Spring time ... a little of this, little of that

[kennyp2339]

Thatched the lawn yesterday, got 22 55gal garbage cans of thatch, sticks, and pebbles out of just under an acre of lawn.
Using this $60 thatcher from Home Depot makes this easy work, although raking everything in piles is time consuming, started at 9:30am and finished the yard at 6:30pm with a few small breaks

 

[kennyp2339]

Dug out 2 stumps on Saturday, need a bigger trailer so I decided to prep the area to extend the parking coverage.
This machine is awesome and is handling everything I throw at it, just got to take little bites to keep the stress low on the machine

 

[vinny11950]

Nice work, Kenny. It pays off later in the year.

 

[Highbeam]

Is the "thatcher" like a spring tine rake?

 

[kennyp2339]

Is the "thatcher" like a spring tine rake?

yes, but it made to be pulled behind a garden tractor or atv, I will attest that the thing is worth its weight in gold, this first time I used it (5 years ago) I thought I broke my lawn, it seriously looked like I ripped out all my grass, but it just pulled the dead stuff up, also loosens everything to make raking a breeze. I know do my lawn every other year like this, unless we have a severe winter (extreme cold with little snow) then I'll do it yearly as more grass dies.

 

[kennyp2339]

Nice work, Kenny. It pays off later in the year.

Thanks, going to put down scotts turf builder with haltz crab grass preventer tonight, then do a weed and fee come mid may, that should keep me good until mid to end of August (depending on dryness and heat) before the next feeding.
I really swear by the scotts brand, also fyi to those in the MA and NE, in order to get the true fertilizer (with nitrogen) you need to buy in an inland state due to state water restrictions of nitrogen leaking into water ways, for me I buy my fertilizer in PA.

 

[sportbikerider78]

Your grizzly deserves a new tail light.

 

[firefighterjake]

Still way too soft and muddy for me to put anything on the lawn . . . and in truth, as of yesterday there was still snow in some places on the back and side lawn.

 

[kennyp2339]

Still way too soft and muddy for me to put anything on the lawn . . . and in truth, as of yesterday there was still snow in some places on the back and side lawn.

It took about 2 weeks for the yard to dry out enough to rack, the soil is still moist but not mushy, due time my friend. The nice thing is that even though I dread raking the yard like this, I did get it done early and was able to beat the bug season.
Todays job is to clear some brush after work and drop (2) standing dead maples, I had a couple home depot gift cards I used yesterday to buy fertilizer and maybe a fiskers x27

 

[kennyp2339]

Your grizzly deserves a new tail light.

I'll buy a new tail light when I'm confident my friends learn how to drive there quads onto my trailer and not hit mine in the process.