Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[Gopher Gary]

The lawn is coming in very nicely. 

[Pyraxis]

What is this 'lawn'? Is only snow.

[Gopher Gary]

What is this 'lawn'? Is only snow.

Funny. As lush and green as paradise is, grass is one of the more difficult things to grow. I remember when I was a kid, I used to scalp the crap out of the grass trying to kill it, but it would never die. I couldn't have imagined I'd be a person who tries to make grass grow. 

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

This year our lawn is nice and green, this summer is warm and wet and is predicted to continue to be warm and wet. And that grass needs cutting every week, two at the most.

Some years we barely get any rain and there are water restrictions, so it's just a few hardy weeds and strands of brown grass on baked hard soil. Our soil is very sandy so it doesn't retain water very well at all.

[Gopher Gary]

Summer is the rainy season here. Our lawn is always green in the summer, thanks to the weeds.  The soil is sand and the vast majority of the yard is heavily shaded, so we're always grateful when the weeds start to take over after the winter rye dies. Basket grass weeds cover most of the yard in the summer. it's low growing and bright green, so while it's not grass at least it looks nice. Between the summer weeds and the winter seeds, there's probably a good couple of months gap twice per year when the yard looks like total crap. 

Basketgrass is a common annual weed that often infests shady areas. It is very common under trees, where turfgrass has difficulty growing. Basketgrass grows mid-spring through fall, and dies in the winter. It reproduces by seeds. There is no practical way to manage Basketgrass using selective herbicides. Similarly to Crabgrass, Basketgrass can be successfully-managed by using baking soda.

https://www.epls1.com/whats-that-weed.html

[renaeden]

This year our lawn is nice and green, this summer is warm and wet and is predicted to continue to be warm and wet. And that grass needs cutting every week, two at the most.

Some years we barely get any rain and there are water restrictions, so it's just a few hardy weeds and strands of brown grass on baked hard soil. Our soil is very sandy so it doesn't retain water very well at all.

Yours is sandy? Why do they call us in the west "sandgropers"?

It actually rained here for about a minute yesterday.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

This year our lawn is nice and green, this summer is warm and wet and is predicted to continue to be warm and wet. And that grass needs cutting every week, two at the most.

Some years we barely get any rain and there are water restrictions, so it's just a few hardy weeds and strands of brown grass on baked hard soil. Our soil is very sandy so it doesn't retain water very well at all.

Yours is sandy? Why do they call us in the west "sandgropers"?

It actually rained here for about a minute yesterday.

Our soil is very sandy and there are big rocks if you dig down a couple of feet.

Big trees in our area have a habit of blowing over every time there is a strong wind. I had 3 Eucalyptus trees blow over in my backyard one time after a strong wind, they were about 15 or 20 metres tall. There's not much for the roots to hang onto.

Other parts of Sydney have better soil, or different problems. One of the areas I grew up in was mostly clay once you dug down a few inches.

[Parts]

My neighbor who has a snow blower did some of my sidewalk and part of my driveway  

[rock hound]

I moved Amber's car just in time for the plow guy to do swipe #1.

[odeon]

No meetings today. The one that remained was just cancelled. This means I can get some actual work done.

[renaeden]

Went to Aldi to pick up some ice and I scored the last bag of it. I also bought the second last tub of mango sorbet, came home and ate quite a bit of it.

[Charlotte Quin]

After a boring two days with my mum and brother for xmas I had the day to myself. A bit of boxing day shopping followed by a cruise north to stalk some houses for sale.

[odeon]

Didn't do much today either.

[Charlotte Quin]

A painter confirmed he's coming next week to paint my stairwell 

Then all I have left to do is the bathroom, finish the bits of trim I missed downstairs and in the garage, and then it's new flooring time.

I could have this place on the market within the next few months

[odeon]

Got a Philips Hue temperature sensor to work in my Home Assistant setup after a couple of hours of troubleshooting.