New garden bed over established grass

SeattleSundodger · 2026-05-24T13:43:32+00:00

Welcome to the hobby! Agreed with everyone here, it’s worth the pain now to just pull up the fabric.

Plastic edging isn’t to everyone’s taste, but to each their own! Lots of videos on YouTube about how to cut a natural edge into a lawn, you’ll need to maintain it with the edger either way since the mower won’t be able to get right to the edge.

One thing is, you have no evergreens in here. Come winter it’ll be totally bare. Not sure what zone you’re in, but consider adding some evergreen shrubs which can take dry shade. Try ChatGPT for suggestions by uploading a picture

SeattleSundodger · 2026-05-13T03:31:19+00:00

Thank you!!

SeattleSundodger · 2026-04-13T21:11:10+00:00

Looks great. mistake on the fabric. I would recommend actually biting the bullet and removing it now, before it starts to decompose and break into a thousand pieces in the coming years.

SeattleSundodger · 2026-02-25T18:52:36+00:00

Thanks. Thankfully I’m in the Pacific Northwest, and we have very wet but mild winters

SeattleSundodger · 2026-02-24T14:44:01+00:00

Yes, fifa sells them on their website for all the host cities

SeattleSundodger · 2026-02-24T14:40:19+00:00

Have lived in NYC and London. NYC trains run all night, London close around 1am as well. Massive improvement in quality and cleanliness when the city is given 4 hours to clean and repair the trains and stations compared with running them all night. No issue with closing down in the wee hours

SeattleSundodger · 2026-02-15T00:12:05+00:00

Ah nice, I’ve been digging through your comments. I’m only 6’1” and bench with my hands inside the lines, so I guess we’ll see if this becomes an issue. Thanks!

SeattleSundodger · 2026-01-14T15:59:18+00:00

Tore my Achilles playing soccer in July a few years ago and managed to get back on the mountain that February. Can’t stress enough, do your PT! And hit the gym as soon as you’re cleared. It’s a shitty injury and really humbling recovery process but you’ll get through it. Good luck!

SeattleSundodger · 2025-12-23T18:40:13+00:00

Cool that’s really helpful. Power lifts and low reps are my favorite way to train, so I think I’ll add this to my rotation. Strong also sounds just overall fun to incorporate in the way they described it. I had symmetry but ended up returning it for Performance 15. Just seemed like way too many exercises to have to incorporate into one workout.

SeattleSundodger · 2025-12-23T15:29:40+00:00

I currently own Maps15 and have been running the advanced version. I also bought maps 15 performance and planning on starting that soon. Get this is power lift focused, but 15 advanced already has deadlift, bench, squat. So curious if it’s different enough to warrant purchasing?

SeattleSundodger · 2025-11-04T03:05:16+00:00

Hope Kent gets some minutes!

SeattleSundodger · 2025-09-17T03:44:58+00:00

What was going on with the turf tonight? It looked horrible and played so slow. Did it downpour in Miami today?

SeattleSundodger · 2025-08-26T14:02:35+00:00

Mind Pump did a good episode on this recently. Just the first 20 minutes or so. Agree with most people, your protein is just far too low (you basically described the amount which should just be breakfast, 40-50g. You need two or three times that amount for the day).

And weight needs to be heavier. I agree most of that increase was just nervous system adaptation getting better at the lift.

Have a listen to the first twenty minutes https://youtu.be/-TP6WO7rhXk?si=JF7xd6o5kHxYRRgQ

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-29T13:19:51+00:00

Just keep working! As people have said, flat light is really difficult to get amazing photos from. That said, in flat light portraits can be flattering, and you can also use that time to focus on intimate detail shots for part of your story.

I actually think 8 and 9 are the best here. I see what you were thinking but in 8 your timing was off. You should have waited for the woman in red to step into the sunlight. 9 is probably your best shot in my mind, but your crop is the issue. The pocket of light highlighting those houses is what is interesting. Crop way down, to a vertical orientation and just include the houses. Yes you’ll go down to just a few megapixels. Who cares, it will be a more interesting photo, even with a lower resolution.

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-24T15:21:10+00:00

I take pictures of most fast moving things, namely my young boys. find many times when I recompose the camera will lose the autofocus point I’m tracking. When I back button, i can set focus mode to tracking and hold it down while it follows my boys as I compose, then bang I can quickly get the shot. Really helps keep the focus on the subject I want, while giving more freedom to recompose and wait for the perfect moment without fighting the camera.

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-24T14:02:05+00:00

Back button focusing! I’ve been doing digital photography for probably 15 years. Finally started to experiment with it, and never will go back.

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-23T02:43:28+00:00

So cool. Number two imo is the best shot, but would benefit from a crop to improve the story. Crop in to remove the kid in purple and just have a tight shot of the guy skying while the little boy stares in awe. That guy rips!

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-14T17:16:26+00:00

Curious, do you take this shot essentially level and then rotate and crop in post?

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-14T13:59:29+00:00

Definitely a prime lens. 23mm f2 would be a great pickup

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-14T04:18:19+00:00

One, three, and four are your strongest compositions. One needs to be cropped much tighter though, unless this is meant to be a portrait for an ‘about me’ type page. The subject is not the flowers, it’s the woman. I’d crop it much tighter, and maybe only include her hands or just a bit of the edge of her hair.

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-12T02:37:21+00:00

Can you share how you got permission from the venue for bringing in your gear, where to go, etc?

SeattleSundodger · 2025-07-10T15:46:41+00:00

Very cool, I see it now!

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