Rain looking unlikely for Saturday now? Forecast I saw this morning looks perfect at 77 and sunny.
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Looks like frost on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning here in central Iowa. I can’t wait for that hard freeze to kill all these f***ing gnats. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s been so dry or what. Once harvest started all those little a**holes came out of the fields. We went to an orchard on Saturday and it was nearly unbearable.
28 this morning. Calling for 27 tomorrow morning.3 nights of frost in a row here.
5 frosty mornings so far.
5 frosty mornings so far.
We've had plenty of Thanksgivings hit the 60's or 70's. That's still a month and half out.
This is perfect weather right now (could use some rain though). High of mid 60's to low 70's. Lows in the 30s and 40s. Perfection.
Isn’t it great? Hoping for a repeat of last winter too.
I mowed the leaves and dust today in CR. I don't remember what rainfall looks like.
I don't get much for leaves so I am starting to think I have already mowed for the last time. I don't remember when the last time was but it was no later than early September.
Yeah. My grass is long, but it’s brown and laying down. Not sure the mower will do more than just stress it further. Might force me to do some detaching come spring, but I don’t know what else to do. Getting a nice snow cover this winter would be nice.
I've mowed 3 times since August 1st - probably the least I can ever remember. We caught an inch and a half of rain from 9/19 - 9/22 which greened things back up. Mowed once after that and then once again last week before aerating. Really wanted to overseed this fall but that is out at this point.
I meant to pull myself off the list for aeration and overseeding and didn't do it in time. Is that seed a total waste or would it still germinate in the spring? I tried to water a little but I can't imagine it did much good.
If it's still there it'll germinate. More than likely birds and rodents will make it disappear before it has the chance. Other issue is if it germinates and then doesn't stay wet enough to take root the seed will die.
I tried to aerate a few weeks ago with my pull-behind. I quickly realized how pointless it was. 150 pounds of weight sitting on it and it still bounced off the ground like it was concrete.
