05-03-2011, 12:51 AM
Few other quick tidbits. I picked up a Huskee 13hp 38" cut riding mower. The belt on it slips a little but it's liveable until I can get it fixed. It slips a little when pulling uphill with the blade on in a high gear, just have to gear down to 2nd or 3rd to get past the steep part then it's fine. The blades need to be sharpened and the oil changed. I'm going to pull it up on some ramps and clean out the deck while the blades are off. One little trick I learned from my dad and uncle is that after you clean all the old grass off the underside of the deck to paint it with the old motor oil that your changing. It will keep new grass from sticking to it and keep it from rusting. We've done this with our bushhog for years and years and it's still in great shape.
I've got 3 stumps in the bottom portion of my yard. I can drive my mower over 1 of them and the other 2 are too tall. I obviously haven't lived here long enough to tell if they are growing or if they were just not cut off short enough, either way there are a few options. First is to rent a stump grinder and grind them down into nothing, cover in soil and plant grass. This is expensive, time consuming, etc etc. I won't be doing that. You can spend money on stump killer if you intend to dig them out. You paint it on and leave it for 4-6 weeks then dig it out. Honestly, the other grass has grown around them and they aren't an eyesore, so I'm going to kill them the slow way. I'm going to cut them off right at the ground with a powersaw so the mower will go over them. Then I'm going to drill 4 or 5 holes deep into them with the biggest drill bit I've got. Fill the holes up with salt, plug the top of the holes and leave them alone. It will keep the root from growing and over time will kill it.
There is a semi-large bare spot where a 40ft tree used to stand in the back yard. I broke up the surface dirt yesterday and planted new grass seed to try to get some grass growing there. When it doesn't rain I will be watering it every other day. Should take about 4-6 weeks for substantial roots to take place and hopefully get a strong base of grass there.
I've got 3 stumps in the bottom portion of my yard. I can drive my mower over 1 of them and the other 2 are too tall. I obviously haven't lived here long enough to tell if they are growing or if they were just not cut off short enough, either way there are a few options. First is to rent a stump grinder and grind them down into nothing, cover in soil and plant grass. This is expensive, time consuming, etc etc. I won't be doing that. You can spend money on stump killer if you intend to dig them out. You paint it on and leave it for 4-6 weeks then dig it out. Honestly, the other grass has grown around them and they aren't an eyesore, so I'm going to kill them the slow way. I'm going to cut them off right at the ground with a powersaw so the mower will go over them. Then I'm going to drill 4 or 5 holes deep into them with the biggest drill bit I've got. Fill the holes up with salt, plug the top of the holes and leave them alone. It will keep the root from growing and over time will kill it.
There is a semi-large bare spot where a 40ft tree used to stand in the back yard. I broke up the surface dirt yesterday and planted new grass seed to try to get some grass growing there. When it doesn't rain I will be watering it every other day. Should take about 4-6 weeks for substantial roots to take place and hopefully get a strong base of grass there.
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