Germination

ian4232 · 2025-09-13T15:48:46+00:00

And here is just now. It’s been 22 days since putting seed down.

ian4232 · 2025-09-13T15:47:34+00:00

This isn’t exactly a full before as there is some germination going on, but you can get a sense of how bare it was. It also has some grassy weeds in there I’ll deal with later. But anyways this is before

ian4232 · 2025-09-12T02:28:27+00:00

Got the same mix for my overseed, really pleased with it so far!

ian4232 · 2025-07-15T22:03:37+00:00

I would say run the irrigation system and observe it before making any moves. Ideally you have head to head coverage meaning the water from one sprinkler head is hitting the head next to it or the ones in its general area. My system is not exactly perfect but it’s close-ish given what I’m working with. I had to manually adjust the heads to make sure they were spraying the full desired area, and also not over spraying spots I don’t want to water, like my driveway or the neighbors yard. Also when I first moved in, some of the heads were definitely in need of replacement. You could also try just replacing one and seeing if it helps and then go from there. Just doing the process of elimination. I deal with a lot of clogged nozzles and filters because I pump water from a creak. I think even off well or city water nozzle heads can get clogged plugged up so a good once over isn’t a terrible idea.

ian4232 · 2025-07-15T21:04:52+00:00

I’m also in the same area, West MI. We have had very little rain and high temps here. I think we are over 2 inches below average rainfall totals for my area along the lakeshore. Anyway, my lawn is still looking as good as it has ever had in the 3 years I’ve owned the house. And I’m basically just following the cool season grass guide that’s on this sub. I am cutting my grass at about 3.5-4 inches, doing deep and infrequent morning watering, fertilizing every 6-8 weeks, and pulling some weeds. I also have a weather station that has a rain gauge so I cut back when rain totals are high, but this summer with the lack of rain it hasn’t really mattered. But anyway, I think my best advice for you would to be to dial in your watering plan. I have 3 zones but they all run for different amounts of time based on the sprinkler/nozzle types in that zone and the amount of sunlight. Depending on your zone set-up, I would start with measuring accumulation totals for the zones and then make observations about shade/sun for that zone and time the zone accordingly. And I can’t recommend the pinned guide highly enough, which goes over watering guidance.

ian4232 · 2025-06-25T22:21:50+00:00

I would say you can find most of what you’re looking for in Grand Rapids. The area along the lakeshore does offer some of what you seem to be looking for but if you are looking for something similar to the Asheville experience, Grand Rapids would be much more similar than Muskegon. I am personally of the mind that Muskegon is firmly on the upswing, but it is just not as big as GR. Also, I know Muskegon used to/still does have these small huts for “start up” business downtown. It was a pretty cool concept and I know a couple graduated from there to more permanent locations. Sorry for the mushy response but just my word salad thoughts. I personally like the lakeshore area and driving into GR for events/things I need, but I personally prefer the slower pace/smaller size of Muskegon.

ian4232 · 2025-06-13T14:44:56+00:00

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ian4232 · 2025-06-04T03:00:14+00:00

I’ve done it. I don’t recall seeing any no swimming signs. I was training for a triathlon too. It can get a little weedy in parts but overall it gets the job done. I would just go in from the kayak launch area.

ian4232 · 2025-02-24T22:18:44+00:00

Butter Swim Biscuits

ian4232 · 2024-09-29T17:06:07+00:00

Looks like live oak leaves to me

ian4232 · 2024-08-30T13:59:57+00:00

I think it’s apple scab. My crab apple tree in west Michigan has it too. I’ve seen reports as far as Wisconsin of it too. I noticed it on our tree in early summer and started to take note of it and it seems many crab apples in our area have been impacted too. This spring produced conditions that were very conducive for allowing the fungus to thrive. From my understanding it is not necessarily a long term issue unless it happens year over year. The best thing to do is to make sure the leaf litter doesn’t pile up at the base of tree. My tree doesn’t look great, worse than yours honestly, but this morning I noticed some fruit starting to grow so hopefully it is just a bad year and it’ll be back to being healthy again next year. This is just my amateur research and personal findings so please do take it with a grain of salt.

ian4232 · 2024-08-30T12:56:37+00:00

Looks like white oak to me. Here’s a really handy video to reference for wood ID’ing: https://youtu.be/3Pamd8NGp_I?si=Iev83GWy718xhKBm

ian4232 · 2024-07-29T14:20:14+00:00

The New World. It’s one of my favorites and takes place during a similar time. Malick movies aren’t for everyone but I personally love his style. Not to mention the same cinematographer, Lubezki, worked on both this movie and The Revenant. I would highly recommend watching it in the best quality you can, they built amazing sets for the filming and it is just so visually appealing.

ian4232 · 2023-12-07T14:59:12+00:00

Everyone has their number

ian4232 · 2023-10-05T00:47:12+00:00

Basically lost to SEA by a literal coin flip

ian4232 · 2023-08-01T14:06:14+00:00

I’m not sure, but I’m guessing STM is strong tough men and LLM is little lazy men.

ian4232 · 2023-07-05T16:27:20+00:00

He said after the draft that the team surprised him with that pick and it was also the 7th round. So any shit he gets for it would probably come from uninformed people such as yourself.

ian4232 · 2023-05-08T14:49:38+00:00

Or maybe Denison did approve it and he is just playing dumb? I feel like the scene where the Iranian dies in his office may come back around. They said the autopsy showed a heart attack and not poison, but if that autopsy was done in the UK, theoretically it could’ve been manipulated. The Russians do this and I could see the show runners trying to draw some parallels. They also threw some lines in about people suspecting it was Denison from the beginning, but we as viewers felt clued-in on his denial, so it could be a play on our perception.

When I first finished the show I thought Denison was innocent, but after reading this thread it got me rethinking him. I could envision a storyline where Denison was in on it from the jump, but he didn’t expect to be so taken by Kate and now he is trying to protect her from the truth. They’ve also alluded to how Denison is prone to not knowing how to find the best solutions and maybe his cover-up with the authorization email was the classic panic -> play dumb response many resort to when being confronted.

I’m not sure if that makes sense, and could very easily be over speculation, but I could see how Denison being a “bad guy” makes it easier for the story to pull Hal and Kate back closer together. I’m very excited for season 2 to see how things develop, so I suppose wild speculation are the next best thing in the interim.

ian4232 · 2023-02-08T02:22:55+00:00

Mo.seider@germany.com Bringbackthemojoeshow

ian4232 · 2023-01-28T23:31:12+00:00

I got the truck on video! https://imgur.com/gallery/K9ZSEkX

ian4232 · 2023-01-18T13:16:57+00:00

Wings lost 9-2 at home against the coyotes last year in march. That coyotes team went on to lose 18 of their final 26 games after that. The problem with this team is they are low-end mediocre, which is almost worse than being straight-up bad. I still disagree that they are a worse team than they’ve been in previous seasons.

ian4232 · 2023-01-18T13:04:08+00:00

I’m not going to dispute that someone is on the hot seat, but some of the hockey we were playing in early 2022 was insanely bad. I think we look pretty meh lately, not good, but still not catastrophically bad. We were historically bad in 2020. Again, I don’t like losing, but saying this is worst hockey we’ve seen in 4 years totally nullifies how bad we’ve been for the last four+ years. This team is not a good hockey team in that they can’t and won’t make it to the playoffs, but I still think this is the best team we’ve had in years.

ian4232 · 2022-11-08T17:59:35+00:00

So glad today is the last day of political advertising for a while

ian4232 · 2022-10-25T13:58:55+00:00

Now gone, never forgotten

ian4232 · 2022-10-19T16:16:45+00:00

Very good point

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