REVERSE DIRECTION

Is it a sign of getting too old to do this anymore?? Earlier this summer I noticed a good amount of the lawn turning to weeds, like the grass was first tempted then joined the "dark forces" and became weeds..  Well I walk in our lawn bare footed and you really feel the difference in texture between grass nice n soft, to where the weeds are very rough.. So I started to get disgusted in the amount of weeds we were getting, blame it on the weather since heat is what we had almost all summer long..  I decided in July I was going to redo the area that was the worst but.. It was so hot and even though I had a lot of luck the last time I redid a part of the lawn in July this was a different part.. That year I redid an area right next to the house and although it was hot I did that because the house provided the shade I felt I needed to be successful growing the grass.. This area yesterday is ten feet away from the other section and it extends a bit all over the front..  And when all was said and done I had a fairly big chunk of lawn torn to hell.. Then it was try to clean it up time.. The initial tear the grass up was relatively easy however there was a point I thought it was too big of a task for the tiller.. But a second setting and turning the tines around proved the trick.. Getting four good sized loads of grass out of there and still I was raking debris from the field as it were.. Finally I stopped and tried to get the irrigation set.. This was a trick but I think I have enough heads placed in the right location, I'm gonna look today for the heads I want to do the entire area.. Leveling has never been my strong suit, getting this to be perfect? That are not gonna happen, but I think if I can just get kinda close I'll be happy..

Today is feel the aftermath day.. That was a long haul yesterday.. I'm feeling it today and truth is I felt fine up to throwing in the towel. I might have been able to complete the project yesterday but I blamed the area on being to wet to complete it.. I don't think it would have been too wet at all, the very top was wet but just under it was very likely dry as a desert ...  Today I will look for the heads and then maybe try to level the ground.. Planting later today or tomorrow and set the water and then   water that area by remote settings.. keep it wet.. I Googled the best time to reseed the grass and they said from August 15 to September 15.. It finally cooled off enough to get this project going..  If this works I have three more sections I want to do next year.. They are smaller and should be easy to get done..


Badge (twisted back) Henry

(P.S.  Back injuries are the worst..   Anyway it seems to be my current weakness,  after a second injury to the back region I am just floored.. Thankfully we are still on the outs with a certain other person in the family and we were off this week anyway.. How long we will be off??  That is anyones guess.. I will try to get the grass area set to be planted tomorrow, the weather set to be only in the mid seventies, I can handle that.. Will my back be back to normal.. That I am hoping will be the case.. Stopped by the hardware store today and picked up a full circle watering head.. I hope that it can water 20 feet diameter as the package says it can..  I have four of those risers and I figure just those four are all I need but will back the project up with two more stake watering heads.. Hope this works.. Too windy to try today and coupled with my back hurting and it is a flat out no go..)