Lawn Renovations

[Fuma]

I use to hate these things. They're so damn loud, and our old place had the garden area right outside the bedroom window.

I use to go on a rampage. My wife thought I was mad. I was scared to use pesticide because of my dogs. I use to walk around in the night, holding a pair of garden scissors in one hand, watering can with a mix of dishwashing liquid and water in the other, and penlight in my mouth.

I stalked slowly, so as to not disturb the f uckers. Once I identified the general area, I poured out the sunlight mixture over where I thought the sound was coming from. They came up to breathe, and I used to chop them up up with the garden scissors. Then continue the stalk to the next area.

I'm so happy I moved from that place.

Lol. Damn. So you are saying the only solution is to move out?

I read about the soap thing, but I just want to kill them and to deter their cousins from coming to my holy lawn.

 

[W@P]

It's lawn reno time again.

My lawn looks like absolute kak after the winter. Gonna try my best again this year to get it right.

Some pics of the current state. Will try and start next week.















Steps will be:

1. Scarify to remove dead thatch with my trusty little scarifier.
2. Put down enough water to soften the soil for the spike roller.
3. Spike roller to aerate the lawn.
4. Put down some lawn dressing/topsoil.
5. Rake with a lawn leveler.
6. Overseed the lawn and seed all the dead patches with Kikuyu
7. Roll with the smooth roller.
8. Water and some more water

Some of the tools.

Scarifier:


Spike roller:


Lawn Leveler:


Smooth roller:


Seeds: