26 = 26

Been here since the spring of 86'.

36 years. almost 20 (or more) with no morgage.

The amount of work I've done to this house and around this little 1/3 acre is probably the reason I'm still alive.

I forgot...I kept the 1/3 acre behind me like a small parkland for 25 years or so. Now it's fenced off by the recent buyer and he's turned it into a kids' playground.

BUT...The guy cut down 95% of the woodland back there.

I've yet to experience a Hurricane without that protection.

We have been at our house for about 9 years now. Love it just like the day we bought it.

Well, except when it's 98 degrees outside and you have to mow over an acre. It's not my favorite place when that happens.

The cow pasture behind us was allowed to turn into a forest, so the deer and other little critters are spotted way more often. Maybe not as much as Mark's place but I have no complaints.

Tom

treitz3 wrote: »

We have been at our house for about 9 years now. Love it just like the day we bought it.

Well, except when it's 98 degrees outside and you have to mow over an acre. It's not my favorite place when that happens.

The cow pasture behind us was allowed to turn into a forest, so the deer and other little critters are spotted way more often. Maybe not as much as Mark's place but I have no complaints.

Tom

My yard work has steadily declined as the Temps have stayed 90 for weeks. I went out today for about 40 minutes and sprayed weed killer and sweated just walking around this 1/3 acre. It's Crazy HOT today.

When I bought this place, there was a large vegitable garden spanning 3 yards behind mine and the other 2 to the left of me. The man quit gardening and the weeds and saplings took over in about 2 years or longer.

Then the critters became plentiful. The Racoons were cool. The possums are kinda cool but...creapy looking too.

But it was the rodents. Big and small that needed thinning and eradicating. That's when I turned it into a beautiful park setting. Rarely saw a rodent since. I aquired a TORO rider and bushhoged the area except where one neighbor wanted to keep a wooded screen to grow up. The screen grew up well and is still there BUT it is thinner since the guy took a lot of it down. He was going to take it all down and that good neighbor told him to stop cutting down trees and thicket and get off his property.

At least there's some protection from the left side but it's behind the third property down the street.

This Park setting was bigger but encroched on me through the years. Maybe 15' on the back and left side. That's all.







Now...

mrbigbluelight wrote: »

26 years this November.
Good neighbors, have wildlife come around (racoons, ducks, hawks, rabbits, ....moles 😒), schools nearby, all good.👍l

Having good neighbors is such a blessing. Who can live next to an a-hole.? I couldn't. I've had it made here. One silent neighbor I had next door on the driveway side was the silent type. He was a Muslim and had strict rules for his girlfriend and her Daughter. Well, the guy kidnapped her Daughter AND sister and took them away. He was on the most wanted list for a week. They cornered him in Asheville NC. and he shot himself. The little girl and her mother's sister were unharmed during the kidnapping. The woman never returned to live next door anymore because of that guy's actions.

The next and last neighborly bad actor was a visitor to our new neighbor. We woke up to a Mercedes sports car of the very high-end type. Later that afternoon, our back neighbor calls us to tell us a raid is going to take place next door to us. Swat showed up, threw a concussion bomb through the front window, and then brought out a couple and put them on the ground and handcuffed them and then they all went away. A tow truck came and got the stollen carjacked sports car. What an afternoon that was! Swat parked their big truck in our yard.

F-moles.

They tore up yards around here big-time 3 or 4 years ago. I researched and started using Grub-EX. The BEST known mole-connected preventer and BEST Grub killer. But it only kills Grub larva forming for the next year. It won't kill active adults. I don't think there is a home-owner-accessible adult grub killer on the market. I think it was Michigan University that did the study of grub-killing products.
Grub-EX had the best results big-time. Some supposed grub killers barely killed any.

Get rid of grubs, the moles don't hang around.

There's been a little activity this summer from moles, but a tunnel in the front yard (started at the street ) was only a foot or two. The tunnel in the backyard was the same thing.

I've got 2 neighbors to start using Grub-EX yearly now also.

This is the result this year from using Grub-EX last Spring. ( May/June, when June bugs appear on your screens);



The yard looks even better than this since we just had 3-1/2" of rain the last 2 weeks. I also spread Milorganite pellets before the rain came.

Here is the yard now. I just mowed it the other day. I do cut it at a high heigth now that summer is in full heating. Rain sure helps it grow fast.!