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Artificially Intelligent Lawn Care - ChatGPT
There’s a program called ChatGPT. To explain briefly it’s a conversation artificial intellegience program. You tell it to give you information about anything, and it spits out pretty much exactly what you ask for.
Incredible Grass Explosion!
In March of this year, the Nascar Xfinity series raced at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and there was a pretty fascinating grass-related incident that occurred with driver Josh Berry.
3 Things To Consider Before Applying Fertilizer
Learning to apply fertilizer can seem overwhelming at first, but as I mentioned in my recent video, there are safe products on the market for beginners.
Weighing The Cost of Fertilizer
I’ve been very humbled by the attention my video, “No More Milorganite (For Me),” has received. It’s been very interesting to see the responses it’s garnered in the comments section.
No More Milorganite (For Me)
Occasionally in the online lawn care groups, the question is posed, in one form or another, “Is Milorganite worth the hype?” Rather than choosing to write replies on each post, I think this is a good place to record my thoughts and experiences.
Storing Fertilizer Through Winter
I recently watched a video made by Braandon Davis about storing fertilizer long term, which for me is through the winter months.
Having just finished building a new workbench in my garage, I spent a lot of time moving the surplus fertilizer that is stored underneath the workbench.
Product Review: All American Sharpener
Part of maintaining your lawn mower requires you to sharpen blades at least once a year. There are multiple ways to go about this. As someone who prefers to do required maintenance tasks, especially simpler things like this one, rather than paying someone else to do it, I wanted to find best tool to help me each time I have to do this task.
Comparing Soil Tests: Spring vs. Fall
At the beginning of this season, before I applied anything to the lawn, I took samples of my soil to be tested. This year I decided to go with Soil Savvy, and was pleased with the product. It’s easy to use, and everything you need is in the box. All you need to do is fill the container, fill out the information on the card, place everything in the pre-paid envelope, and drop it in the mail. About a week later you have your results emailed to you.
How I Took My Height of Cut From 3 Inches to 1 Inch
Over the past several years, since I started understanding how to take care of my lawn, my height of cut has stayed around 3 inches.
There’s nothing wrong with mowing tall. Taller grass blades have more surface area to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis, and provide substantial shade to the soil surface and the base of the grass plant.
Full Disclosure
You don't really know me. You only know me as a guy you've seen on the internet who enjoys taking care of his lawn.
But, there's more to it than that. There is more to me than that.