day Update

Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, summer, Weeds

A couple of days ago we posted pictures of the lawn where we had done the Scott’s PatchMaster patch over new topsoil we put down to try and level a big low spot in the lawn. There was no grass to be seen, but I said it would pop up any day now.
Well, we went [...]

Continue Reading Lawn Watch 2009 – Update

Tags: Fill, grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, Topsoil, Weeds

Okay, I bought some more Scott’s QuickPatch for part of the left side lawn I leveled off with topsoil and applied it tonight.  I put the soil down a week or so ago and we had a major rainstorm which I helped level it out and make it part of the yard.  I put weed [...]

Continue Reading Lawn Watch 2009 *tense music* (1 of 2 posts today)

Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, Weeds