Got about a foot in my area today, going to go out in a bit to clear the driveway again and the do the ice melt bit
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Just finished digging out. I had to get out the big gear to get the mail box accessible again.
I love winter. I'm going out for a night snowmobile ride.
I love winter. I'm going out for a night snowmobile ride.
KCXIV
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We need some fucking raid bad!! The Valley is gonna run out of water. I may not be able to water my fucking grass and i usually keep the yard looking fairly sharpe. I hope my shit doesnt start looking like houses in arizona and fucking Nevada nothing but rocks.
iannis
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I did that for a while and then came to realize why people don't do that.
Snakes.
You also get butterflies, which is a plus. But you get these swarming little termite looking gnats (that aren't actually termites) that the butterflies eat.
And the mosqitos. I apparently exude some sort of odor that repels mosqitos all naturally. But I'd go outside and get feasted on around sunset.
Had a lot of crickets though. And frogs. It was brief but sweet.
Snakes.
You also get butterflies, which is a plus. But you get these swarming little termite looking gnats (that aren't actually termites) that the butterflies eat.
And the mosqitos. I apparently exude some sort of odor that repels mosqitos all naturally. But I'd go outside and get feasted on around sunset.
Had a lot of crickets though. And frogs. It was brief but sweet.
Famm
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My lot is all moss. Grows some weeds in summer. But I live in the woods not in a postage stamp suburban subdivision.
Famm
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Yeah, its not really cool to let it grow out of control but replacing grass with something else is another story. Not feasible for everyone though, especially with a big plot of land and/or typical McMansion developments.
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Same here. Moss, trees, scree, and ferns. I have a small section that Iturnedinto a 'lawn' after a few years of filling/composting/rotoring. Mostly use it for eating outside after grilling or for when I have a young dog to train. Takes maybe 5 minutes to trim it during the summer. Could not imagine having one of those massive lawns that takes hours to tend.
BrutulTM
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Watering grass in your yard is the absolute most useless waste of water on the planet. If you live in Seattle or something then sure, have a lawn but if you're in a desert where water is scarce then using it on your lawn is just a ridiculous thing to do.
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Weather was supposed to be cold with a "light dusting" or snow. I am sitting in the office staring at at least an inch on the ground with more coming over the next few hours. Still fighting the bosses to let us go the fuck home, wrecks all over dfw metroplex. Snowmageddon 1.5!
Eomer
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It really depends. In areas where there's a lot of starting and stopping (so intersections, where most accidents happen in the first place) packed snow eventually just gets polished in to sheer ice anyways. Especially if there's lots of truck traffic. The solution, at least in Alberta, is to dump massive amounts of sand and rocks all over the roads to give some more traction, because salt doesn't work in our temps. Meaning that in April and May, everything is fucking filthy until the municipalities get around to sweeping all that shit up that's collected over the winter. Generally they don't bother until late May, it seems.
As such, you're lucky if a windshield lasts you three winters here. My bro, hilariously from my perspective, went through three windshields last winter. I've told my shop foreman that he's forbidden from getting a windshield replaced on one of our trucks between November and April, unless the crack is right in the middle of the driver's field of vision.
Selix
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All due respect to Penn & Teller but that episode is mostly misleading bullshit. There are some good points like the overzealous Homeowners Society's putting people in jail for 2 days and not letting people choose to replace their grass with a more drought resistant strain, etc. etc. but that's about it. In most places you certaintly don't need to put 10-12 hours a week into your lawn or anything remotely like that to keep it relatively green and well trimmed. Mow that shit once/twice a week depending on rain and grab a hose + timer + sprinkler for those times when it hasn't rained in awhile. All done. Want to get fancy then hire some lawncare service for $40/month for some anti weed control or just drop a bag or two yourself once a month for cheaper.
Maximum effort including trimming is like 1-2 hours a week.
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Okay, I just witnessed something pretty cool. The plow just came down the street. The guy had already been down, but he pushed things back even further, and, after doing that, he came through again, and cleared out the mouth of everyone's driveway, and pushed the piles back so people could see when getting out of their driveways. I need to find out who that person driving the plow is, and buy them dinner.
Cinge
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Why I laugh at all the golf courses here. I gave up on my lawn years ago, just not worth it, instead just did desert in the front and rocks/turf in the back around the pool(to keep dust/dirt, tumbleweeds etc minimal going into the pool(no cover).
Everyone should just be forced to use fake grass/turf and desert landscapes.
At least until the next time it snows... then everyone forgets everything all over again... And yes, it really is "corporate overlords" that cause issues like that, as everyone struggling to survive has to drive their 14 year old beater on balding summer tires just to get to their minimum wage restaurant job... because stores stay open.
Lejina
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All that sand has been safely encased in ice for a while now. So it's just sheer ice everywhere. With my rear driven convertible winter is pretty much a 6 month long car drift. Then comes summer and I ride my bike full time and since they don't clean the sand until July up here in Cold Lake, well, you get the picture. There's about 2 months out the year where my rear wheel(s) isn't skidding all over the god damn place. Makes for some interesting driving.