Grass is done, ready for camp
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Lawns.
Started by royalty because they had so much money to spend on manicuring cow food in order to show off while their people died of starvation.
I can't stand lawns. You can get on my lawn all day.
If my lawn went into the vortex you'd still have to weed. So no, I'm not weeding. Infact I'd rather have a wild flower lawn. It's tougher, greener, and blooms while cow food cut short does jack. I also don't buy one colored canvass art to hang on my wall either so I guess I'm weird like that.
I plant white clover. It's expensive but I never mow or water. It stays green longer and never grows more than 8 inches. It also feeds bees, which I like.
I also have allergies so that may be why I don't do yard work with a skip in my step.
But...I'll garden with a huge smile on my face. I love growing stuff that actually is worth putting my sweat into the soil for.
Started by royalty because they had so much money to spend on manicuring cow food in order to show off while their people died of starvation.
I can't stand lawns. You can get on my lawn all day.
If my lawn went into the vortex you'd still have to weed. So no, I'm not weeding. Infact I'd rather have a wild flower lawn. It's tougher, greener, and blooms while cow food cut short does jack. I also don't buy one colored canvass art to hang on my wall either so I guess I'm weird like that.
I plant white clover. It's expensive but I never mow or water. It stays green longer and never grows more than 8 inches. It also feeds bees, which I like.
I also have allergies so that may be why I don't do yard work with a skip in my step.
But...I'll garden with a huge smile on my face. I love growing stuff that actually is worth putting my sweat into the soil for.
And you normally aerate to about 1-2 inches. It’s a waste of time unless you’re seeding.
I planted my yard with a seed called overtime plus, 90/10 fescue - bluegrass. Was pointed in that direction because I do not have underground sprinklers and the fescue is more drought tolerant. Finding I really hate fescue as it looks like garbage 2 days after you mow. Any way I can overseed in more bluegrass in to it or am I just stuck with my wide blade yard?
I do not know the variety of Fescue you used, there are many, but the Turf Type is very similar to the Bluegrass. You can try more Bluegrass, but when the temps get above 80-85 on a regular basis the Bluegrass goes dormant and wants to rest...
So it’s a temperature thing with bluegrass? Even with adequate water it will still go dormant at 85 degrees?
Yup. Bluegrass is a cool weather grass. This is why it looks like a million dollars in the spring and fall. This is why Scotts has you use a 40% nitrogen fertilizer to keep it green. Iron will do the same without the high salts.
great post..
people who are super anal about what their lawn looks like are competitive about stuff that probably doesn't matter..
Nobody wants to live in a dump either.. somewhere in there is a healthy balance.
We all have our obsessions. To me, a healthy lawn obsession isn’t a bad thing.
I agree. You have the liberty to love your lawn all you want.
I chose to love dandelions, clover, and milk thistle.
the lawn is a reflection upon you, that the whole world views
A minimalist approach to your lawn can work just OK. If you have it, turf fescue is the easiest to maintain. (1) Set the mower to cut as high as it can, always mulch (unless you're bagging excessive leaves in the fall), (2) mow regularly but avoid mowing in the mid day heat, you're going to be OK. If you pull some weeds and put down/spray some of the options previously discussed, even better. Fescue handles foot traffic and drought fairly well but putting down an 1" of water now and then would certainly help. I'm not a lawn minimalist myself, but I've had two or three years recently were I've barely even watered.
Dave DID pay back his creditors as soon as he was able. He also preaches this practice to others - as he should - it’s the right thing to do.
Is that true? I can't find anything showing that he did. Only thing I could find was a vague mention of paying tens of thousands in IRS back taxes. So he filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy but paid it all back later?
Yes, it’s true. A simple Google search produces lots of different sources. I believe he also mentions it in one (or more) of his books.
This is great to know. Didn’t realize this! Thanks for sharing
He advocates for the Snowball method instead of the Avalanche method because of the psychological effects. I taught FPU for many years. I had several students tell me they tried the Avalanche method before and failed because it took too long to see the progress. The Snowball method worked better for my family. The difference in total interest paid isn’t as great as you’d think.
I find nothing under that search topic and any other search topics that say he did. Not saying he didn't, I'm just surprised it wouldn't be easier to find.
True to certain extent..
Not that hard to maintain a yard year round unless you’re too lazy to use fertilizer and water every once in awhile and mow or get someone to do it once a week..
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I see nothing in there that says he paid off his creditors. He paid off friends and the IRS but I've yet to find anything he paid off actual creditors.
This is it. Lets say youve got 8 recurring monthly debts. Store credit cards, regular credit cards, car loans, school loans and a mortgage. You knock out the smallest two and it feels like you’re accomplishing something. Then you pick up your efforts on the next one or two to just whittle the list down. It picks up speed and momentum. You start to feel like you’re in control of your money.
I just have a mortgage, but I am torn about paying it down early because it’s in the low 3s, 30 year. I think I would love having that debt paid off regardless of the opportunity cost.
FFS. Why don’t you call him up and ask him? I’ve heard him say on his program he paid off all of his debts, and it took years.
I do see (upon deeper inspection) there’s not as many as you’d expect to see. I do remember him stating he paid back his creditors.
Implications only work one way?
No issue filling in the blanks for the Ucla athletic director, but requiring hard quotes for this
Classic
Cool. Kudos to him if he did. I can find no definitive record of it. Which is strange because the guy isn't shy about his life story. And if I called him up he would probably tell me to sell my truck and walk to work.
Well la te da. I have only a Deere X534 fifty-four inch mower with 2WD.
Worked with a guy who was a huge Ramsey fan. Always trying to get me to buy the cd package. Plus my kids personal finance teacher at school must pay for the Dave Rasmey school series. So I've dug pretty deep into him. I've yet to find anything saying he paid off ALL his creditors. Nothing technically wrong if he didn't. He wasn't legally obligated to.
I learned from his radio program first - I’m sure the CD program has helped many but the podcast is free and so is the majority of the info on line for direction. Good on you Ozzy for teaching
I believe all his books are available at your local library so you should be able to find everything you need to follow his program for free. It’s not rocket science, he’s just organized it.
Agreed - I’m done with all the baby steps. Truly blessed.
He would also tell you to eat rice n beans all day every day.
