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Comments (25)I am not disagreeing with Laag's take on sustaining lawns in his local conditions, but I think he glosses over the extent that most homeowners feel compelled to expend resources on keeping their lawns green and weed free. An awful lot of chemicals get applied to lawns to kill grubs and weeds, that also wind up in the local water supply. It may also be a matter of semantics, but the rainfall levels he cites are necessary over the entire year to keep grass evergreen and growing, and do not reflect what is needed to keep grass alive and growing in the southwest, or parts of the midwest and southeast. It takes much more water than naturally available to keep grass green in much of the USA, and most people who have lawns are unwilling to accept a brown lawn in summer, or use species that might go summer dormant under low/natural rainfall amounts. In these parts of the country, there are definitely other plants besides turf grasses that can remain presentable at height of summer and use less water. Even the trend towards using supposedly low water use Dwarf Tall Fescues is a bogus ploy to continue planting lawns here in California, in my opinion. They still need too much water to make sense as the predominant plant cover in our local climate. While much of wild California can also be considered natural grasslands, and survive on even lower rainfall amounts that Laag cites, they can not be maintained as mown, evergreen surfaces without huge amounts of additional irrigation. Even the really drought tolerant species that can serve as mown lawns, such as Buffalo Grass, will go winter dormant here in California, and don't satisfy the urge to have a year round green landscape. If we are talking about lawns as a ground cover that is to be maintained without irrigation, will be mowed, and is expected to remain evergreen during the warm months, there are few parts of the country outside of the far north and wetter northeastern USA that will sustain lawns as the American public prefers to grow them. In my opinion, in these parts of the country, and especially here in the arid west, lawns just don't make sense as a sustainable garden practice. I predict they will continue to lose popularity as the default plant choice in areas where water is in short supply, and cities are usurping agricultural water supplies here in the west so that cities will not have to ration water. So far, the water continues to be available for urban users to use as they prefer, but since over 70% of urban residential water use is used to irrigate gardens, the cost is going to get so prohibitive that people will vote with their wallets, and lawns will disappear over time. Perhaps there will be a trend towards using winter dormant Buffalo Grass and similar for people who must have lawns here in the arid west, but even the subtropical lawn grasses such as Bermuda grass or St. Augustine grass require regular summer irrigation to keep them alive here. I highly doubt that the vast American public will agree to keeping lawns in their future if it costs them over $300 a month to irrigate them, and few will be willing to have a summer dormant lawn that greens up again in winter, which would be the default condition here in California without irrigation. I also predict that ground cover alternatives similar to lawn will continue to become more popular here in the arid west, with homeowners converting to mowable Carex species such as C. pansa and similar, which can get by with less than half of what a Tall Fescue lawn uses to stay green. I have often tried to interest garden design clients in using very drought adapted turf species such as Kikuyu grass, Pennisetum clandestinum here locally, but few are willing to accept the aggressively spreading nature and coarse wirey texture of this grass. Not even when I explain that this is a grass that in my local coastal northern California conditions can remain green all summer with absolutely no summer irrigation, when it has clay loam soils and receives some regular summer fog which moderates the summer temperatures as well as significantly reducing evapostranspiration. I have also had great success planting lawn meadows using Carex tumulicola, which only needs mowing once a month, and can remain green with just once every 2 month irrigation in summer here in coastal conditions. At least here in California, I think that fescue lawns are a dying breed, and will be replaced with something else as the cost of water continues to climb, and possible mandatory limits on landscape irrigation are imposed across the state. I don't see this as environmentalists running amok, but just plain common sense, and dealing with the local conditions as they are, rather than applying some design sensibility inherited from regions where grass actually grows and survives without irrigation....See MoreDoes pruning a tree promote acceleration of growth?
Comments (16)So what vehicle do you suggest for applying N&P? Would applying lawn fertilizer at normal rates right up to the trunk 2 times a year supply enough? Is there a particular brand of tree fertilizer that is good? I applied Bayer Advanced Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed soil drench last summer due to a problem with aphids and sooty mold that I had tried unsucessfully to treat for years with oils and soaps and jets of water. That contains N 2% P 1% K 1% and 1.47% Imidacloprid. I was thinking of applying it once again this year to make sure I had the aphids under control. The only version I could find this year was Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed 2. It contains the same active nutrients, but .74% Imidacloprid & .37% Clothianidin. I know a lot of people think Imidacloprid is over used, kills beneficials, and can lead to mite issues, but I was just at my witt's end with the aphids. Nothing was working. It also seemed that Imidacloprid was relatively safe. Now I have to deal with a second poison...Clothianidin. Any info on that one would be welcomed. Also, would a second treatment this year pretty much max out the amount of additional fertilizers I should apply to the tree. I'll be fertilizing the grass around the tree as usual as well. Thanks again guys....See More1996 Saturn SC acceleration and chk engine lite
Comments (4)Hey Saturn owners! I know this thread has been posted months long so forgive me for putting this up for the second time around. just want to share the issues i've had with my Saturn 03. I came here to discuss very similar problem and also to raise some Saturn repair questions. It's ok if you don't respond to it. would be fine. So the car(Saturnv 96) is having problems when starting.First few tries, it won't even turn over, then, once it does turn over, it sounds like 'chug chug' for a few seconds then dies. keep on hapening over and over. When I try to put on gas on it, it keep on dying. Again after few tries, (and the car is decently warmed up and my temp gauge is 1/4 or 1/2) I can finally give it gas and I rev the engine for about a minute. I then can put my car into drive without it dying immediately but it still 'chugs chugs' for a few seconds before driving regularly. After I get it started and start driving, it drives wonderfully!! I can usually restart it after letting it sit for up to an hour. Letting it sit any more than that, the whole process occours again. Additional info: I had overheating problems about a week ago and our mechanic who is very trustworthy and a dear friend replaced the thermostat and fixed a leaky radiator hose. Here is a link that might be useful: The same probken with my car...See MoreLG Owners' poll - If you own one, or owned one, do you like it?
Comments (44)This was my post on one of the 'Washer/Dryer' threads: Posted by lolamina (debmacjake@comcast.net) on Wed, May 14, 08 at 1:07 Can't speak on the washer/dryer combo...I have inclination to steer clear of 'combo' anything. But just purchased LG 7188 dryer (w/all latest bells and whistles) and I'm thrilled. Service, as for anything we purchase that we can't fix ourselves, is a concern...but if you take an up-front view of how often service has been needed on specific appliances...that greatly reduces it as a prominent decision factor. LG Clothes Dryers just received the 2007 J.D.Power and Assoc. HIGHEST RATING of ALL MAJOR BRAND clothes dryers! We searched for weeks, read hundreds of reviews, and really did our homework - LG hands down for best performance and best value. Also highly rated by all the 'subscription' consumer guides. Before you listen to any one persons 'service experience' and apply it to the entire Brand...get Pro-Active and see how often service is REQUIRED for your MODEL. Best bet until combos (one machine to do it all!) are perfected, side-by-side and stackable models may well out-perform and require less service. Good Luck!...See Moretwinklenose
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