Lawn Managing, The News, and Furthermore\nby Barry Bauer
\nA couple of years ago I decided to do a little \u201clawn managing\u201d so I grabbed a sprayer containing what I thought was Weed B Gone and proceeded to spray a bunch of Creeping Charlie growing in our backyard that we still have to this day. Well, it turns out I grabbed the sprayer with Roundup in it and I killed a lot of grass along with some of the Creeping Charlie. The Creeping Charlie came back but the grass didn\u2019t.
\nBad move, ol\u2019 bauer!
\nLast year was an off year. It was a dismal year with Betty\u2019s health problems. We didn\u2019t have a garden for the first time in forty-two years except for three lonely cucumber plants that produced a grand total of five cucumbers. Other than mowing the lawn it went without attention.
\nThis year Betty is back to her old self and busy as ever and we\u2019re doing some things in the backyard again. There\u2019s a lot to be done but with me it\u2019s one thing at a time. I hate list. This fall I want to do something with all the bare spots in the lawn so I bought some grass seeds. Not one of those puny five pound bags that cost ten bucks, I got a fifty pound bag for $40! Betty thinks it\u2019s enough grass seed to reseed the whole yard. That may be but I\u2019m going to get some grass growing again. In my way of thinking each bag of grass seed contains 20% grass seed and 80% weed seed so you need a lot of it.
\nWe also have a spot way out back by the fence that was drowned out a few years back when we had a lot of rain and we\u2019ve never reseeded it. It turns into a dust bowl every time Betty mows back there. Hopefully we can make it green again and improve the air quality when mowing.<\/p>\n