re: Re: [pyrnet] rainy weather

[merrirfav@icehouse.net]

I didn't know that chickens warded off sand fleas. Good to know. :o)
Did you let them run around, and eat them, or ...
Did you have a coupe? Sorry to hear about your sod. 
I would have been disappointed too, but how did you get it to take?
Is there a complex rooting system that the grass has to have right from the beginning.
Was it just regular grass? Or a specific type?
I know...you are saying this person sure has a bunch of questions...lol
We are considering a move to sandy soil, so hence the questions.
Mer :o)


> ** Original Subject: Re: [pyrnet] rainy weather
> ** Original Sender: "Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>
> ** Original Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:18:21 -0700

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> One of the perks (or not) of living near the ocean I guess is all
> the sand. Where we used to live, it was nothing but tree sand
> (gray and dirty) and of course, there are the sand fleas. :-( We
> had to either buy, or make our own topsoil. So, we started a
> compost pile and made our own! And we bought chickens to control
> the fleas! worked better than any pesticide, completely natural,
> and we had fresh eggs every day! When we decided to sod the yard,
> everyone told me it wouldn't work. Everyone else's sod had died
> in a few months, even with constant watering. Well, being no
> dummy, I found a place that grew their sod on sand, and bought it
> from them. We had the greenest lawn for many years until we
> decided to put on an addition to the house. Even our sod could
> not withstand the stacks of lumber and delivery trucks running
> all over it. <sigh> All that back breaking labor of laying the
> sod, down the tubes.
> 
> Barb Bowes
> Bo & Chelsea (Pyrs), Flopsy (Pyr Shep) & Machin (Doxie)
> The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!
> bamb@monmouth.com
> 
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