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B2G

(9,766 posts)
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:21 PM May 2014

Get off my lawn!

So we're completely tearing up the front 'weed patch' and having it tilled up, bringing in topsoil and reseeding. They've put down a 3 ft sod barrier next to the street that we're vigilantly watering so it will take.

And every day, without fail, when the middle school gets out, it's being trampled. IT'S 3 FEET WIDE!! WALK AROUND IT!! IT'S COMPLETELY SOGGY AND YOU ARE TRAMPLING ON MY HARD EARNED MONEY!!

We're putting up a rope barrier once they seed the whole thing so the little fuckers don't commit seedling-cide.

I'm getting old. Sigh.

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Get off my lawn! (Original Post) B2G May 2014 OP
Put up an electric fence. Vincardog May 2014 #1
AP Mines would solve your problem, you should get some! PubsFU May 2014 #2
T minus 5 and counting B2G May 2014 #3
Shotgun packed with rock salt, that was popular back in the day with the old folks who PubsFU May 2014 #4
Wrist rocket. pintobean May 2014 #7
Where C.H.U.D. when you need him SummerSnow May 2014 #5
Wonder if I could rent one. Lol. B2G May 2014 #6
My philosophy on lawns: MineralMan May 2014 #8
I'm assuming you have a little grass tossed in. B2G May 2014 #9
Yes, there's some grass. MineralMan May 2014 #10
Well we'll be back to that if this doesn't take B2G May 2014 #11
Good luck. MineralMan May 2014 #12
Like we've done for the past 18 years B2G May 2014 #13
A guy near a church here sharp_stick May 2014 #14
Lol. Love it! B2G May 2014 #15
What I do. Laffy Kat May 2014 #16
 

PubsFU

(34 posts)
4. Shotgun packed with rock salt, that was popular back in the day with the old folks who
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:29 PM
May 2014

wanted the kids off their property, fricking stings too!

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
8. My philosophy on lawns:
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:31 PM
May 2014

I water and mow. Whatever survives is my lawn. It's all green. Plus, the clover and dandelions attract bees, and bees need all the help they can get these days. I like the wild violets, too. They've learned to keep their heads down below the level of the lawnmower blade. Pretty.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
9. I'm assuming you have a little grass tossed in.
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:36 PM
May 2014

We don't. We're paying hard earned money to establish a lawn. I don't give a crap who walks on it once it's established, but until then, I do.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
10. Yes, there's some grass.
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:40 PM
May 2014

Lots of crab grass, too. Plus plaintains, thistles, and more. I just keep it all mowed down. It's all green, so it's officially a lawn, since I use a lawnmower on it.

When I lived in California, my wife mentioned that she'd like a lawn in our front yard. The house was built on an old sand dune. So, I started watering and green stuff came up. I mowed it and watered it, and called it a lawn. It was green. Worked just fine.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
11. Well we'll be back to that if this doesn't take
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:42 PM
May 2014

We're at the bottom of a hill and we get all of the runoff...seeds and all.

This is our first and last shot. Wish me luck.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
14. A guy near a church here
Tue May 6, 2014, 03:59 PM
May 2014

had the same problem whenever church let out.

It was a cutoff that would save people about 15 feet of walking so of course being typical most people took it.

The rope partition helped but he also made up a cardboard cutout of an old guy shaking a cane yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN!" and I think that's what really did the trick.

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)
16. What I do.
Tue May 6, 2014, 05:19 PM
May 2014

To keep people from letting their dogs "go" in my yard. Buy some of those little "pesticides applied" flags at the hardware store and stick them in the areas you don't want people/pets tramping on. It worked for me.

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