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I suffer from bi-polar disorder. I think a lot of people on JUB have some problems and it's good that we can talk and help each other. My condition is controlled by medication, but I still have some very bad episodes as some of you long time jubbers know.
1975:body dysmorphia (diagnosed in 90's)
1979: clinical depression
1989: anxiety disorder
No i don't.
I'm sure no one has a perfect mind.
Happens every once in a while, treats by itself
Okay okay, as stated elsewhere, I have been diagnosed with Type 2 Bi-Polar disorder and am not currently on meds. It makes for some interesting days as I never know from one day to the next how I'm going to be feeling until I wake up.
Lately, for those interested, I've not been doing well. For those not interested, I'm still not doing well as, in general, people's interest or lack thereof doesn't affect my day-to-day.
Pianist, i once met a woman who cured her bipolar illness with a ketogenic diet.
She'd originally started the diet to lose weight, and to control sugar. After she'd been on the diet for some weeks, her husband began to notice that her moods had stabilized. After assessing the situation herself for a couple of more weeks, she agreed.
It's worth a try.
(I can get you a cite if you like.)
I'm not "bipolar" by classic definition, but I have ups and downs to a much lower extreme. Depression and low self esteem have been a part of my life since I was old enough to think on my own.
Does a little social anxiety count? Other than that I'm perfectly healthy.
Wow.... this would be an interesting dating question.... "DO you have any mental issues?"
Would save a lot of time...
Sure, I do.
I've been taking medication for depression for about two years.
I have clinical pure obsessional OCD. Was once ashamed of admitting it, but realized the 'mental health stigma' was fucking stupid, and I got over it pretty quick. I've managed it through medication in the past, but that was a disaster. Ended up going Black Swan insane on a few of them - so I was pulled off medication. I have a core network of friends that help me manage it. Haven't had a major meltdown in quite sometime.
Depression and ADD.
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I guess I should introduce myself. I have been a lurker here for several years, but have always used the site to learn and research. I never felt experienced enough to have anything useful to contribute until recently so I never joined the site.
About a year ago I purchased my first home, a foreclosure in North Georgia. It is a 4 year old house that has always had renters in it. The renters severely neglected the lawn and landscaping. Over the past year I have spent a ton of time (and a bit of money) planting shrubs and fixing the lawn. I spent a bunch of time researching how to level my lawn and everyone has a different opinion as to the best way to do it. I am not claiming to be any type of expert, but I would like to document my experiences in leveling my lawn. Hopefully someone will find this useful as I have learned so much from the site, I am hoping to be able to give back a little to the forum. About the Lawn:
Spring 2010:
I decided to level the lawn. After tons of research, I was unable to find much consistent info. Some people said to use builders sand. Other people said you should never use builders sand and you should only use river sand. And other sources said that you should not use sand at all and only use top soil or a combination of top soil and sand. I was torn as to which direction I should go. In spring of 2010 2 of my neighbors paid a company to level their lawn. Both of the neighbors yards had MASSIVE improvements. The leveling company used river sand. They explained to me all of the steps that the Leveling company took, and they told me what they liked and didn't like about the service. Their huge complaint was that after a year all of the sand had settled to the bottom leaving TONS of small pebbles everywhere. Tons! The pebbles were probably around 1/4 in diameter. The lawn was not comfortable to walk on barefooted, and it seemed like the pebbles were not allowing the grass to grow as dense as it could. They also had problems with the sand on the hills on the sides of their houses. Rain moved the sand a little and left these little ridges on the hills that looked like mini terraces. I decided that I would only spread a small amount of sand on the hills at a time to help prevent this. From their experiences I completely marked river sand off my list. I read about 1 other person on this site that used builders sand and seemed to have great results. The links to all of his pictures were dead, and I never was able to see them, but it appeared as though everyone was impressed. After reading that post, I decided to use builders sand, and I decided that I would try and replicate everything that the Leveling company did to my neighbors lawns. My goal is to level the lawn enough to use the lowest setting on the mower (~3/4") and have the lawn grow super dense. April 2, 2011:
We had gotten a ton of rain in the couple days before so the ground was nice and soft. I rented a walk-behind aerator from HD, and plugged the yard pretty heavily. I broke up the plugs with a rake. April 3, 2011
On the high spots we had the sand fairly shallow, but in some of the holes the grass was completely buried. When the neighbors had this done their lawns looked very similar. In the deep spots the sand had to fill in from the sides. After all of the sand was spread and leveled, I set out the sprinklers for several hours. It was amazing how much the sand moved around. The water moved the sand from the high spots to the low spots. It worked great. Once I was done watering I applied some Vigoro SuperGreen. It is a 36-0-4 if I remember correctly. Here are some pictures of the front yard immediately after watering the lawn for the first time. My wife said she loved her new beach!! |
Follow-Up Postings:
Over the next week and a half it rained at least 3 times. The sand was settling very nicely and the grass was poking the the sand more and starting to green. April 13, 2011 I touched up a couple areas with a broom and rake moving sand from high spots into low spots. I only had to do this a little because the rain was doing most of this for me. |
It has been consistently raining at least twice a week so I have not had to use my sprinklers. The grass is starting to spread over the deeper holes and it is greening very nicely. April 24, 2011 |
Very nice. One question. When you inquired about builder sand, did you run into sales people who didn't know what it was or thought it was something else? I'm asked several sand places here, and when I ask for sharp or builder sand, I've been offered masonry sand, concrete sand, or wash sand. Wish there was some consistency. |
Yes!! I asked for builders sand, and the girl said, "We have white sand and river sand." From what the owner told me, their "white sand" was the same thing as sharp, builder, and masonry sand which he said was all the same thing. I just took his word for it keeping my fingers crossed that I used the "right stuff". |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Tue, Apr 26, 11 at 17:55
Well allow me to butt in for a minute and maybe help clear up some of your confusion on sand types. To start there are hundreds of different kinds as you have probable found out by now. As a sod farmer and landscape biz owner I can tell you my opinion on the river sand vs sharp sand debate. River sand grains are spherical, polished, and irregular size from very fine to large rocks. It does not stay put and tends to settle and pack down hard. Sound familiar? It is really the first and last choice for professionals. First choice because it is dirt cheap and chosen to win a bid. Last choice for those who want quality, and do not mind paying a little extra. Sharp sand is angular grained, jagged, and not rounded like beach and river sands. The grain sizes vary from fine to very coasre. It is recommended as amendments to loosen tight clay soils or mixed with pure peat for a soilless potting mix, top dressing, or golf greens. It is also called builders sand by some, but they are not technically the same thing as sharp sand has wider variety of grain sizes where builders sand has more uniform grain sizes that is mostly coarse and medium. The one sand to avoid at all cost is play sand or washed sand at the home centers as it has chemicals in it from the washing and bleaching process. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 11 at 8:27
There is no doubt that you will be very pleased with the results of your time and labor. You may want to consider the idea of topdressing again around July 4th for any isolated areas that need additional leveling. Then by Labor Day, you're lawn will be on par with the neighbors. Well done! Thanks for the informative post. |
Hi TW, Thanks for stopping by and adding to the thread! You have been one of the most informative contributors on subjects that I have had questions about. I was hoping that you would stop in and say hi! Thanks for the clarification on the sand! So builders and masonry sands are both types of sharp sand, which is a generic term for sand that is jagged. I understand now. My neighbors both HATE the sand that they had applied. They have been raking pebbles out of their yard for months!! Hi Near, I am really excited about how it is turning out so far, and I am having a hard time being patient for the grass to grow in. I know that if I had put down just a little sand at a time, I would not have had to wait, but I was hoping to knock out the majority of all of the leveling in a single shot. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 11 at 14:47
To jv982: You mentioned that you applied Vigoro 36-0-4. How much did you apply? (Ex: 1 or 2 50lb. bags) You stated that your total turf area is around 4000 sq.ft. Knowing this information can help you provide the grass with the correct amount of nutrients. Also, submitting soil samples for analysis will be very helpful for you to apply the nutrients your turf needs, and omit the nutrients your turf doesn't need. The soil test results would include any liming needs, if any, for soil pH adjustment. |
Hi Near, I did not apply anywhere near that amount of fertilizer. I purchased one of the small bags that said it was good for 5-6k sq.ft. I forget. I ended up using somewhere around 2/3 or 3/4 of the bag I think. But it was a small bag. Not one of the big ones. I just tried to follow the instructions on the bag. I was planning on sending a sample to the county extension for analysis, but then I read on their website that you should do a soil sample in late winter before the grass is green and fertilizer has been applied. So I think I will be doing that next winter if I remember :) Thanks for the advise! |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 11 at 23:44
Thanks for posting. David Proud is the guy who wrote the original message on this topic. I tried to work with him to publish something more stable than the GardenWeb format. I should have gone ahead with it and let him approve/disapprove rather than blowing it off. Now, as you have noticed, his photos are completely gone. So now you are the expert!! Personally I think you left out some steps that would have made this more of a one-time event for you. Specifically you should have used more sand as soon as you noticed the surface was not perfect. Also did you scalp right before applying the sand? Scalping does a couple things. Probably the most important is it minimized the amount of sand you need to get this perfect. I think you will be much better off with builder's sand. |
Hi Dchall, Thanks for the input!! I'm definitely no expert!! ;) One of the big differences between David Proud and I was that he completed his leveling in the middle of the growing season when the Bermuda was growing really aggressively. I was concerned that by spreading the sand in the middle of summer, the lawn would require more water. Since I don't have an irrigation system, watering is a pain. I knew going into it that my lawn would not fill in as quickly as his because the bermuda was not growing as quickly, but I thought that it would be safer with less chance of damaging the lawn from drought or extreme heat. I scalped the lawn as best as I could the day before we spread the sand. My lawn mower only goes down to about ~3/4". Without hiring someone to cut it, I'm not sure I could have gotten it any lower, and I was DEAD set on trying to find a way to DIY. I agree that I could have used more sand in the 2 low spots that I have found. You are also right in saying that if I cut the lawn shorter I would have been able to level the lawn with less sand. The good news is that the 2 low spots are probably a combined area of 50sq/ft. My neighbors think I am being too picky about this because those areas are probably less than 3/8" low. I think that I will be able to make the lawn completely level with one more application of sand in those couple areas. One of the really cool things about the sand is that even yesterday, I saw a small high spot next to a small low spot (maybe I am being a little anal about this :) I was able to rake the sand from the high to the low spots and sweep it perfectly smooth. The DIY approach to this is definitely back breaking work. And I cannot imagine having to do this on a lawn much bigger than mine, but so far the results are awesome, and I highly recommend this to anyone with a bumpy, rutted, trenched lawn. |
Excellent write up. I plan to do this in a few weeks. I do have irrigation, but I also have a fairly steep slope. Who provided the sand. I'll use them too. I have my own Bluebird aerator and lesco power rake. |
Hi Wrager, Thanks!! I hope it helps! I live near Holly Springs. I purchased the sand from the Mulch Man. www.mulchmanllc.com He delivered the sand to me for $25 because I live only a couple miles away. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions! |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 11 at 9:58
wrager, if you are doing a slope it is critically important to get sharp sand. I would take a magnifying glass out there and look at all the different sands they offer. Rounded sand particles never lock into place and always flow downhill. We had a couple of areas of quicksand where I grew up. Quicksand consists of rounded sand particles that never lock together. Bring in a little underground spring and you have quicksand. |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 11 at 15:07
wrager on a steep slope you will have problems. Consider doing this in steps. Do the sloped areas have grass growing on them? If not you have some real headaches. |
- Posted by burmuda_guy 7 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 11 at 21:23
My level lawn experience. http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/jhchang/LawnSteps.jpg http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/jhchang/jj.jpg |
Dude....that doesn't even look like real grass! |
Wow bermuda guy! If mine turns out 1/4 that nice I will be very happy!!! Good job!!! What kind of bermuda is that? It doesn't look like the same kind that is next to your driveway. |
- Posted by swiff south texas(email@example.com) onFri, Jun 10, 11 at 5:40
I would love an update for this thread. looking to level with sand soon. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 17:44
I second that. Updates on leveling are usually spectacular. swiff can we assume you have bermuda? If you want personalized attention, open a new thread and give it a title something like, "Thinking about leveling my lawn." Please ask all your questions first. Do all the research you can and come back here for specific details and comments on what your research has found. This is not rocket science but there is room for error if you get steps out of order or use the wrong tools. This topic advanced considerably with the work that David Proud did. You can search his handle dproud and find his approach. Unfortunately his pictures are no longer available. I have contacted him since this thread started, and he replied, but I have not been able to get a new link to his pictures. The pictures posted above in this link are enough to go on. David's pictures showed the long 2x4 he used (20 feet long???). That was about the only tool he used that is not intuitively obvious. Push brooms, long straight wood, chain link fence, water, sand, and manpower. It can be very smooth when you're finished. |
A have a couple of quick questions. 1. Is it absolutely necessary to core aerate before laying down the sand? 2. I'm having a tough time figuring out what type of sand to use. Would the sand shown in the link below (from Lowes) be alright? |
Here is a link that might be useful: sand
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 13, 11 at 18:13
Coreman, to answer your questions: 1. No, it is not absolutely necessary to core aerate prior to topdressing with sand. But core aerating certainly does help to incorporate sand into the existing soil profile. 2. Texas-Weed discusses the two types of sand used for topdressing in an earlier post within this thread dated 4/26/11 at 17:55pm. Read it to see if it helps you figure out what type of sand to use. |
Thanks nearandwest. I think my confusion comes from so many different names for the sand. The specific bag of sand I linked is a "graded coarse sand". So based on what TW said, it does look like this will work. If not, someone please advise otherwise. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 11:37
Coarse sand is what you are looking for. It should have 'faceted' edges instead of being round particles. Rock that has been crushed leaves fine particles of faceted rubble behind. The small particles are sand sized. Those are what you would like to get. River sand and most beach sand has been bumped against itself for millions of years and is round. Round sand will never lock into place. It will always feel like a sand box under your feet - loose and soft. You want the sand to lock together. And I agree you do not need to core aerate first. Not only that but I definitely would not core aerate before leveling. On core aeration: Others disagree with me but I rarely see any need to core aerate. Usually aeration is done to relieve hard soil. It can be good for that but there is more to the process than simply aerating. You have to water heavily afterward also. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 12:03
Yes, I am one of those who will agree to disagree with dchall on the issue of core aeration. But that would be a discussion topic for a different thread. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 12:29
LOL, join the crowd. I am a lone wolf on a few topics. Core aeration is one of them. If you are going to do it, hammer it hard. But in this case, I think we agree it is not a good idea in prep for leveling. I would want to get absolutely everything off the soil that might interfere with the soil surface. Putting a few hundred (or thousand) cores of dirt on top is just added time to the project. Do it later if you must. |
I think the idea is to fill all those holes with sand. While I like the sound of that, no, I didn't core aerate before sanding my lawn. In fact, I haven't core aerated in the last 15 years and haven't seen the need to do so. Sanding wasn't a "once and done" thing for me. I repeated the process each spring for two or three years before I got the final results that I wanted. |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Wed, Jun 15, 11 at 10:35
Well David here is one benefit I have learned about core aeration since moving to Prescott and managing a golf course. It differently improves water penetration and softens (loosens the soil) golf green up. There is no doubt in my mind or the USGA for what that is worth. One caveat we remove the plugs obviously, then top dress with sand and sweep it into the holes with brooms. The effect is immediate. Shots go from bouncing and rolling off the green to either plugging into the divot, and/or a little bounce leaving a divot and stopping on a dime. Trust me I get an earful from the members when the greens will not hold a shot. We have to aerate 4 times a year. |
I posted this in another thread. I just found it, although I'm surprised they are leveling dormant turf??? http://www.levellawns.com/top_dressing_video.aspx |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Thu, Jun 16, 11 at 9:34
Good info. Weed I don't know if you remember GW member Woodycrest or not. He managed two par-3 courses just north of Lake Erie. When he took over that job he happened to come here and read something I wrote about using dog food as a fertilizer. He thought I was nuts (as usual) but tried it. Three weeks later he had a green spot so he started doing more research. He and I corresponded heavily offline for years. He started with a rock solid soil with mostly brown, weedy turf. If you landed a pitch on the green you likely got a 40-foot bounce from it. The members were complaining like crazy. The courses were behind gated communities so he had a captive audience. The grass was creeping bent with plenty of dandelions. The owners had used herbicide for the dandelions and had used Sevin dust to keep the worms down. Woodycrest experimented with cracked corn on some greens and nothing elsewhere. He also changed the mowing height. He had the luxury of no players during the week and could go without mowing until Friday. Thus he let the fairways grow up as well as the greens. When he did that the dandelions disappeared, worms reappeared, and clover appeared. He found that the grass with organic fertilizer and the grass with clover was equally nice. The other benefit of the taller grass and the clover was that the soil softened (no irrigation on these courses). After two years the courses had transformed. He ended up using no chemicals or fertilizers at all. He saved his fertilizer money and bought much better mowers. Ultimately his only management was to mow on Friday and to roll out any worm mounds on the greens on Saturday and Sunday. Members loved him for getting the bounce out of the greens and for restoring a green course for them. Some of the home owners asked him to install putting greens for them. I realize your situation is different in Prescott. I'm just saying there are different ways to achieve the same result. Woodycrest had certain luxuries and approached it with a completely open mind. He would argue that mowing height was the best thing you could to do improve the turf. I would hesitate only to add that his allowance of clover into the turf helped considerably. |
I thought this thread had died from low interest... Update: I was able to mow at the lowest setting without ever bottoming out my mower or scalping any sections of lawn. I have a couple problems that I am still trying to correct. I have some weeds in a few select areas that i am still trying to get rid of, and the neighbor's dollar spot has started creeping into my yard. I will upload some new pictures in the next couple days. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 18:26
Are you using a reel mower? That's the only way to really see the benefits of leveling a Bermuda yard. |
jon I have a 30 year old Honda commercial rotary mower. I normally avoid making blanket statements with words like "only", "never", and "always". The problem with making blanket statements like the one that you made is My lawn was soooo bumpy, I had to mow at 2" to keep from bottoming out the deck on the mower. Now I am able to mow at the mowers lowest setting without ever bottoming out. Because I have been able to keep the grass very short, it has gotten extremely dense. The benefits of leveling the lawn are extremely visible even with my old rotary. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Sun, Jun 26, 11 at 23:12
Cool. Didn't mean to offend. By 'very short', how short are you mowing with that rotary? Even with a level lawn you can only go so low. Jon |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 11 at 1:05
Jon: I have to agree with you. It's the only way to really see the benefits of leveling a bermuda lawn. The rotary mower cannot go as low, or as even, as the reel mower. A reel mower allows a level bermuda lawn to be seen in ways a homeowner could never have imagined prior to the leveling process. If jv982 could take the HOC (Height Of Cut) on his lawn down to 7/16", just like yours, he would see a result he never could have imagined. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 11 at 15:48
Yep, on my next yard I'm going to have a landscaper do the box blade/laser grade thing, then, instead of sod, I'm going with sprigs. That way, I won't have to fool with all those cracks and seams. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 11 at 16:13
I thought your next yard was going to be one of the ultradwarfs and a practice bunker? |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 11 at 21:54
Not much of a golfer. :) |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 11 at 21:59
jv, now that this deal is done, help us out. Nothing ever goes according to plan, so what are the most important things you did and what would you change next time? Anything you did not do that you should have? What about timing? Get another blade for your mower and start alternating the sharp one for the dull one. It is much easier to do it like that unless you have a special attachment to sharpen the blade on the machine. Mow more frequently. You might have to mow every day to keep ahead of it. |
Hi Jon and Near, I never actually measured the height of lawn with my rotary on its lowest setting. I thought it was around 3/4", but I could be off. No offence taken... I just want to make sure that the amateurs out here like myself aren't discouraged from leveling the yard because they only have a rotary mower. I am sure that with a reel mower my efforts would be more visible. I also know that some of the results cannot be seen with my lawn at its current height. No doubt about that. But even with my little rotary, the results are amazing. I would highly recommend this to anyone with a bumpy lawn regardless of their mower. Hi dchall, Thanks for getting us back on topic! Most everything went pretty much as planned... I knew that it was going to take a while for the lawn to fill in because I sanded when the grass was just coming out of dormancy, and I completely smothered the grass in some areas. My guess is that if I waited for a month or so to do the leveling, the lawn would have recovered more quickly, but I was thinking that it was better to do the leveling when we were getting a bunch of rain early in the season. I'm not sure how much of a difference it would have made. There some downsides that I have learned in leveling the entire yard with a ton of sand in one shot. One problem is that if you have deep areas of sand that completely cover the grass, it takes a while for the grass to fill it in. That area will need sand after the grass is grown in. Here is why: Every time you run over that bare spot with the mower a little sand is sucked up. Every time it rains or is super windy that sand moves. The sand becomes extremely rigid once the grass has grown through it, but until then, it goes where it wants. The areas that were bare for a long time will need a little touch up because the sand that I applied isn't still all there. The other problem with having bare spots for a long time is that they seem to be susceptible to weeds. I applied pre emergent after laying the sand, but it didn't seem to work very well. Maybe i should have done a couple applications, or maybe I should have used a different chemical, but I do have more weeds in the areas that were bare for a while. With that said, I am happy with the way everything has improved, and I wouldn't have changed any of the major technique or strategy that I used. I do want to emphasize though that all of this work has been worth it 10-fold. I accomplished all of my goals with the initial leveling. The main goal was to be able to run my mower at its lowest setting without bottoming out the deck or scalping the lawn. Initially my lawn was insanely bumpy and I had to keep the grass at Fescue height to keep the mower from high siding. My lawn went from very sparse to super dense. With that said though, my goals have changed slightly. I exceeded my initial expectations, but my standards have also been raised. I do still have some low spots from the areas that stayed bare for a while. I will touch them up soon. As far as my mowing height is concerned: I have a new blade on the mower, and was cutting the grass every 3-4 days. Unfortunately my little rotary was unable to cut the grass at the lowest setting without bogging after the grass thickened up even with the brand new blade. I have raised it up one notch. Maybe if I keep it mowed every 3 days instead of 3-4 my mower would be able to handle it, but i think it is too late drop it back down. I have been at my current height for 3weeks maybe. Would it be ok for me to drop it back down to the lowest setting? I don't have a problem mowing it every 3 days, or having it look bad for a week to recover. I just don't want to damage the lawn. I also thought it was a good idea to raise it up a little when the summer got hot and dry. Is that incorrect? I have been meaning to take pictures to update this thread, but I keep forgetting. |
If you drop it down a notch it will look bad as you say. It will recover by the end of the week but after the next mow will look bad again and so on. To mow one notch down you will need to mow below that notch and then start mowing at the new height. Or you can "thin" the lawn and then mow at the lower setting. You will fight this all summer with a rotary unless you mow like 4-5 times a week. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sat, Jul 2, 11 at 13:56
With that said though, my goals have changed slightly. I exceeded my initial expectations, but my standards have also been raised. I do still have some low spots from the areas that stayed bare for a while. I will touch them up soon. We see this all the time. The results of leveling are quite often overwhelming. You find yourself inviting people over just to brag about it. Yes a little longer in the heat of summer. If you were mowing at 1 inch, mowing at 1.5 inches is a 50% increase, so that's about all you want to go. neilaz has a point on mowing, too. |
Great thread everyone, very helpful. I only laid my bermuda 419 a couple of months ago but it is growing in very well. I have had to mow it a few times already to keep it at the 1" to 1.25" level, just above what it was from the sod farm. I am going to have to do some leveling and wanted to know if I should wait for the grass to grow in some more before dumping sand on it. I am using a push reel mower and it is a bit bumpy for it right now. I have an irrigation system and have been watering it daily since I laid it and the grass is growing really well. I added a pic to help see where it is at. It is about 1.25" high in the picture. |
Here is a link that might be useful: bermuda 419
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 21, 11 at 7:56
Yes, your lawn would benefit from leveling with sand. If you did it now, you would still have time to gain benefit from the leveling this year before the growth slows down. Those constant ridges you see in the grass? That is called "washboarding" and it happens because your reel is not spinning fast enough as you move forward across the lawn- a very common occurence for manual push reel mowers. Also can be the result of needing a reel to bedknife adjustment. Also, I would suggest you back off on watering every day. The roots need to start growing deeper for better health, and they can't do that if you water every day. Water every 3-4 days, or longer, if you can. If bermuda starts to wilt (turns blue or pale), just water it heavily, and it will come right back. Are you fertilizing correctly? Have you done a soil test? Are you alternating directions each time you mow? |
I just found out from Fiskars that their momentum reel mower is not a good fit for bermuda, which explains all the problems I was having pushing it through my grass. They told me to return it since there was nothing they could do to make it work properly for my grass. I am now in the market for a different reel mower that will work properly with bermuda 419. I am using a lawn treatment service for the rest of my lawn, which is also bermuda 419. They won't start treating the front until it has been down for a few months. I just laid it no more that 2 months ago. No soil test yet, I will have my lawn service company check it when they start treating it. I was trying to alternate mowing directions but the fiskars mower was not cutting through the grass smoothly so I stopped using for now. Sending it back tomorrow. Any suggestions or personal experience with another type of reel mower that works with bermuda? |
Same situation with the Brill and it is too light. The Mascot is really heavy and does a nice job. I hear the Scotts is also good for bermuda, but never used one. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 21, 11 at 14:53
My experience with walk behind reel mowers is strictly commercial gas powered mowers....Jacobsen, Toro, John Deere. There are some other contributors on this forum who use gas-powered walk behind reel mowers that are specific for home lawn use, hopefully they will jump in with some comments. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Thu, Jul 21, 11 at 21:27
I've tried the manual push mowers on 419. It's a waste of time, energy, and money. I've got two McLane's, and they do a great job. You just have to keep em sharp and adjusted. That part cannot be emphasized enough. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 21, 11 at 22:06
Hey jonmhenderson, do you think you could re-post those pics of your lawn from a couple months ago so that ronm69 can see what his lawn can look like with the proper care and proper mower? Thanks! |
jonmhenderson, thanks for the input. What kind of McLane's are you referring to. I have looked at their site and see they have both gas and manual. Are their manual push reels any good on 419? I don't know that I can put that much into a mower right now, the gas models are not cheap. |
ronm69, gas powered reel mowers are not only expensive but require proper maintenance (eg. backlapping, reel grinding) which can also get expensive. If you're not prepared for the upkeep, then maybe a rotary might be a better fit. If you're gonnna level you lawn, then you could probably go to the lowest setting on a rotary like the OP did in this thread did. If you still want to try a reel mower w/o spending too much, get a Scott 16" Elite. It's like $70 and you can get decent result w/ it. You'll have to mow often and it will get harder to push as your lawn thickens, but not impossible. And if you don't like it, then it will have only cost you $70 and you'll have a better understanding of reel mowers so when you're ready for a power reel mower, you'll be better educated. Good luck. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 15:15
Mine are the 7 blade 4.5 hp selp propelled. The company that sharpens/adjusts mine do the mowers that mow the field at the University of Tennessee. They are excellent! |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 17:41
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 18:31
Thanks for posting the pics jon. I see you're grooming those two young fellas to enjoy the turf now, in a couple of years you'll have them mowing straight, even passes on that 419 :) |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 20:47
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 21:17
Lol @ dchall!!!!! |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 22:12
Good stuff, guys! Yes, those two boys are why I put in the 419. I want them to have a soft, tough turf to play on. I cannot recommend 419 and and Texas Weed's Bermuda Bible highly enough. I've even been mowing the back at the same height as the 419 just as an experiment. I'll post pics in a few weeks. I've never done the high input schedule on the Transcontinental/Mohawk blend before. So far, I'm impressed by how it's responding to all the nitrogen, water, and tight reel mowing. Next summer, I'm considering putting in 419 in the back as well and making a bocce ball court. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 23:25
I cannot recommend 419 and and Texas Weed's Bermuda Bible highly enough. Seconded! I think the Bermuda Bible and the Organic Lawn Care FAQ have made lawn care more fun for more people than anything I've ever read (or written). |
"I'm considering putting in 419 in the back as well and making a bocce ball court." Now that would be truly, officially, COOL. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 9:26
I DO know that when I do that bocce ball court, I'm going to bring in a box/blade and laser grade it, then sprig it. The squares of sod are way too hard to get as smooth as I will want them. Maybe TW can weigh in on this: when installing greens, is the usual MO sprigging or sodding? Jon |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 11:14
Having grown-in 6 new golf courses, I believe I am qualified to answer your question. For hybrid bermudagrass greens (328, tifdwarf, tifeagle, etc.) sprigging is the preferred method. Sprigging is also the preferred method for installing Tifway 419. You will get a much smoother surface by sprigging, especially after laser leveling. |
- Posted by jonmhenderson (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 14:41
Thanks for the answer, nearandwest! That's what I thought. Sprigging just makes sense as opposed to laying sod, living with a bumpy turf for a year, then covering it with sand the next. Sheesh, you're into year three before you can even enjoy the thing! |
Inetersting! I never would have thought that sprigging would be better than sod. Where do you get sprigs? Do regular sod farms sell them. Do you need special equipment to install them? Congrats on the leveling Jon! Looks amazing. |
- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 20:43
@ wrager: I see your location is in the Atlanta area. Back in 1988-89, we built and grew-in Eagles Landing CC in Stockbridge. All tees, fairways and roughs were sprigged with Tifway 419 bermuda. We got our sprigs from Tifton Turf Farms in Tifton, Ga. There is specialized equipment that "cuts-in" the sprigs. We have also used one of those 16" manual walk behind spikers with success to cut-in sprigs. You can get them from lawn and garden centers. Since texas-weed has extensive experience from the sod production industry, he may know some tips and tricks for cutting-in sprigs. |
Hey jonmhenderson, great looking lawn. Thanks for adding the pics. I hope to get mine looking like that by next year. I need to get it leveled before the season ends so I can start cutting low. dwrecktor, I have a scott's classic 20", but haven't tried at the lower levels yet. Will that work as good as the 16" at the 1" or lower level? |
Hey ronm69, click on the link below to go to my response for you're question, so that this thread can remain about lawn leveling. Thanks. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Push Reel Mower Reviews
A quick note on sand types that I have learned recently. I spoke to a company that supplies a lot of the area golf courses with their sand here in Myrtle Beach and they recommended a sand that they supplied to a local landscape company called playground sand. He said it is plenty course enough and free of pebbles to do a great job leveling bermuda 419. As we have seen with other posts here the names are different everywhere. This particular playground sand is different than play sand that is sold at places like Home Depot. Hopes this helps. |
Hey, My Name is John. I live in VA and Im new here. I have enjoyed reading these threads and decided to join the forum. I thought I would start to comment on some things and I may think of more. This is regards to the sprigging vs sodding thing. Sure both have areas where they are the better choice...but in my opinion if the area can be sprigged...sprig it. If your grading work is slick as glass, the sprigs will hug the existing topography...And only need the lightest top dressing(if any). Most putting greens are put in with sprigs at a very high application rate to increase coverage rate(unreal). Sod always has seems and you have to work on it with sand the next year anyway and in the end it also turns into a two year project befor you get the "look" you want. You can sprig(I broadcast stolonize) at "not mentioned in the handbook" high rates and get coverage so fast and so cheap(with no sanding) you would be blown away! Also I will add that all of my turf experience is with fine bladed Zoysias..Diamond, Zeon etc. So it would be even easier to do with Bermuda. If anyone want to talk about how to do sprigging and nail it on the first try...I can help with the pros and cons of a ton of different ways of doing it. I have now taken my experience and come up with "my" way of doing. Id be glad to share with anyone interested. Also, Here in Virginia...no one sells sprigs. You start with sod and grind them yourself...Sprigging is easy even for the homeowner if you get your head wrapped around the "key" areas that lead to success. |
- Posted by pkapeckopickldpepprz z9 a/b FL (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:06
John Irby if you could start a separate DIY sprigging thread, that would be great! I have had ok success with plugs but I have found that isn't a perfect way to do a large area and getting the depth isn't exact even using the plugging tool as in FL the sand just falls out of the plugger so I'm back to using a hand trowel digging out the hole for the plug anyways. |
- Posted by PeterNHMLguy (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 11:36
Wow. The lawn in those photos is stelar. However, if I was out there cutting my Bermuda 419 every day or even every other day, I would be the most hated neighbor in my subdivision of 300-400K houses. Most of my neighbors have an OK lawn and based on their comments, want everyone else to have the same so as not to make them look bad or make them work harder on their lawn. If I try to have a very nice lawn, then I am accused of being pretentious or better then them. How can this person who posted these photos get away with such meticulous lawn care? I have to wonder. I wish that everyone would simply be proud of their work and if they wish to have a subpar lawn, then stop being envious of other people's lawn if it looks better. Maybe, just maybe, they put more effort into their lawn to make it look so good. |
- Posted by bassplayer7 6 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 17:10
That's interesting, Peter. In my sub-division (kind of middle-of-the-road), almost everyone has a slightly different yard. This one is green and pretty while that one is entirely crabgrass while this one is somewhere in the middle. I think that a lawn will affect the way someone thinks of your house because it is what they see at first glance. The poster has a beautiful lawn, and hence his house looks better as well, because the lawn adorns it well. In my area, almost all of the work done at high-end subdivisions is done by professionals, not homeowners. So it comes down to how much they want to pay - or work, if they do it themselves. |
- Posted by PeterNHMLguy none (My Page) on Thu, Sep 1, 11 at 8:48
It is very interesting. Most of my neighbors do not know how to properly take care of their lawn. Most make comments like "I just cut it when it's Saturday or when I have the time" or make grass maintenance comments that are just not correct. I made the mistake of trying to help them with their grass care and all that did was make them dislike me (envy working here). Kind of strange because you would think a guy with a nice looking lawn knows a thing or two about lawn care so naturally you would ask him/her to give you some pointers. One neighborhood kid (about 10 years old) even made a strange comment about gasoline and how it kills grass. Like I should be worried about someone pouring gasoline on my lawn to try to kill it and make it look worse (somewhat on par with neighborhood lawns). |
- Posted by pkapeckopickldpepprz z9 a/b FL (My Page) on Mon, Dec 26, 11 at 18:01
What happened to the 10 year old kid that suggested your lawn might be doused with gasoline to bring your yard down to the neighbors subpar level? Did he ever make good on that threat? |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 11 at 18:00
John Irby...come back! I'd like to read what you have to say about sprigging and anything else regarding zoysia. Shade tolerance of Diamond is of interest. If you don't want to start a new thread, please find my member page and write to me. |
Does sprigging work with Kentucky Blue Grass? |
I just finished sanding my yard (half inch) and today we had a big rain. I now have some low spots where the blades of Bermuda grass are covered. I am guessing one inch max. I heard from the sand company that you should not cover the blades. Will the sod die in the low spots? Help! |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, May 14, 12 at 20:12
lol, if it were that easy to kill bermuda, everyone would be doing it. But you should have gradually filled those holes over the course of a month or two and then come in and leveled to get it more perfect. Didn't you water your sanded area to level it? |
I do not have holes. I just have pockets of low spots where about half to one inch of sand has collected. Do you think I should remove sand from loo spots. I have watered it in. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 12 at 23:07
Leave the sand in the low spots and continue to fill with sand until they are at the level you want. Roots and rhyzomes will fill the sand and hold it down. |
What a terrific thread. If I stay here for more than another year I will have to get some guys to level mine if I can bear to allow anyone to touch my Bermuda... Wife? Maybe... Lawn? Are you kidding? LOL Lots of great info here - found it via a link and a link and a link courtesy of Dave Hall who's been writing great Bermuda tips as long as I can recall ;-) Here's a couple REALLY LAME tidbits for those who love the ideas here but aren't ready to go to that much trouble.... About a year and a half ago I had back surgery and have some 'lumbar bionics' to protect so i don't move piles of sand much these days. (Hey - if some doc tells you to get Fusion done then PM me about a coflex implant instead!). I can't shove around that massive reel mower I used to use either these days and make do with a rotary. Here's a couple low effort, high impact tips for those after 'better' but not quite ready for 'insanely anal' that I think you will find helpful. 1. Switching blades was mentioned... I use a dremel to touch up the edge of my mower blade before every cutting and it is not razor sharp but it is 'dull knife sharp'. I touch up neighbor's mowers sometimes and for those of you who haven't looked in a couple years there will be nicks and dents in the blade from sticks and stones - they tend to 'flatten out' so you are bludgeoning the grass, not cutting. With a freshly edged blade you get a clean cut and much less effort pushing the mower. Cordless Dremel is around 50 bucks maybe? Whatever - bargain at 500. I use the orange grinding stone or a diamond bit and I don't bother with the mower attachment. I just tilt, grind one side a bit, grind the other and go - three minutes tops and the mower glides through thick grass afterward. Swapping blades is too much like work. KISS. 2. We are creatures of habit - habits like mowing the same track every time which creates ruts. Instead of mowing 'to the edge' and then following that wheel track on the next pass mow with the wheel on the 'high side' next to the rut and flatten it down. I then make my return pass so that I am repeating the cut on half the track, or 1/3 or whatevever. In other words the wheels never run over the same track twice that day. One time back and forth, next time up and down, next time diagonal one way, next time diagonal the other. over time this tends to ...maybe not level but flatten and you don't get ruts or hurt your back. I can't lift bags of sand now but I can push that mower and do - probably three times the distance I must because I often do up/down, back forth, diag/diag all on the same cutting because I like pushing that mower ;-) 3. Funny thing... left home, got a graduate degree, became an executive but the second I get home the Kentucky roots kick in and off comes the suit and shoes and i am barefoot in the yard at all times. I can feel bumps I can't see and a poor man's level is the high pressure nozzle on the hose to blast down small hills. That alone works wonders over time. ....hope that helps, this thread made me know how my neighbors feel. Think I will go barf then start mowing ;-) |
- Posted by richardno1 none (My Page) on Tue, Oct 7, 14 at 11:27
hello,i have a garden were i am going to start putting seed down soon,but there afew bumps,will just putting sand down and watering it over weeks get me the same effect,many thanks richard. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Oct 7, 14 at 18:54
The key to leveling is to get rid of all the grass you can. The second key is to use a drag to fill in the low spots and hopefully scrape off some of the high spots. I like the previous poster's tip about blasting the high spots down with the force of a water hose nozzle. That, of course, depends on your soil and slope as to how well it will work. |
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Since the insulating comes from the dead air space the difference between bubble or diamond would be small. I have a 14mm Magni-Clear bubble cover and it is a quality cover works very well. |
Is there anyone out there who is using the pool blankets for a winter cover? I just put a 14mil magna clear over my greenhouse but have a few questions. Do you find that you need to continue to vent the gh in the winter months? Should I cut holes for the exhaust fan? I have fans blowing inside and grow orchids so am in and out all the time. Any suggestions would be appreciated. mojo |
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Do the pool covers have some sort of grommets that can be attached to with bungee cords? If not how do you attach/hold them to tie down? |
rootdigging: Pool covers don't come with grommets that I know of, so if you want a total wrap, you need to order one large enough to allow you to wrap your GH like a package, then tie it down. If you have your GH set on a base into which you can install screw eyes, you can use bungees to hold the cover, or use rope over the top and especially around the perimiter, where you most need to prevent cold air from getting in. Soft, thick woven nylon rope or flat nylon strapping connected to short bungees both work well for the purpose. You want to get it snug, yet leave just a wee bit of give, and the bungees provide that, along with handy hooks to connect to the screw eyes. My pool cover is a 12 G. Diamond Clear now going into it's third winter and is still in perfect condition, abet not as clean as new. We fiddled with lengths of rope the first winter, to get them just the right length to throw over the GH in an X pattern, but once we did, we just tied the ends into loops and connected them to short bungees. The rope or strapping will last many seasons, but as the bungees lose elasticity by being held stretched and from continual exposure to weather, they are cheap to replace. Once you get your pool cover cut to fit just right, including a cut out for the door, it will go up pretty quickly the next season. Having screw eyes or some other means of connecting the bungees permanently installed in the base helps speed the process as well, and the same screw eyes can serve to hold a sunshade in place in summer. I too have my GH intake vents, exhaust fan and roof vents tightly sealed for winter, but even with the thermostat keeping the heater on track, there are some clear sunny days in winter when I feel the need to cool the GH down a bit, so I just prop the door open until the excess heat has escaped. But that's for a heated GH that must maintain 70 - 72 deg. in sub-0 temps that can hang on for days. You may not need such complete coverage in your area. It all depends on the interior temps you want/need to maintain over the course of your milder winter. |
My foundation is 6x6's. The cover goes to the ground on the sides and about a foot or so over the front and back so it doesn't interfere with the door. We staple it to the foundation. On the front and back we use tarp clips, rope and screw eyes. To keep the clips on we fold the edge of the cover over a little stick before attaching the clip. Keeps it from sliding off. |
Thanks for the replies. I have noticed that the humidity has really spiked since I put on the pool cover. I am growing orchids and the humidity stays between 70 and 90 percent which may become a problem if it stays that way. I have every thing closed up tight. I do have a window on the door which I can open if the weather isn't too cold, so I can dry it out a little. As far as keeping the cover attached, I have used tarp clips as well but didn't think of the idea with the stick. I also used rope back and forth over the top and ends. I am just praying we don't have a monster wind. I am hoping this will work and cut down on my power usage without causing too many other problems. Rhanks again, mojo |
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Joffrey Lupul is midway through his projected six-week recovery from a broken arm. That means the question of who will man the Leafs top line will only grow in importance.
Those conversations need to centre on James van Riemsdyk, specifically moving him to the middle of the number-one unit upon Lupul's return.
Aside from the excellent play of James Reimer the dominant conclusion of the early season is that when healthy James van Riemsdyk is a stud. He certainly looks healthy enough roaring around the opposition net. Van Riemsdyk's eight goals lead the club.
That Phil Kessel has only scored twice says nothing about his ability to share the top line with van Riemsdyk and everything about how deeply he depends on Lupul as a set-up artist. Tyler Bozak, the incumbent centre on the first line is a good player but can't bring the size and net presence van Riemsdyk commands. Watch for Kessel's game to surge when Lupul returns.
Moving van Riemsdyk to centre carries some risk. He is inexperienced in the face-off circle. Van Riemsdyk's passing is adequate but Lupul and Kessel possess far better puck distribution skills. If you are building an argument that van Riemsdyk is no set-up man look no further than his candidacy for the hockey version of the Cy Young Award. The New Jersey native has garnered only two assists to garnish those eight goals.
But van Riemsdyk would be the best defensive player on the reconstituted first line. He played centre in the U.S. development program and at the University of New Hampshire. Besides, the number one unit doesn't need another passer; it needs an aircraft carrier.
The move needn't involve a major reshuffle but would promote Nazem Kadri to the second unit between Leo Komarov and (when he is ready to return from minor knee surgery) Matt Frattin.
That would allow for the familiar third line of Kulemin-Grabovski –MacArthur.
Bozak can be moved around the lineup and spell van Riemsdyk on defensive zone face-offs.
Is it a surprise that van Riemsdyk should be installed in the middle of the team's top line?
Not if you consider his pedigree.
Van Riemsdyk was the second overall choice in the 2007 entry draft. The Chicago Blackhawks chose Patrick Kane first overall.
Number two draft picks are routinely equivalent to players chosen first overall.
Take a look at the comparison between players chosen second and those picked number one over the last 20 years.
By my very unscientific measurement I found eight instances where number two picks outperformed the top pick. The number one choice was validated nine times. I settled on three draws: Gabriel Landeskog against Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kari Lehtonen vs. Rick Nash and Eric Staal against Marc-Andre Fleury. My pick for the better player is boldfaced.
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2009 Viktor Hedman TBL John Tavares NYI
2008 Drew Doughty LAK Steve Stamkos TBL
2007 James van Riemsdyk Phi Patrick Kane Chi
2006 Jordan Staal Pit Erik Johnson STL
2005 Bobby Ryan Ana Sidney Crosby Pit
2004 Evgeni Malkin Pit Alex Ovechkin Wash
2003 Eric Staal Car Marc-Andre Fleury Pit
2002 Kari Lehtonen Atl Rick Nash CBJ
2001 Jason Spezza Ott Ilya Kovalchuk Atl
2000 Dany Heatley Atl Rick DiPietro NYI
1999 Daniel Sedin Van Patrik Stefan Atl
1998 David Legwand Nash Vincent Lecavalier TB
1997 Patrick Marleau SJS Joe Thornton Bos
1996 Andrei Zyuzin SJS Chris Phillips Ott
1995 Wade Redden NYI Bryan Berard Ott
1994 Oleg Tverdovsky Ana Ed Jovanovski Fla
1993 Chris Pronger Hfd Alexandre Daigle Ott
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As a mom, you know how hard it is to keep your little ones happy and busy. This can be especially true during the winter, when it's often too chilly outside to play. Planning entertaining winter activities for your toddler or preschooler can help to ward off boredom and cabin fever during this long, cold season. If you live in the Winchester, Virginia, area you won't have any trouble finding age-appropriate things to do out of the house, but not too far away.
Take your toddler or preschooler to the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum for a day of indoor play in the winter. You'll find a user-friendly, hands-on interactive center with lots of fun learning possibilities. You can help your child create a work of art at the Art in the Making exhibit or explore the Moccasin Trail together. He will love all of the other exciting exhibits, like Ah-Haa!, Duck In, Raceways and Illusions. Your preschooler can participate in Wee Discoverers, where he can play with prisms and kites, experiment with water filtering techniques and take part in other learning activities that vary from week to week.
Spend a cold winter day snuggled up together reading some stories at the Handley Regional Library. There is a huge selection of children's book available for you and your little guy to choose from. Special programs and activities take place regularly at this library as well. Your toddler can go to Toddler Storytime on Thursday morning at 10:15. Then, immediately following is Preschool Storytime at 11 a.m. Another exciting program your son would love is PJ Storytime, which takes place on regularly scheduled evenings at 6:30. You can take him dressed up in his favorite fuzzy, warm pajamas and enjoy some stories and activities together.
Check out the programs offered for children through the Winchester Parks and Recreation department. Around the holidays, you can take your child to visit Santa in Old Town Winchester. Kids get to decorate a craft to take home and have cookies with Santa. You can go crazy with the camera and capture all of these special memories. The PB&J Club is for young children, ages 1 through 5. You can drop your little guy off to let him socialize with other kids his age, work on motor skills and have a blast playing, bouncing and jumping. Music Grows with You is a program for 2 through 4 year olds and a parent. Spend time together bouncing to music, playing simple instruments and dancing around the room acting silly. It will bring out the kid in you, and you will enjoy it as much as he will.
Go to Monkey Joe's to let your toddler or preschooler burn off some of his endless energy. This indoor play center is covered with wall-to-wall inflatables that include slides, jumps and tricky obstacle courses. Everything is suitable for kids 12 or younger, and there's even a separate toddler play area to keep the 3 and under crowd safe. Each play area is supervised by trained staff members to ensure everyone has an enjoyable time, without getting hurt. You can watch your child play or enjoy some down time in the adult area where there is comfy seating, Internet access and flat screen televisions. Face it, after being cooped up in the house with your rambunctious little man, you need a break.
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Merryvale Wine Dinner at Grace in Fort Worth, Texas
Join us at GRACE in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday, February 27th for our next great wine dinner! Merryvale's Barbara Messer will be your host for this five course dinner featuring wines from Merryvale Vineyards."Meet and Greet" at 6:30pm with passed canapés and sparkling wine followed by this spectacular menu:
Eastern Spotted Skate Wing
Brioche, Celery Root and Caviar
Merryvale 2009 Silhouette Chardonnay, Napa Valley
Duroc Pork
Baby Turnips, House Made Lonza, Pickled Mustard Seeds and Miso
Merryvale 2011 Pinot Noir, Carneros
Oregon Mushroom Pastilla
Petite Radish, Sweetbreads and Asparagus
Merryvale 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Dry Aged Strip
Short Rib Pierogies, Wild Onions and Smoked Blue
Merryvale 2009 Profile, Napa Valley
Fresh Baked Madeleines
Warm Nutella Dipping Dauce
Merryvale Antigua Dessert Wine, Muscat de Frontignan, non-vintage
Cost is $150/person plus tax and gratuity
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GRACE delivers a dining experience like no other in Fort Worth. Adam Jones, known as the city's host for the unparalleled level of hospitality and service in his restaurants, invites you to enjoy Modern American Classic fare, created by award-winning Chef Blaine Staniford. In a comfortable modern setting that embodies the city's energy, guests can enjoy the outdoor terrace on Main Street and a spectacular bar featuring house-made seasonal cocktails with a separate menu for bar snacks. Glass-enclosed temperature-controlled wine cellars house a selection of Old and New World wines.
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This week's cover of the Weekly Standard is the best caricature of Al Gore I've seen yet.
It shows him in his birthday suit with 2 Polar Bears laughing and pointing at him. I can't help but think of the story of the "The Emperor's New Clothes" which I often refer to on this blog and is the inspiration for the name of our band "The Frozen Emperors"
The Weekly Standard's cover story is called "In Denial, The meltdown of the climate campaign" here is an excerpt:
It is increasingly clear that the leak of the internal emails and documents of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in November has done for the climate change debate what the Pentagon Papers did for the Vietnam war debate 40 years ago--changed the narrative decisively. Additional revelations of unethical behavior, errors, and serial exaggeration in climate science are rolling out on an almost daily basis, and there is good reason to expect more.
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Investigators in the Jessica Ridgeway case have confirmed a that the murder case of the abducted ten year old, and an attempted abduction at Ketner Lake in May 2012 are linked, but have not yet released details of the investigation. Police reported early on in the search that they had found a backpack and water bottle believed to have belonged to Jessica. What was not released at that time was that the back pack contained most of her clothes, and when tested, revealed the presence of a man's DNA. Now police in Westminster are saying that there is a definitive link between the two cases, but, to protect the investigation, are not confirming whether or not the link is a DNA link. According to Investigator Trevor Materasso, "We're limited beyond that to talk in detail or give specifics on how those two connections are made." Police never announced having collected DNA at the abduction attempt at Ketner Lake, which is about a mile from the site of Jessica's abduction. They are, however, going door to door in Jessica's neighborhood taking DNA samples.
Disturbingly, another abduction attempt on a girl, 8, who was waiting for a school bus, occurred around 8:30 a.m. October 22 in Aurora, Colorado. The girl was approached by a green vehicle that resembled a Jeep, and was told to get inside. The vehicle was driven by a black male in his 40s wearing a black shirt and green ball cap, and a white male passenger. The girl ran to a group of friends and the two men drove off. A neighbor told police that a vehicle fitting that description was seen in the vicinity of the bus stop several times in recent weeks. It was driven by a white male, who the witness thought was watching the children. He was described as 35 to40 years old, with brown hair, between five-feet eight inches and six feet tall, with or without a beard. Police are examining all missing child cases and abduction cases in the area, and do not believe that this case is connected to Jessica's. They have also determined that a receipt for garbage bags is not connected, and are investigating a "clump of hair" that was found in a field and collected for testing.


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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Research led by TURC Scholar and CSURP participant Caitlin Pegg was recently featured on the cover of Chemical Communications. Pegg and her collaborators Greg Jones and Thushara Athauda devised a simple method to prepare nanofibrous mats that carry therapeutic payloads such as antibiotics, analgesics, and enzymes. The research team envisions using these materials as biodegradable wound dressing for chronic wounds and burns. This project was a collaborative effort between the Chalker and Ozer Research Groups in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. For more information, the publication can be downloaded here.


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Basketball – Big night for JCCC hoop teams
Basketball – Big night for JCCC hoop teams
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Both JCCC basketball teams posted impressive road victories over Highland last night. The No. 4 ranked Lady Cavaliers began the night with a 65-61 overtime win over the No. 2 ranked Lady Scotties. The victory placed JCCC in a tie for first place in both the conference and region standings. A victory over Fort Scott on Saturday would give JCCC its third straight conference championship.
The men's team followed with a 64-63 win over Highland. Their victory also placed them in a tie for first in the conference and region standings. A victory Saturday over Fort Scott would give the men's program its first conference championship in 39 years.
In the women's game, JCCC built a double-digit lead in the second half, but couldn't fend off a late Highland run that enable the Lady Scotties to tie game and send it into overtime.
"They had the momentum heading into overtime, but were fortunate and had some kids step up and make plays," JCCC head women's coach Ben Conrad.
Highland knocked down a three to open overtime, but JCCC fought back, made some key stops and knocked down free throws in the end to pull out the four-point victory.
"Highland is definitely not an easy place to get a road win," Conrad said. "Our kids showed some toughness. Both teams play the game the right way in my opinion. The key right now for us is to continue to improve. We can't have a feeling of accomplishment at this point. We have to move on quick and get back to work in practice."
Freshman Kelsey Barrett led JCCC with 21 points. She was 5-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and 8-of-9 at the line. She also had eight rebounds. Sophomore Juanita Robinson followed with 15 points, and sophomore Kariel Hutt add eight points and game-high 14 rebounds.
In the men's game, Johnson County was able to build a five-point cushion at the break thanks to a 2-for-17 effort from 3-point range by the Scotties. But Highland came out in the second half and quickly turned that deficit into a two-point lead, scoring the first seven points in the half.
After that, the two teams battled back-and-forth until the Cavaliers took a three-point lead in the final seconds. JCCC chose to put Highland on the line rather than bet burned by a trey to tie the game. Head coach Mike Jeffers squad worked that strategy to perfection and walked off with a key road conference and region victory.
Sophomore Preston Oakes returned to the lineup after missing the last game with an ankle injury, and led the team 16 points, along with sophomore Pat Jones. Oakes hit five buckets, including four from 3-point range, and was 2-of-2 at the line. Jones did most of his damage at the line, particularly down the stretch, hitting 10-of-11 attempts. He also hit two treys.
Sophomore Trevor Myers added 13 points, and freshman Zach Nelson nearly had a double-double, finishing with eighth points and a game-high 11 rebounds.


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The Lima Accord reached at the conclusion of COP 20, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's 20th meeting last week, marks the first time all nations have agreed to cut carbon emissions. Although non-binding, it is an encouraging development that sets the stage for more action on climate change in 2015 ahead of the Paris summit next December. The more than 10,000 representatives from 196 nations went home with plenty of work to do to uphold their promises to spell out their voluntary commitments on emission reductions by March 2015. The sooner countries prepare for the inevitable march of time towards a low-carbon future, the better. "Economies that are not planning their transition to a low-carbon future are vulnerable to unpredictable events such as consumers and investors turning against carbon-intensive products, the price of renewable energy becoming more competitive than that of fossil fuel-based energy, and technology advances," said Sebastian Winkler, VP of Programs and Outreach at Global Footprint Network, upon returning from Lima. Global Footprint Network's Finance for Change initiative is developing tools to evaluate the risks of stranded assets posed to nations' economies and their sovereign debt. "Our analysis shows that countries are unequally exposed in terms of the scale and impact of reforms required to move to low-carbon economies. The longer countries wait, the more their carbon-intensive assets will lose value in a low-carbon future," Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel pointed out in his commentary on the landmark U.S.-China climate deal announced last month, which created momentum heading into the Lima meetings. Read Wackernagel's full statement on the U.S.-China agreement. What's really behind the dramatic drop in oil prices? When and why might they go back up? Who are the winners and losers? Chris Nelder, Global Footprint Network's policy officer, suggests a jump in U.S. oil production as a result of fracking is one major factor, but traders are now fueling the price decline. He forecasts that if prices remain at their current depressed levels for another three months or more, we should expect a slowdown in growth of U.S. oil production. "Some slowing is already indicated, as new drilling permits fell by 40 percent from October to November," he notes. Given oil's significant role in today's economies and its interplay with both biocapacity and Ecological Footprint pressures, it is critical to understand the recent oil price developments. Read more of Nelder's oil price analysis. Click the interactive map below to see the multitude of locations where our team has been working to expand knowledge about the Footprint these past couple of months.
Iraq - a "happier" country than... the United States?! The New Economics Foundation's latest Happy Planet Index is out, demonstrating once again that the environmental cost of rich countries' lifestyle fails to sustainably deliver long and happy lives. The overall index scores rank 151 countries based on life expectancy, experienced well-being and the Ecological Footprint. The resulting map is striking. Can you guess which is the happiest country of all? Montenegro appears to be the only country in the Mediterranean basin to have improved the proportion between biocapacity balance and production footprint between 1961 and 2007, according to the UN Development Programme's latest National Human Development Report-Montenegro. Montenegro's footprint comes close to its biocapacity, demonstrating that it is possible to achieve a high level of human development while maintaining a low level of environmental impact. At the same time, the local economy is about three times as energy-intensive as the EU economy. Across sectors, resource efficiency is indeed the main challenge facing the country going forward. Among five scenarios put forward in the report, "moderate reduction in the use of resources" emerges as optimal. It envisions an active and ambitious natural resource management policy that would increase resource productivity by 60 percent in 2020 compared to the 2005-2012 period average, and would achieve an absolute reduction of the use of resources of 20 percent compared to the same period average.
We were thrilled to learn that Professor Herman Daly, widely viewed as the father of ecological economics, was named a Laureate of the 2014 Blue Planet Prize (received by Global Footprint President Mathis Wackernagel in 2012). A formal acknowledgement of his contribution to economic theory was long overdue: He was one of the first to demonstrate that an economy has an optimal physical scale in the context of the natural ecosystems that support it. If too big, an economy starts yielding diminishing returns on investments, since the costs of operating become larger than the benefits that the system is able to generate. Consider the overuse of natural capital, for instance, where degradation of that capital is mistakenly considered "income" while, in fact, the long-term ability of that capital to keep yielding steady income is being compromised. By calling for an economic theory that is consistent with biophysical limits, Daly essentially laid the foundation for Global Footprint Network's work. When asked whether his ideas about living within the regenerative capacity of the planet are unrealistic, he typically answers that he'd rather be unrealistic about socio-economic rules and behaviors than about physical conditions, since the economic rules can change but physical reality cannot. We could not agree more. The Carbon Footprint ... of Christmas: Santa Claus has long been known for traveling sustainably on a reindeer-powered sleigh, snacking on milk and cookies, and delivering books, puzzles and board games with low-emissions life cycles to children around the world. Our 2014 Christmas, on the other hand, requires a lot more carbon than it did 50 years ago, according to an infographic from our partner organization Best Foot Forward (Anthesis Group). We drive around 34 km on fossil-fuel powered cars, eat meat galore and shower our loved ones with gifts of electronic gadgets. These devices have high carbon Footprints due to the large amount of energy required to produce the components and batteries, and to the power they consume when in use. Instead of a white Christmas, how about creating a green Holiday where the gift of experiences trumps the giving of things? Check out these suggestions from treehugger.com.
Lead scientist David Lin traveled to the Indian state of Odisha to provide support to Pragyan Bharati, our India director, on our new pilot project there, Sustainable Development Return on Investment. In partnership with local organizations Gram Vikas and International Development Enterprises-India, we aim to empower local villagers to have a more informed voice in shaping development in their communities. Read Lin's account of his eye-opening trip, in which he saw first-hand how seemingly small innovations can make an impact. Last month co-founders Susan Burns and Mathis Wackernagel were inducted into the Sustainability Hall of Fame. Susan made the trip to the International Society of Sustainability Professionals Conference in Denver, Colorado, to receive the award. She took that opportunity to pause and reflect on her journey as a sustainability pioneer. Read her candid interview.
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