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  1. On 6/22/2020 at 8:59 AM, krevo said:

    I've found poured out concrete, large segments of oak trees they cut down, and plywood under dry spots in my lawn.  

    Couple of things I'd recommend - a soil probe (basically a big ass spike with a T handle) and a flat bladed landscaping shovel.  I can cut and pull my lawn up, dig out the offending trash left 2" under my sod and then fill in and re-install the same piece of sod almost without noticing it was ever cut up.  

    Also - I've been using Penterra to get water down through the dry spots and into the root zone with great success.  You can buy it on Amazon.  Any localized dry spot, or compacted clay on swages or hills - this shit works wonders. https://drylawn.com/water-penetration.html

    Its nothing really special compared to most surfactant/wetting agents - its just a helluva lot stronger.  Three treatments on low spots that collect standing water after heavy rain or irrigation and they are gone.  The water absorbs into the soil like its a dry sponge.  It's good shit.

    Thanks. I went a little happy with the pickaxe and to be honest it was hard to find the outer perimeter of the big ole pieces so i was kind of hacking around looking for it to dig in the pickaxe and dig it out like a fulcrum. I figured either way with this Texas heat it would be hard to get the same piece to survive on top after having experienced the shock of being dug out. Oh well, I don't mind it looking bad in that spot for a while till spring time since I also am killing off a tree trunk that a tornado left after it ripped out my tree. So the lawn basically has a big under construction sign out front lol. 

    Thanks for the suggestions on the wetting agents, that sounds cool i'm definitely going to try that. And maybe look into a soil sample tool and find out where to send those off to see what I need. Also i considered aerating now and dropping in some peat moss and sand but I figured with this heat I might just provide holes for moisture to escape too quickly. 

  2. Figured out why one section of my lawn felt hard and clay like and never grew nice grass. Found a huge section of chunks of concrete that the builders must have poured out. Excited that by next spring I’ll start growing new grass that stands a chance. 60d01f76b288d513a76939098e72a2a2.jpg

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    Chicharrones con carne en chile verde, frijoles de la hoya y tortillas de harina.

    Crazy story: the Michoacána meat market that I purchased the chicharron from on Monday burned down this morning.


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  4. On 5/16/2020 at 6:27 PM, jw4381 said:

    Yeah. I’m a fuckin amateur.

    It is pretty damn good I have to say.

    18 hour cook. 1 hour rest.

    It looks like it came out absolutely perfect to me. That's how my bark comes out too. I don't trim it as much as well but you did trim it closer to Aaron Franklin's preferred shape than we all do. He really has to worry about aerodynamics around the brisket since he's making tons of them and can't baby them but I can baby mine and it's cooking in a different type of smoker.

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  5. On 5/15/2020 at 11:09 AM, McFly said:

    Maybe you need a better camera.  Top picture looked promising but bottom was disappoint...almost roflbox-esqe

    Agreed. You can tell you know what you're doing as far as the steak is concerned because it's obvious it's not overcooked if the edge piece is that color and there's a garlic on top so it's obvious you basted it with butter and garlic. It was probably a great steak. It's just the other stuff that really messed it up. The camera sucks balls. The angles and lighting in the first phot were bad. The second photo just looks like it's the camera's fault. The only thing not related to that is the freaking money shot slice you chose. It looks like you bit the tip of the steak instead of slicing it like most do for a money shot.

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  6. On 4/30/2020 at 2:47 PM, cactusflinthead said:

    Good luck with the aeration. Planting Bermuda is fine. If you want to add some organic matter that's fine too. 

    Triclopyr/brush and stump killer is the best option. Paint the outer ring/meristem straight out of the bottle with an old makeup brush or whatever is handy. It is not necessary to paint the entire stump. It's only actively growing in the layer between the bark and wood.

    Thank you! What would you add as organic matter after core aerating the whole yard?

    I will kill the stump like you said before I put more soil and sod over the ground stump. It's under ground but I figured it would still sprout nasty seedlings if I didn't kill it.

    On a separate note I have a small area maybe 3 x 3 near my driveway that has eroded. If I want to level it off should I till up all of the existing grass and then add more dirt then add sod over it? I didn't know if I just added dirt over grass then sod if the upper grass would have a hard time growing roots through the existing grass once the roots grew past the dirt. 

  7. I live in Fort Worth, TX. A tornado took out my front tree not long ago and I just had the stump ground down. Is now the time for me to put down sod? I have bermuda in the rest of the lawn. Or is it better for me to wait till the fall? There's a big patch of dirt now. I am not sure if the tree will start sprouting unless I kill it some more with vinegar? I'm also going to address soil compaction issues by first using a hand held core aerator. Any suggestions on any products I should use to condition the soil after that? Thanks!

  8. Sad to read that it also could have been avoided if she didn't escalate it by brake checking him and continuing to antagonize what you're seeing is another road raged person. Sounds like she had a little bit of road rage in her as well. There's too many instances of this happening in DFW. I just laugh it off and wave at people if they get pissed at me and try to play these games with me. Obviously i'm not blaming her, yet it seems she could have avoided it.

  9. I started jogging 5k's again to destress and lose some weight. I'm naming my runs Corona Run 1, 2 3 .. I'm on 6. Going to see how high I can get and how much weight I can lose while we're all home. The main thing still stressing me is my graduate school research paper is still due in 3 weeks and I haven't started. It requires an oral presentation to the rest of the class over the web. Don't want to sound like a dumbass. Little time to prepare. 

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