Here are some pictures of my previous yard maintained with a 20 year old mclane.

 

Good looking lawn! Looking forward to watching the progress.

 

I'm also a high school baseball coach as well as softball in the fall. So I get where you are coming from with it being tough to keep up during season.

 

It's good having another coach on the board.

I am a football and baseball coach here in the San Antonio area so I know about falling behind with the yard work when the seasons get going.

 

I was able to get a little yard work done today. I had a small area inbetween my driveway and sidewalk that I removed the mulch and put in crushed marble. I also have a tree and mailbox in the hell strip that I was not able to fit my mower. So I tore up the grass and mulched the whole area. It always amazes me the rubble you find in the soil of a new construction. Plan to do the beds and other trees tomorrow.

 

Home builders don't believe in dumpsters. They prefer to bury the construction debris in your lawn.

It's your housewarming gift!

 

Starting to see some green come in. I lowered the sewer clean out to below ground in an irrigation box. Also put down first app of balanced fertilizer.

 

Lowering the clean out was an excellent idea. What balanced Fert are you using? Im going with a 14-14-14 (Lesco brand) from my local SiteOne. Im holding off to put it down next month as I thought it might be a tad early. Overall great progress on your yard!

 

I just go with the cheapest at a big box store. Since I haven't done a soil test yet. I believe it is 15-5-10 starter fertilizer. My apps the rest of the year will be from a local Atwood's that has a straight nitrogen fertilizer. Planning on doing the soil test after being in our house for a year and taking care of all the small thing I need to get done to efficiently reel mow.

 

The front yard is really starting to green up. Back yard is lagging behind. Planning to mulch and trench the beds next when I find some time. Any ideas of the dead grass by the fence? The is where most of the water drains. Lack of sunlight maybe? This grass grew in when the sod was laid last year.

 

Well I am right in the middle of district and not been able to get as much lawn work in as i would like but had a good morning. Got the yard mowed at .5 with the Jacobsen 522a before the rain. Then went to Home Depot to get a gas edger and ended up with something else. Got the weed trimmer 30 dollars off. Weather and schedule have not allowed me to get an herbicide down yet but maybe tomorrow.

 

Have a little dew on the grass this morning

 

I sprayed the weeds that recently grew in. I realized it was the same weeds that where growing while my house was being built. So basically the builders moved some dirt and then put the sod down. The weeds are starting to wilt so I'll do another treatment in a few days. I was also able to get a mow in last night as the sun was going down. Here are some pictures from this morning. Also what are your thoughts on taking the stakes out of my trees? They have been in since last August but I am not able to trench around the mulch and the weed eater just doesn't get low enough to make it look good.

 

if you do decide to take the stakes out, good luck. I had to use my truck to pull mine out. they were at least 6" below the surface.

 

District Champs! This field gets most of my attention through out baseball season mowing it 3 times a week. Playoffs in a few weeks. These photos where taken earlier in the year and the Rye grass is much darker. I dont have any recent photos of the field.

 

Do yall have a reel mower at your school or do you just get a regular zero turn?

 

When I mow for practice I use a John Deere rider and when I mow for games I use a grasshopper zero turn. Our field is not level enough for a reel mower. Hopefully we should have that taken care of after this summer.

 

Used my older 522 greens king this morning instead of the newer 522a and it cut awesome. I also used my new Ryobi 40v edger for the first time. Yard is coming along, still need a major leveling job.

 

Starting to see some green come in. I lowered the sewer clean out to below ground in an irrigation box. Also put down first app of balanced fertilizer.

Hey Coach. Congrats on the district championship. Curious how you lowered your cleanout? I have one in my front yard that I'd like to lower too. Did you have to cut the pvc and then glue the cleanout back on? Love the idea of the "access box" around it. Thanks.

 

Starting to see some green come in. I lowered the sewer clean out to below ground in an irrigation box. Also put down first app of balanced fertilizer.

Hey Coach. Congrats on the district championship. Curious how you lowered your cleanout? I have one in my front yard that I'd like to lower too. Did you have to cut the pvc and then glue the cleanout back on? Love the idea of the "access box" around it. Thanks.

I cut the old cap off to where it was below ground level. I purchased a new coupling and cap from Home Depot then you just glue it on. It is pretty awkward cutting the pvc because you don't have much room to work.

 

Starting to see some green come in. I lowered the sewer clean out to below ground in an irrigation box. Also put down first app of balanced fertilizer.

Hey Coach. Congrats on the district championship. Curious how you lowered your cleanout? I have one in my front yard that I'd like to lower too. Did you have to cut the pvc and then glue the cleanout back on? Love the idea of the "access box" around it. Thanks.

I cut the old cap off to where it was below ground level. I purchased a new coupling and cap from Home Depot then you just glue it on. It is pretty awkward cutting the pvc because you don't have much room to work.

Thank you. I'm going to give it a shot.

 

I have not been able to post in while with baseball going on. We lost in the second round of the playoffs this weekend so I was able to do some yard work. I did make a change with my mower. I previously had two 522 jakes and they both cut great but they were to big for my yard and I am trying to keep my grass between .5 and 1 inch so they where not very logical. I ended up selling both jakes and purchased a new California trimmer. Let me tell you it cut awesome and so much easier to maneuver. I cut at 1 inch in this photo. My grass was probably 3 inches tall and I went to town and it worked flawlessly. I plan to scalp down to 3/8 and sand in the next couple of weeks, then maintain at 5/8.

 

Morning close up shot of the grass.

 

Well I finally got quite a bit accomplished in the yard today. I trenched my flower bed and also around the tree. Made the decision to go ahead and cut the wire on the tree because I couldn't handle not being able to mow around it and only try to weed eat. I also scalped the yard down to .75 with the cal trimmer. I have 6 yards of sand being delivered tomorrow. Might be to much but I guess you could never have enough sand. Also bought a gorilla cart that is awesome. Glad I went with the bigger size. I'll take pictures and try to stay updated on the leveling.

 

Well I finally got quite a bit accomplished in the yard today. I trenched my flower bed and also around the tree. Made the decision to go ahead and cut the wire on the tree because I couldn't handle not being able to mow around it and only try to weed eat. I also scalped the yard down to .75 with the cal trimmer. I have 6 yards of sand being delivered tomorrow. Might be to much but I guess you could never have enough sand. Also bought a gorilla cart that is awesome. Glad I went with the bigger size. I'll take pictures and try to stay updated on the leveling.

Nice job and love it when the kids help :thumbup: