I didn't realize wood chippers were in the 2500+ range

Is there a cheaper option that's viable for lesser duty work ? I don't need to grind up tree stumps, but i have a lot of brush from trimming trees and bushes. It's way too much to put into yard waste bags. If it was primarily branches i'd just burn it, but there are quite a few leaves attached to the branches which makes me think it would get messy if i burned it .

Try a rental place. My neighbor did that for a ton of brush and it wasn't expensive. I had a bit too, so we ended up splitting the cost with him and I want to say it wasn't more than $100 out of my pocket.

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Certified Dirty Old Man

that's actually a really good idea, thanks. Looks like they're 71$ for 4 hours or 97 for the day at my Home Depot

Shit, that was cheaper than what I think we did. I think he rented it from a local place, not HD.

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Certified Dirty Old Man

well that's for the lighter/medium duty one, the heavy duty one was a bit more

But like i said i don't have anything super intense , it's just more the volume of it all

I think Harbor Freight sells a cheap one that might be okay for small diameter branches, if you don't want to be under the time constraints of a rental.

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Any recommendations on getting rid of purslane in the summer?

I’m having a hell of a time picking it out of the lawn and it seems to get worse and worse. I’ve been paying trugreen for years and they’re useless. Seems like most post-emergence herbicides are better suited for fall/spring. Anybody dealt with this in the summer?

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Eat it. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/purslane

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

This stuff will do the trick, though i have better results with the concentrate mixed in a spray can than I do using the hose-end spray bottle version. I have (and still see from time to time) purslane and this always takes care of it.

Kind of a smallish human being?

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

One thing that's nice about purlsane, is that they look like a lot, but since it likes to spread out on the yard, usually one big handful that you grab and yank will pull out substantial amounts of it in each shot. If that makes sense. I used to have that in the "tree bank" or "fair way" portion of the yard. I'd pull it out and in a few handful worth of pulls, I would have substantial amounts out.

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It's that time of the year again...

Here's my plan for early to mid 2022:

Now that soil temps are near 50-55, I laid down one application of Prodiamine to prevent crabgrass. I purchased the Prodiamine powder from the Lawn Care Nut/Yard Mastery ($20) and also bought a battery-powered sprayer from Lowe's for about $90. It's very hard to precisely apply it with a pump sprayer (I've tried) -- the battery operated one is way better, and I will use for other lawn applications. I will put down one more layer of Prodiamine when soil temps reach 65. It's also helpful to buy a mini scale to precisely measure the powder, since the ratio is 5.2g per gallon. Most kitchen scales aren't accurate at those low weights. I got a proper scale at Amazon for $10.

For fertilization, I bought a standard bag of Scott's Turf Builder from Costco ($58 for 15,000 sf) and will spread the granules with the broadcast spreader. I should get two applications based on the size of my lawn.

In June/July, I will use the sprayer to distribute Imidacloprid (Amazon, $38) for grub control.

Not sure if I will add in any bio-nutrients or Milorganite over the course of the season. Last year there was a supply issue with Milorganite. The Lawn Care Nut offers an equivalent product that comes from Florida instead of Milwaukee -- might give that a try.

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