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Builder's sand or Mason's sand mixed with just a tad of compost or potting soil. Not too much, mostly sand. Throw sand down on low spots being careful to keep grass blade tips exposed. Level out. Rain and or sprinkling will finish most of the leveling work. Depending on how 'low' your low spots are will depend on how long it will take to completely level. Be mindful of any weed seed that may be in the compost or sand. Not much you can do about it other than pull or spray any that may pop up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jer
I found if I tried to use 'better soil' then I had uneven nutrients in my lawn moving forward. We are in a newer development so it's not a big deal to go a couple neighborhoods over where there's mounds of dirt that I can grab a few 5gal buckets of w/o anyone caring. I can get the thinner stuff and then broadcast thread to the lower areas and rake level and then let the water do it's work. I do a very light layer over several applications because I don't want a massive patch that looks different from the rest of my lawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefe's AR
Today about 11:40 am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...psz4js6jmx.jpg
For reference: May 4th, 2012.
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Do you even edge, bro?
J/K. It looks great and as green as it should in April IMHO.
Going to get some snow this weekend that will help even more.
Hrm, I just bought my house and have never really known lawn care beyond mowing my parents' place. I know it needs work since some of it's dirt when the fix-and-flipper replaced some concrete or other building bits, and the backyard's uneven (and has some strange grasses from the look of it), and I know I'm wanting to try to fix it a bit nicer. This thread will be handy for that. I might post pics to get input later this weekend.
(Ah the joys of being a new homeowner).
Edging comes after aeration. Which, this year, happens on the 30th. [cigar]Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Man,
I need some MAJOR help on my lawn. Very patchy in the front. And just dirt in the back. I've tried for two years laying down seed, etc. I'm just not a green thumb. On the bright side, I finally tore down the back deck and figured out how to get the water turned on in the back yard!! The person who had it before me did some jerryigging on the outside of the house with cables and pvc, etc... some of it is pretty comical. Ha.
I need to mow, it's about 10 inches deep right now. Waiting on the last snowstorm then I can take the plow off the rider and put the mower on.
Don't buy the good grass seed, it grows way too well. [LOL]
Okay sprinkler experts, I'm bumping up this thread since it had a lot of activity last year.
Situation: I have a whole zone of sprinklers that I'm not going to ever use again. I dug up the line so that I can reroute it to my garden.
Problem: The irrigation line in the ground is a 7/8" black pipe. Everything at Home Depot and Lowe's and even online, that I can find, is for 1/2", 3/4", or 1". I bought a bunch of PVC to build my own above ground sprinkler for my garden (3/4" feed line with 1/2" risers and $1 180 degree shrub sprayers). All I need is some way to go from the 7/8" pipe to 3/4" PVC. Any ideas?
Dbc irrigation should be able to get you any parts
Edit. Are you measuring ID or od? Have you actually tried a 1" fitting?
Mother's Day. My anti siphon valve has a plastic poppet that breaks if it freezes.
It says 7/8" on the pipe, and I tried about 20 different fittings at Home Depot, for about an hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf202
Try a heat gun, carefully heat up the pipe and try to get it to stretch over a 1 in. fitting. Or heat up the pipe and use a heavy duty hose clamp to clamp it onto. A 3/4 in. Fitting.
You may need a little RTV once it cools to make sure it doesn't leak if you go the smaller fitting route.
The barbs on a 1" press on fitting are about the same size as the outer diameter of the pipe. A 3/4" barb fits on the inside with just a hint of resistance. I like the heat gun idea, but since I'm going to be burying this particular junction again, I'm worried about it a little. My old house has other pipes that are no longer standard sized that I've had to work around, so I'm not exactly surprised and I'm sure my sprinkler system is ancient. Some of the existing fittings (of which I have extras, still in the package) have a copper expander that is pressed into the pipe. I'm wondering if I can find some sort of thin rubber hose that I can stretch over the 3/4" male barbed end, then cram the whole thing into the 7/8" pipe, then seal it all down with a clamp. That is more or less how I solved the issue with an odd sized drum trap under a bathtub. I like the ideas you guys are giving me so far.
It would appear the part you seek exists, somewhere out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Sprinkler supply shop should have one.
http://www.rnrsupply.com/p6145.html
Thanks, I did find some 1" pipe in my attic, so I can use that for a tiny run, then convert to 3/4" asap, as I assume that changing from larger to smaller is the best bet.
It is a RainJet pipe I believe. All the new in box, but very old, parts I have that came with the house say RainJet. I should have used the brand in my searches.
They all should by design. This is to save you from having to replace a more expensive part. I usually get my sprinklers on in February & then keep an eye on the weather. If it's going to freeze overnight I turn off the water supply to it & remove the little drain plug (some have a spigot to open) & let the water drain from the anti-siphon into a bucket. Takes about 15 seconds & allows me to water much more frequently. It's far too dry & windy in Colorado to not water as long as most people tend to. My lawn is usually green March 1st & stays mostly weed free. My neighbors constantly marvel at my lawn & ask for tips. Most think I'm feeding them lines of BS with the basic steps I lay out.Quote:
Originally Posted by scratchy
I watered my yard by hand yesterday. It sucked. Ive been thinking of firing mine up lately with how dry and warm its been.
Jer, after your tips last time, I am switching fertilizers to mo phosphates and iron. Will add an iron feed in there once the water comes on too. And I seriously need to retime a few sprinklers, some have tilted and turned and water where they should not.
Dbc irrigation locally should have it. We can go by the next time you're up this way if you want? I think they're wholesale only. Also check graingerQuote:
Originally Posted by brutal
Have to look at this now that we have a house with a sprinkler system! I've never had one before, at our house in Engle "hood" we just dragged the hose around to water.
I have some really bare spots in my back yard. Usually we wait to water but I think I had better give it a little help to get going before it gets really hot this year.
We're probably going to just break out the hose with an adjustable pattern sprinkler. I'm holding out until later in the year to fire up the sprinklers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave_L
Me, too . . . it's tempting to turn them on and get ahead of it. But the one time I did that thinking the worst surely must be over, I found myself scrambling hard during the onset of a pretty cold few days to drain everything back out and praying that I wouldn't have more things break down-system. So I am gun shy about going to that extent too early again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
DBC does have the part I need. Going to swing by the one in Wheat Ridge today and pick a few up.
I went to order a few from the link that Brutal put up, but the shipping was over $11!
And just for Jer.
Neighbor's yard today:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GF...=w1634-h919-no
My yard today.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hl...=w1634-h919-no
Slacker.
When it's dormant you don't have to do much to maintain it. [Coffee]
[013]Agree to disagree.