KeyWee's Blog

OoooWheeee!  Can you feel the excitement?  If you can't, then you know how much I was looking forward to this class ~ not.   The only thing I really wanted to learn about grass is how to get RID of it.

Well, color me surprised ~ the class was pretty darn interesting.  The instructor had a hilarious dry wit that kept us all guessing (is he kidding or not) the entire class.  His references to his "fashionable and fabulous bachelor pad" (now fondly known as the FFBP) and "explosive cursing" in the attempt to make use of certain tools, chemicals, and other obnoxious items, had us all literally rolling on the grass all day.

So, let me see ~ what did I learn?  How to take a soil sample and then make sense of the pH levels and what amendments are required.  How to choose the proper grass seed for any given area in Zone 6b.  When to water, weed, feed, treat, and generally became a major grass-o-holic.  How to mow and to maintain the equipment to do so.  I did gracefully bow out of the spreader competition (seeing how fast and efficiently you could spread five pounds of expensive chemicals on your lawn to change the color).  When the instructor asked me why I chose not to give it a try, I told him "because I ain't ever gonna do it".  Apparently he hasn't seen the pictures on my Profile Page (yet).  Do I look like Joe Lawn??

In other news ~ hey, it's seed-gatherin' time.  Someone tell the person who wants free seeds in the forum that they ARE free ~ right now, wherever you paste your eyes.  I have collected enough zinnia seeds to cover the entire state.  My only challenge is beating the birds to it.  I have noticed that they are visiting the seed feeders again though, so winter can't be far over the horizon.  My morning walk was a nippy 51 degrees ~ tomorrow I break out the gloves!