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Installed this Safire Buffalo in the backyard 7 weeks ago today. Been giving it seasol once every 2 weeks and gave it its furst dose of fertiliser 1 week ago. Just gave it a move at 40mm and I think its come up pretty good
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>>2957446
fuck off Hank Hill.
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That looks good anon
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>>2957447
Hank Hill had St. Augustine
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>>2957449
same thing
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>>2957452
Hmm I'll be damned, so it is.
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>>2957449
Same type of grass, its just in Australia we call it Buffalo
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>>2957446
Looks good, whats you trick?
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>>2957636
Planting
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>>2957639
Sneed or instant?
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>>2957646
Roll out
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>>2957646
Formerly chucks
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Moved in and started to remodel this lawn 3 years ago. Been mowing it occasionally and added several weeds. Forget-me-not and ground ivy came up pretty good, also lots of hawkweed(?) and lamb's lettuce which arrived on their own.
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Suprisingly the blue bugle only really popped up this year I didn't knew they take so long when growing from seed. No luck with violets and cuckoo bittercress though maybe I should try again and water for some weeks.
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>>2957835
>>2957836
Interesting. You going for the natural look?
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>>2957989
Yeah, I'd love a look somewhat simillar to the mossy fairy lawn of my old place but the soil's
different so I'll take everything that's comfy enough and survives without watering or special care. Big fat bonus if it has pretty flowers or attracts critters.
The sunny part might never work as well on sand as it did on clay but this more shadowy part looks promising already I think.
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>>2958038
Looks great! I hope it works out for you
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>>2957446
Looks comfy
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>>2957446
Ngl your lawn looks pretty fucked up whats even going on there jfc
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>>2958184
Would walk on/10
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I have given up
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>>2958345
Too much shade from the (pine?) tree
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>>2958345
vacuuming your lawn might help it is a weird trick that most people think is crazy but most people have a vacuum and removes little pebbles and other contaminates that are not being used or chocking your grass.
i feel weird dragging out the shop vacuum and running it over the grass but my lawn looks better, the floor nozzle is the most sensible part of the whole ridiculous ordeal.
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>>2958486
basically a ghetto scarifier
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>>2958345
Dogs?
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>>2957446
>my HOA designated 12x12 grass square
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>>2958569
Lol does look like that
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>>2958486
Cant imagine thats good for your vacuum cleaner
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>>2957446
Where do i get grass like that?
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>>2958424
No, pine is to the north, that's the south fence
it's a combination of extremely uneven ground, lots of roots, and a neighbor who thinks creeping morningglory is a great decorative plant and keeps tossing seed all over his yard despite literally everyone on the street telling him it's awful
Sadly we aren't near enough an agriculture zoned area for it to be illegal
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>>2957446
I can’t do shit since it’s frozen, but after some research I’m planning on replacing my fucked brown patch of weeds with microclover in the spring. Tolerates weird moisture levels and doesn’t get taller than a few inches no matter what.
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>>2959816
That'll look nice once its done. Poat pic of the area
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>>2959816
this looks very pretty but isn't clover or is it?
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Allseed and Bluegrass battling it out over who gets to take over my entire lawn
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>>2959993
Too paranoid but it’s just a 30’x50’ fenced yard with a deck.
>>2960089
It is. It flowers white very briefly. The rest of the time it looks like this
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>>2960278
Poast it
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>>2957455
Man I tell ya what, dang ol’ standin’ out there lookin’ at that lawn, man, talkin’ ’bout St. Augustine this, Buffalo that, man, turns out it’s the dang same dadgum grass, man. Been sittin’ here arguin’ with myself like, ‘Boomhauer, why that grass lookin’ the same dang ol’ shape, man?’ Whole time I’m out here buyin’ two bags o’ the same dang thing, man, like some kinda grass-dupin’ conspiracy, I tell ya what. Dang ol’ marketing, man, slap a new name on it, folks think they got a whole new species, man. I’m out here feelin’ like I just solved the Da Vinci Code of lawns, man.
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>>2961036
We wanted to put Zoysia in but the area doesnt get enough sun light
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>>2957446

Why is the bird bath dead center in that tiny patch of lawn you got? Why isn't over to the side, like where that bucket is? Also, why is it blue and not something natural looking?
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>>2961491
The reason its dead center is because on the weekends we move the birdbath out of the way and put a little firepit there if we have people over. The reason its blue rather than natural is because we only got the place about a year ago and the previous owners left it behind so we decided to use it, I agree something more natural would be a lot nicer and perhaps something we'll look at changing in the future
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Freshly mowed
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>>2957446
Dang, that's pretty. When should I seed my lawn? Or when should I lay down sod? My backyard is an absolute mess. I have a long rectangle of dead and thatched grass/dirt that puffed up more than an inch above the concrete around it and a big square of silty dusty dirt.
I have no idea what I should do.
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>>2958038
I like this
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>>2963106
You have to dig it all out to around 100mm below concrete level, then put 60mm of nice sandy loam in, then roll out your turf which will be roughly 40mm thick
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>>2963150
Hmm, yes. Thank you.
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>>2961491
Couple of little sparrows wnjoying the birb bath
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So I'm the guy with the shitty pine lawn, my parents have gotten my 3yo son a ride on tractor toy so now I actually need to level the yard a bit. Pine has roots all over and wife doesn't want to cut it. Do I just bite the bullet and get a dump truck full of soil then spread it out with a shovel for the next two months until it's smooth?
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>>2963813
If you can build up the area then thats probably the best option, although I dont know how well grass will grow under a pine
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>>2963827
I've mostly been intentionally throwing clover seed out and letting dandelions grow simply to try and snuff out the neighbors morning glory. I don't care too much about the ground cover beyond it not killing everything else in the yard (like the fucking morning glory).
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>>2957446
Are those canalillies on the right?
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You guys have any tips for keeping a dog off your property?
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>>2964432
They sure are! They've grown a bit since that photo
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>>2964441
A fence, and talking to the owner/calling animal control and saying it lunged at you if the owner refuses to act and your fence doesn't work.
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Looking good for Christmas



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