Scotts Turf Builder | Croncast - Life is Show Prep Kris and Betsy Smith http://www.croncast.com This is the keyword feed for Scotts Turf Builder. Once cool, Kris and Betsy are now living on a cul de sac and breeding. Betsy really should be on the road making mad cash but that would interfere with breastfeeding. Podcasting for Download every M-W-F by 3:00 P.M. CST. en-us Palegroove Studios 2004-2013 No Croncast, Kris, Betsy, Comedy, Parenting, Funny, Palegroove, Croncast, eBay, Goodwill This is the keyword feed for Scotts Turf Builder. Once cool, Kris and Betsy are now living on a cul de sac and breeding. Betsy really should be on the road making mad cash but that would interfere with breastfeeding. Podcasting for Download every M-W-F by 3:00 P.M. CST. This is the keyword feed for Scotts Turf Builder. Once cool, Kris and Betsy are now living on a cul de sac and breeding. Betsy really should be on the road making mad cash but that would interfere with breastfeeding. Podcasting for Download every M-W-F by 3:00 P.M. CST. http://www.croncast.com/images/croncast_itunes.jpg Scotts Turf Builder | Croncast - Life is Show Prep http://www.croncast.com This is the keyword feed for Scotts Turf Builder. Once cool, Kris and Betsy are now living on a cul de sac and breeding. Betsy really should be on the road making mad cash but that would interfere with breastfeeding. Podcasting for Download every M-W-F by 3:00 P.M. CST. Croncast - Kris and Betsy Smith info@palegroove.com http://www.croncast.com Palegroove I'm a bad botanist http://www.croncast.com/rssk/864/Im-a-bad-botanist_Scotts-PatchMaster-Lawn-Repair-Mix_Scotts-Turf-Builder-Grass-Seed.php Blog check out this post.

As you will be able to see from the photos below, being gone for 3 weeks and asking your non-scientific spouse, I mean lab assistant, to keep up the experiment by watering the materials equally in your absence failed miserably.

I did fail in growing grass . . . but the bright side is that I succeeded in random weed cultivation.

Experiment photos day 1

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Experiment photos day 30 something

Material #1 on left and Material #2 on right

Material #1

Material #1

Material #2

Material #2

Tags: Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed grass growing experiment grass seed bad botanist ]]>check out this post.

As you will be able to see from the photos below, being gone for 3 weeks and asking your non-scientific spouse, I mean lab assistant, to keep up the experiment by watering the materials equally in your absence failed miserably.

I did fail in growing grass . . . but the bright side is that I succeeded in random weed cultivation.

Experiment photos day 1

DSC04896

Experiment photos day 30 something

Material #1 on left and Material #2 on right

Material #1

Material #1

Material #2

Material #2

Tags: Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed grass growing experiment grass seed bad botanist ]]> Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:09:12 -0500 tag:croncast.com,864 Grass experiment day #30 something. I have failed miserably in my scientific endeavor to figure out which would grow grass faster, Material #1 (Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed) or Material #2 (Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix). For the background check out this post. As you will be able to see from the photos below, being gone for 3 weeks and no Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix, Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed, grass growing experiment, grass seed, bad botanist My official and completely unscientific grass growing experiment Post 2 http://www.croncast.com/rssk/826/My-official-and-completely-unscientific-grass-growing-experiment-Post-2_Scotts-Turf-Builder-grass-seed_Scotts-PatchMaster-Lawn-Repair.php Blog grass growing experiment.

Days 2-4 have been pretty un-eventful. There has been no germination as I suspected and I am following the same process that I did for the other other barren patches.

Day 2 regular watering in am and pm.

Day 3 overnight rain and early afternoon precipitation. I busted out the Scotts Lawn Fertilizer as a catalyst for germination and doused Material #1 and Material #2 equally.

Day 4 (today) I performed the same activity of watering but at 12 pm followed by raking Material #1 into the soil. Once raked throughly I then watered both Material #1 and #2. The next step was to sow more of the same brand seed (Material #1) on top of the first sowing. This was the same action taken with the other barren patches except that I put seed on Material #2. Thus, the reason for this experiment. Today I used the little green implement thing to fling the seeds instead of tossing them by hand. Finally, I gave it another watering.

Photos follow in sequence.

Material #1 gets a bath

Material #2 gets a bath

Raked and ready for second sowing.
Raked material #1 for second sowing

Looks like a Scotts ad but it is what I have handy. Well, it is what the ladies have bought from the store. Like I would be excited about growing grass and go out and buy this stuff.
The tools - day 3 saw fertilzer on material #1 and #2 - day 4 raking of first sowing of grass seeds and new sowing, material #1 only

After raking, resowing and watering

Tags: Scotts Turf Builder grass seed Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair grass seed growing grass in shade lawn care for lawn haters ]]>grass growing experiment.

Days 2-4 have been pretty un-eventful. There has been no germination as I suspected and I am following the same process that I did for the other other barren patches.

Day 2 regular watering in am and pm.

Day 3 overnight rain and early afternoon precipitation. I busted out the Scotts Lawn Fertilizer as a catalyst for germination and doused Material #1 and Material #2 equally.

Day 4 (today) I performed the same activity of watering but at 12 pm followed by raking Material #1 into the soil. Once raked throughly I then watered both Material #1 and #2. The next step was to sow more of the same brand seed (Material #1) on top of the first sowing. This was the same action taken with the other barren patches except that I put seed on Material #2. Thus, the reason for this experiment. Today I used the little green implement thing to fling the seeds instead of tossing them by hand. Finally, I gave it another watering.

Photos follow in sequence.

Material #1 gets a bath

Material #2 gets a bath

Raked and ready for second sowing.
Raked material #1 for second sowing

Looks like a Scotts ad but it is what I have handy. Well, it is what the ladies have bought from the store. Like I would be excited about growing grass and go out and buy this stuff.
The tools - day 3 saw fertilzer on material #1 and #2 - day 4 raking of first sowing of grass seeds and new sowing, material #1 only

After raking, resowing and watering

Tags: Scotts Turf Builder grass seed Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair grass seed growing grass in shade lawn care for lawn haters ]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:25:32 -0500 tag:croncast.com,826 In my best judgment I have decided not to deluge you with daily updates as I continue my grass growing experiment.Days 2-4 have been pretty un-eventful. There has been no germination as I suspected and I am following the same process that I did for the other other barren patches.Day 2 regular watering in am and pm. Day 3 overnight rain and early no Scotts Turf Builder grass seed, Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair, grass seed, growing grass in shade, lawn care for lawn haters My official and completely unscientific grass growing experiment http://www.croncast.com/rssk/817/My-official-and-completely-unscientific-grass-growing-experiment_Scotts-Turf-Builder_Scotts-PatchMaster-Lawn-Repair.php Blog
After much ado around here about the lawn I have been forced to attempt to grow grass in some bare spots around the yard. Over the next few weeks I will be experimenting with a new area of the yard, posting photos and commenting on, well, watching grass grow.

The impetus for doing this unscientific lawn experiment is that about a month ago in separate barren ares in the yard I threw out two types of grass growing material - seeds and only seeds (Material #1) in one area and in the other some super fancy patch filling mulch, seed, fertilizer stuff (Material #2) - and one of the grass growing materials appeared to outperformed the other. I say "appeared" because after 3 weeks of watching Material #2 bleach in the sun and lose its pretty blue hue I threw grass seed all over it and by the end of the week I had patchy grass growth. I say it was the seeds and Betsy says that it was the magic of Material #2.

Of course, there are other reasons for the experiment like that I don't really care if I have two different shades, lengths or blade widths of grass next to one another, as some green grass nuts might.

So now I have a rather large area in my yard dedicated to watching the grass drag race to the sun it a fight for survival (it is my yard, it will die in future). I mean compare how Material #1 and Material #2 perform under the same conditions and with equal sunlight and water, as equal as an unscientific can be.

Here's the breakdown:

Material #1 - Scotts Turf Builder grass seed (the Spring Seeding Mix variety). It can be viewed on the left side (Patch A) of all photos.
Material #2 - Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix (the Sun and Shade variety). It can be viewed on the right side (Patch B) of all photos.
Sunlight/shade
Water in the morning and evening for about 5 minutes
Rain
Random dog fertilizer (poo)

Disclosure: I'm sure you've guessed that I am not being paid for this by Scotts.

Experiment photos day 1

DSC04896

DSC04906

DSC04901

Previous - Material #1 only
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Previous - Material #2
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Tags: Scotts Turf Builder Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair grass seed growing grass in shade lawn care for lawn haters ]]>
After much ado around here about the lawn I have been forced to attempt to grow grass in some bare spots around the yard. Over the next few weeks I will be experimenting with a new area of the yard, posting photos and commenting on, well, watching grass grow.

The impetus for doing this unscientific lawn experiment is that about a month ago in separate barren ares in the yard I threw out two types of grass growing material - seeds and only seeds (Material #1) in one area and in the other some super fancy patch filling mulch, seed, fertilizer stuff (Material #2) - and one of the grass growing materials appeared to outperformed the other. I say "appeared" because after 3 weeks of watching Material #2 bleach in the sun and lose its pretty blue hue I threw grass seed all over it and by the end of the week I had patchy grass growth. I say it was the seeds and Betsy says that it was the magic of Material #2.

Of course, there are other reasons for the experiment like that I don't really care if I have two different shades, lengths or blade widths of grass next to one another, as some green grass nuts might.

So now I have a rather large area in my yard dedicated to watching the grass drag race to the sun it a fight for survival (it is my yard, it will die in future). I mean compare how Material #1 and Material #2 perform under the same conditions and with equal sunlight and water, as equal as an unscientific can be.

Here's the breakdown:

Material #1 - Scotts Turf Builder grass seed (the Spring Seeding Mix variety). It can be viewed on the left side (Patch A) of all photos.
Material #2 - Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair Mix (the Sun and Shade variety). It can be viewed on the right side (Patch B) of all photos.
Sunlight/shade
Water in the morning and evening for about 5 minutes
Rain
Random dog fertilizer (poo)

Disclosure: I'm sure you've guessed that I am not being paid for this by Scotts.

Experiment photos day 1

DSC04896

DSC04906

DSC04901

Previous - Material #1 only
DSC04910

Previous - Material #2
DSC04913

Tags: Scotts Turf Builder Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair grass seed growing grass in shade lawn care for lawn haters ]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:24:03 -0500 tag:croncast.com,817 As most of you know, I am a lawn hater. I am a man allergic to lawnmowers and weed whackers. After much ado around here about the lawn I have been forced to attempt to grow grass in some bare spots around the yard. Over the next few weeks I will be experimenting with a new area of the yard, posting photos and commenting on, well, watching grass no Scotts Turf Builder, Scotts PatchMaster Lawn Repair, grass seed, growing grass in shade, lawn care for lawn haters Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 02, 2007 http://www.croncast.com/rssk/816/Betsy-and-her-husband-Kris-Jul-02-2007_Scotts-turf-builder_lawn-experiment.php Podcasts Croncast 2007-07-02 align= Croncast - 2007-07-02.mp3
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Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 02, 2007

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Short show notes today
Sorry that Friday's show sucked so bad
And sorry that this one kind of sucks too
The replacement gear for the UA's sucks and I hate the sound
It just can't compare with the stuff we previously used
I will keep experimenting with it to get a better sound
Betsy busts me out for my lawn experiment
I am comparing Scotts to Scotts but different styles - seeds vs. fertilized filler
My money is on the seeds
Kris busts Betsy out for her picking up smoking again
Betsy sees the writing on the wall with her eBay garage sales
Prices in Euros and not dollars
Fisher Price 970 bear
And Betsy makes fun of my tan socks and lawn mowing shoes

Betsy thinks non-white socks and shorts are hilarious

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Tags: Scotts turf builder lawn experiment betsy smoking garage sale prices fisher price 970 plush dbx 1066 ]]>Croncast 2007-07-02 align= Croncast - 2007-07-02.mp3
Show: #381
Length: 29:36
Size: 20.3mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 02, 2007

Tickets are on sale now for the live show . . . get your's or find out more

Join Croncast Cronies . . . thanks to all those signed up already!.

Short show notes today
Sorry that Friday's show sucked so bad
And sorry that this one kind of sucks too
The replacement gear for the UA's sucks and I hate the sound
It just can't compare with the stuff we previously used
I will keep experimenting with it to get a better sound
Betsy busts me out for my lawn experiment
I am comparing Scotts to Scotts but different styles - seeds vs. fertilized filler
My money is on the seeds
Kris busts Betsy out for her picking up smoking again
Betsy sees the writing on the wall with her eBay garage sales
Prices in Euros and not dollars
Fisher Price 970 bear
And Betsy makes fun of my tan socks and lawn mowing shoes

Betsy thinks non-white socks and shorts are hilarious

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Look for the graphic on "Audience Survey" on the main page



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Tags: Scotts turf builder lawn experiment betsy smoking garage sale prices fisher price 970 plush dbx 1066 ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:00:47 -0500 29:36 tag:croncast.com,816 no Scotts turf builder, lawn experiment, betsy smoking, garage sale prices, fisher price 970 plush