I realize this is really far AFTER the original blog, but oh well.

Anyway, a great way to keep flowers, plants (and maybe grass) is to use used coffee grounds as a mulch/plant food. I just resurrected some flowers where I work. They were pretty much dead until I brought in some of my used coffee grounds, then they were sprouted back up within a couple or three days.

nope i said hwy

i do know the laws of the interstate and the road. thanks. maybe i just didnt clarify it paper as the hwy thing- one lane one way and one going the other way total

momof5- hard to get over ON A TWO LANE HWY!!!!!!

jess......., thanks for picking up the slack for us while we squander away precious time and energy.

There's a war on, an election soon, a hurricane that just hit...but what does the greater Janesville area concern themselves with? The pet-peeve blog of Anne Marie Ames.

I agree with Ms. Ames, like many of you. And agree or disagree, you have to admit that 121 (122 with mine) comments posted speaks volumes about the amount of work done in Rock County.

I'd be willing to bet the author of this blog even thinks this is a little outrageous, right AM?

hannah--if you are in the lane closest to the merging cars, rule of the road dictates for you to get over (if possible).
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I hate it when merging cars nearly come to a complete stop waiting for a break in traffic.
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But, what I hate even more is when I'm merging and a semi, in the "slow" lane doesn't get over so I can get off the ramp and onto the highway...even though the "fast" lane is wide open.

cause right now that Kathy girl takes in a whole lot more income than i right now for free too. i have to sit at work(50hrs week) blogging all day hoping somebody will walk in. and no i cant get part time job cause i never know when i can leave this one each day

well then they can do poverty article on me soon then

Well I wouldn't count on the economy anytime soon.

ktaustin, I can't remember the source. But keep in mind that power mowers are not equipped like vehicles are for pollution control.

Good move on getting a powerless mower. And be prepared for people asking you what it is.

I don't think blade sharpening for this kind of mower is a negative trade off.

gazettefan, "The pollution that comes from mowing the average lawn with a power mower is more than the pollution that comes from the average vehicle driven from here to St. Louis."

I would like to see the study that concluded that. Not that I'm necessarily disagreeing, just that there's so much variety in mowers, lawn sizes, and cars, that I'm curious how they actually figured those numbers. In any case, I'm not getting rid of my riding mower (I live on 2 achres), but I might consider a non-powered mower to replace my push mower (that I use for spots the riding mower can't reach). Except I've heard it's a lot more expensive to get the blades sharpened on those; is it really worth it?

and maybe if the economy picks up you wont see me here as often.

nope guess not- but nice of you to COMPLAIN about the complianers. thats my pet peive.

This is all just a bit crazy to me, our society anymore has nothing better to do than to complain about what other people are doing. It's my lawn and my water I'm wasting, who cares if I do. I smoke, and I smoke outside so that my kids are not around it. Now if I didn't smoke outside someone would have something to say about that as well. I try to be courteous to others who don't smoke but I will never make everyone happy and have accepted that.

I hate it when my neighbor has to smoke outside because his wife will not let him smoke in the house. We have our windows open all summer (no air) WE DO NOT SMOKE it all comes right in our house windows. Nice of him to think of our lungs.

spilling my drink after i just made it. WHAT A WASTE!!

i dont like when people dont know how to merge onto a hwy!! they drive same speed as you and look at you like youre suposed to speed up or slow down to let them in. theyre merging THEY need to speed up or slow down to fit into traffic!!

Biggest pet peeves: Here's 3 of mine: Number one on my list is when someone parks their vehicle directly across the street from my driveway and I almost hit their car every time I back out of my driveway. I don't think people think about things like that when they park their cars. Or if they park within the 3 feet of your driveway and you can't see around them when you back out. I think people are just too self absorbed to notice anything that might affect someone else. Number 2, I can't stand it when I'm trying to get on the highway and someone is driving and talking on their cell phone and they don't move into the other lane to let me on. How Rude! Number 3 playing your music so loud and assuming I want to hear your type of music or you are driving down the street and your music is so loud that the pictures on my walls all shake. I'm sure I'll get some responses to this one!

optism- yeah yould forge tyou had a helmet on!!

Yes, that system sounds like a poorman's waterpark.

JohnDoe: Wow! I had no idea such a system existed. Your post makes for interesting reading. Now, if only I had a lawn ... (I live in an apartment.)

Haven't watered my lawn in four years.

i never water my lawn and i hope its greener than all you water'ers haha

On a serious note for anyone who cares...sprinkler systems are more economical than using a hose and sprinkler because you can set the timer to start at night or early AM...the water can be metered to allow only a certain amount each week...
and as far as watering in the rain, most systems have a rain gauge that will automatically shut down the system once a pre-set level of rain has fallen. Sometimes even though it may be raining when the sprinklers are on, it's quite often not enough to really do much good, so the sprinklers will run until the pre-set level is reached...either from rain or sprinkler water.
And with a separate meter, it's really not that expensive.

SarahB...My lemonade comes in a glass bottle.I perfer the limeade one the best ! At times it goes down a little hard .When I did mix my own it was vodka/lemonade until a friend and I laid on a roof and roasted ourselves,oh to be young and stupid again !!Those were the best dazes'....

gazettefan...You are way to active to be my friend..He would never be on the bike path in the middle of the day.He did buy some fancy bike a month back,not sure if he really rides it .LOL.He sure can make you laugh and mad at the same time when he gets going on his rums!!! Gotta love him !!

Green grass looks nice....however, it's a luxury here compared to other places in the country that have been in a drought for years. Ever go in the Southeast, maybe the Atlanta, GA area???? Everybody's grass is crap because they have strict limits on how much water and when to water. My brother-in-law still mows (he's a WI boy at heart and doesn't hire landscapers like many others in the area) because they still have to keep it trimmed and take care of the weeds for their subdivision's rules. Everybody's grass is brown, but they still take care of it. Seriously...you can get fined if your water usage is high and you are caught watering past a certain time. So, your green grass is a luxury. Even my dad, the man who would mow for life, isn't that obsessed with making it green.

Thanks for bringing us back on point.

That was until I spilled a big glass of the mixture while watering my neighbor's lawn (just to irritate him 'cause he likes to keep it brown). Anyways, the ants slurped up the gin and lemonade and have been bugging me ever since.

I used to love my lemonade mixed with gin.

momof5....I think she drinks right from concentrate from the cardboard container right from the freezer. I am certain she wouldn't risk filling the landfills..with plastic!!

ihavealife, I'm trying to figure out if I'm the one who calls you.

Plastic (lemonade) bottles never breakdown in the landfills.

gazettefan...I knew there was a reason I found you so funny!! It's the RUM !! LMAO.I have a friend that likes his rum/cokes and can be a royal pain in my @@@@ at 1:00am just to call and wake me up to ask a really dumb question ! Too funny !

hannah...Hope all went well this pass weekend !Husband is liking the idea of MORE flower beds in our yard too !Less too mow for him,more weeds to pull for me.He won't let me mow because I don't kept the lines straight.Gotta keep up that curb appeal !! We planted 200 tulips and 200 daffodils !! I guess next spring my green grass will tickle my toes while tip toein'thru the tulips .Our water bill is no diferent now than when we had our 24'ft pool,so I guess I'm not being irresponsible by using 100's of gallons of water on my yard.I just cut back on the laundry and buy paper plates so not to upset anyone and drink my lemonade right from the bottle !

Enjoy yourself, optimism.

Now back on point: I like to drink rum whenever I read Lawn Monthly.

A helmet's a good idea for those times when I get so drunk I start break dancin'.

I just have to tell you guys. I just laughed so hard at the silliness...thanks for making my night. I am going to get a smirnoff....

You could always invest in one of the helmets with straws...hehe. But then again, you always could forget where you put that.

gazettefan- good idea- i lose mine in that big house sometimes!

I like to place a mixed drink in each room in case I end up wandering around.

Thanks, optimism. And don't forget that headset for the cell phone. LOL

Sometimes though, you gotta watch out how many cocktails you have, I actually planted some iris' that I don't remember planting a couple years ago cuz I had a little too many...hehe. But they sure were a pleasant suprise.

Hannah.......OMG!! Too funny. I always like a little Smirnoff Ice with lemon in it while I am doing a little late afternoon yardwork. But, it does tend to get hard while I am watering, trying to drink my cocktail and smoke my Misty. The cig always gets wet. :o(

Gazettefan....the city will come and hook up a seperate meter to your outdoor water spicket so you don't pay wastewater on the outside water used. Otherwise ALL WATER you use at your residence is considered sewage as well and you are charged more. THis isn't really conserving water, but it is saving you money.

that would be fun marg party.

gazette fan- not sure how to explain but
the water that comes out of the hose outside is metered- not sure which way sorry- but i believe part of it is metered wastewater as well as say toliets. you can bypass with meter from city for that outdoor water. hope that helps. permit $50. meter $200 ish. plus labor from plumber .not sure if "legal" to do yourself.

Is a Margarita garden party at hannah's brewing?

lakenenny- i spotted atleast 16 yellow finch up front in the cone flowers seed the other day. i was trying to figure out at first what yellow thing was blooming in that DRY bed. and they started flying out.

TIps for gardners- dont cut down those gayfeather, coneflowers and rudbeckias,bk eyes susans in fall. i know it is a mess in the spring but the FINCHES love those seeds.

I am getting thirsty just talking aobut this!!

Yes, the stoners on the trail were paranoid. On the way back they were all gone and all that was left behind was a half a bag of Doritos and an empty Oreos bag.

optism-youre welcome. we will get together this fall.

ihavealife- also i will get iris too you soon.

Sounds good, hannah. And I think with a headset it would be OK to talk on a cell phone too. LOL

optism- how about if I weed with one hand and drink my blender margarita with the other or water my flowers it that okay hehe

gazettefan- the potheads on the trail werent nervous they were PARANOID!!

hannah, maybe I have it misunderstood.

Is the waste water that goes down the drain metered separately? Or is the charge for waste water based on the metered water that goes through the faucets?

klaustin- people also water WHILE it is raining-just saw it recently.
Sorry ARCHER- i wrote the wash your car on the lawn before I read your comment- i wasnt personally attacking you. just makes since to me to wash car on the lawn.

lakennedy, LOL. ;-)



On behalf of hiregun (who seems to be unavailable at the moment) we of "My Biggest Pet Peeve" blog apologize.

I love looking at yards like yours, Hannah. They are so beautiful, especially when wildflowers are used. I bet the bees love it!

you could also turn your lawn into gardens like i did. Takes hubby 15 minuts bagged to mow. that is all the grass that is left- just accents of green- well brown whatever!

my pet pieve is somebody washing their car in the CEMENT - pull on the grass and get some water on it. I have gravel and CANNOT pull on my lawn- walls all around. but i wash it at work sometimes.

ihavealife- double check those times!! I know there is a time if too late DISEASE can set in.

If you were around, hiredgun, I'd hug you instead of a tree. You obviously need it much more.

dr fever- phyliss from k & W says to use SCOTTS it wont burn the lawn.

HANNAH....I just found that out myself.....isn't that wonderful? I am certain many don't know that. I enjoy the information you have regarding gardening....you seem to be just as much of a weeder as I am... :o)

sfcm: couldn't that police officer have been calling dispatch? Looking for backup, if you will?
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Better yet, maybe she was calling hiredgun to remind him/her to turn on their sprinkler and to stay proud.
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Or she could have been calling hiredgun to remind him/her to apoligize to Ms. Ames for being so rude.

you can get a bypass to your outdoor faucet so you dont have to pay wastewater on it. Still should concerve some of the water though.

HiredGUN....I definately agree with your right to water your lawn, smoke your peace pipe, or shoot targets in your back yard. But I do think you need to lighten up a bit. You obviously have had this fight before, and are a bit jaded as a result. Life is too short to be so snotty. I am certain you are wonderful person, and your words were just typed to hard.

i personally dont waste the water on my lawn. i have enough flowers and pots to water. We do try to keep the lawn longer when it gets hot and dry to help keep it from burning up so much.
Yes it is a waste at that time of day. if people water it should be early morning or after sun goes down so it doesnt evaporate . also needs to be deep not just a wasteful shower.
No i guess i dont mind if people do because I enjoy walking by a nice green lawn- just be concertave about it.
It will go dormant in the summer when real dry and pop back in the fall- so Ann Marie you dont really have to wait to see some green till spring.

hiredgun, we're waiting on that apology for Ms Ames.

Oh puleeze! I didn't mean to disturb any of you and take you away from your self-righteous, self-congratulatory tree-hugging. But I do think there are far more serious things to be concerned about beside the time of day I water my lawn.

The "Brownie" post was for Optimist.

How about the misbegotten who wander around Woodmans in the middle of winter in shorts with their humongous Wisconsin goiters bursting out of their funky tank tops?

I'd get my Brownie camera out for that one.

In June, I saw a Janesville Police Department bike patrol officer riding her bike down River St. while talking on her cell phone. That was awesome...

Question that enters my head everytime I inhale the cigarette smoke from the driver ahead of me: Was the smoke that is entering my lungs right now just inside that stranger's lungs? I wonder if they see their dentist regularly...

What about the person who is smoking a cig while mowing their grass while watering it and drinking a beer? Now that really ticks me off.

GAZETTEFAN...you are a hoot. :o)

What about someone who smokes while watering their lawn?

Seriously, I too smell cigarette smoke from other cars while I'm driving. How about the people who smoke cigarettes while bike riding? And the ones who smoke cigarettes or cigars while riding a motorcycle?

I think it's better to let the grass go brown when there's no rain for a while; then with rain it goes green again. It gives the area a dynamic feel.

I saw some people smoking grass (weed) on the trail the other day. When they saw me they got nervous but I wasn't in the mood for a citizen's arrest.

OK, thanks, thekid, big relief.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The pollution that comes from mowing the average lawn with a power mower is more than the pollution that comes from the average vehicle driven from here to St. Louis.

My biggest pet peeve is driving behind someone that is smoking a cigarette with their windows open and the smoke actually leaves their car and enters my car through the windows. I hate the smell and the taste. Then to make things worse....they proceed to throw "THEIR" cigarette butt out the window (instead of using their ashtray) and that too has entered my window. If not my window, then it lays out in the street somewhere as litter. I'd rather see someone water their green nature lawn than to see disqusting cigarette butts all over the place.

And you can take pride in things that you enjoy without telling other people to "get a life".

Concernedpatriot: "Why do people waste so much energy trying to complain or change things about other people instead of learning to let go of things that don’t concern them?"

Take your own advice! When I called you "your bad self" I was not implying that you are an ogre or a bad person. You're just getting really worked up and expending a lot of energy typing rants about how much other people annoy you when you're doing exactly what you say annoys you so much about other people! Do you not see that?

Thanks for using a push mower, by the way. I also use a push mower. Isn't it nice to mow without having to inhale gas fumes and tolerate noisy machines?

stop flirting with me gfan. i like you, but i dont 'like you' like you. sry.

And one more thing: My perennials ARE beneficial to the environment. I have on average at 20 bees visit my flowers everyday. With a dwindling bee population, this is good news!

1) I've only watered my yard about 4X times this year. But I do water my flowers weekly if it hasn't rained, more often if I just planted new perennials – I usually water at night but know that is not always the best time to water perennials because of powdery mildew. I try to water in the mornings, but I work 8-5 Mon-Fri and don’t get home before 7 p.m. almost every night so end up normally watering at night. I do however, if I’ve just planted something the day before or a couple of days before water my new plants if I come home at lunch if it is extremely dry and they are wilting or dying, in order to save the plant. 2) I mow my lawn with a "green" push mower and normally do not scalp my lawn when I mow it because the push mower leaves a sufficient amount of growth there to not burn the lawn out. However, about 2X this summer I used my gas mower when I let it go for more than a week. Last time I used the gas mower, my yard looked dry and brown so in effort to make it healthier again, I did water it for a little while the next day. I also do not use fertilizers or pesticides on my yard or perennials.
3) I live on the corner of the street and almost all of my perennials are on the border of my property. I have to sometimes water part of the sidewalk in order to water the perennials. I do not intentionally water the sidewalk. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother because I really don't care about the terrace or the city's grass. I spend an average of 300.00/per year on perennials for my yard. If that is what I want to spend my money on, versus drinking it up in a bar or throwing it away in some other way, that is my business. So if protecting my investment is wasteful to some of you, I'm sorry. But people in my neighborhood appreciate my yard and complement me on it all of the time. It IS a matter of pride because I want to have a beautiful yard that gives me peace, serenity and a way of communing with nature.
SFCM, just because I'm frustrated with society’s way of thinking does not mean I'm an ogre and not a nice person. I am one of the nicest most courteous people on this planet. I hold doors open for people, I say excuse me, please and thank you and say hi and smile at everyone I pass. I’m not arguing that people don’t have a right to share their opinion; I’m just saying that this is one of the most trivial things for people to get upset over. Why do people waste so much energy trying to complain or change things about other people instead of learning to let go of things that don’t concern them? Watering my flowers or my yard is not a personal attack against anyone. It is a matter of taking pride in something that I care about, something that is important to me.

hiredgun: Calm down already. You go right ahead and water your lawn. You are obviously a much better person than us non-waterers, and you obviously have a lot more pride. By the way, are you the self-appointed PRIDE POLICE?
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I don't think that non-waterers are prideless, just a bit more realistic. It is silly for someone who has a mature lawn to water it everyday. momof5 has a great point: it isn't healthy for the environment, which you are not the sole owner of.
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I hope you review your last post and apologize for being so rude to Ms. Ames. She never insulted the waterers, and she deserves better.

I'm with ya on this one Ann Marie. It is plain stupid to water in the afternoon. Your big critic, hiredgun, needs to cool off by standing under a sprinkler system.

Ann Marie, if you are the lawn-watering police you should arrest hiredgun just for being rude.

thekid, those thoughts about walking on the wild side are all in your head, pal.

Re: a post below, do you have a crop circle in your backyard? Or are you going with a thematic approach for cultivating cannabis? Maybe, you dug out your yard to look like a ditch for growing your ditch weed.

Here's some show business news for you: Cheech and Chong are getting back together; biggest news since the Doobie Brothers broke up and then got back together without the guy who sings like Aunt Bea.

I used to be a waterer but I finally gave up on it a few years ago. Last year I had a neighbor that watered almost daily. My lawn was getting not so pretty but the upside was I didn't need to mow as much. We then got a really good rain and within a few days my lawn was almost as green as my neighbors. Unless you have a newly seeded or sodded lawn, your grass will be fine. Save the water for your trees and shrubs. They are not as forgiving. Green is always prettier than brown but brown is not dead, either. It will survive!!

I used to water my lawn in the early morning or just before dark. However, I'm a reformed lawn water person. The lawn doesn't die without water it simply goes dormant. As a result, as soon as the weather cools or the rain falls it will become green again. With rising utility cost and more focus on being environmentally friendly, I've opted to only water my shrubs and flowers as needed. I think as long as the edging is done, weeds are kept under control, and the lawn is cut, then people can still declare pride of ownership without lawn watering.

Pride of ownership? YOUR yard? How about OUR Earth? I'm not a "tree-hugging hippy" but watering your lawn is being greenly irresponsible and dare I even say inconsiderate? Let's use 100's of GALLONS of water so YOUR house has curb appeal and your toes can be tickled.
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A house with an emerald green lawn in the middle of a drought doesn't show that the owner has pride. It shows the owner is superficial. Sorry.

I have never been a supporter of anything that encourages lawn growth; spring fertilizing, watering, fall fertilizing etc.

Well, Ann Marie, pride of ownership doesn't seem to be a concept with which you're familiar.

Who are you? The self-appointed lawn-watering police? Whether you think it's smart or dumb is wholly irrelevant. If my lawn needs watering, who are you to say it doesn't?

We aren't in a drought. And you do recall the spring floods, right? So if I can afford Milton's ridiculous water rates, I can water my lawn when I bloody well choose. And I don't have to answer to you, thank you very much.

If all that bothers you is the fact that your neighbors water their lawns at times you think inappropriate, then you seriously need to get over it and get a life.

I agree it is wasteful, and should be at night (and a lot less often). Simply mow less often. If you use the hose, do over the grass. Mow the grass higher also, and this will help it from buring out and keeps the weeds back a little. If it is dry out, don't walk on the grass. It causes the yard to turn brown faster.

Some people love having green grass,I myself love it, and besides, the birds take advantage of the water in the gutter's and they are so amusing to watch, so it's not a total waste.

I take pride in a beautiful lawn, but with a little research, a person will QUICKLY find out that you don't water during the day. You water in the morning or in the evening....AND you water to saturate not a little sprinkle here and there. If you water properly, it should only need it once a week, but people on here do have a point as well, grass doesn't "just die". It will prevail. But I have no problem if people want to water, just be smart about it.

Most people water (and fertilize) their lawns far more than they need to. The single best thing you can do for your lawn is "mow high", and less often. The weekly trim stresses the grass plants and forces them to commit more energy to growing the blade, which weakens the roots.
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Most people don't realize that as a cool season grass (which is what people have around here), whether it's fescue or bluegrass or whatnot, it's natural for it to go dormant during the hottest weeks of the year. If you do your primary lawn maintenance in the fall -- seeding and fertilizing -- it will be healthier next year and will easily withstand a few hot weeks of sun. Another mistake people make is forcing the grass to grow through this period. You can do it, but it isn't healthy in the long run.
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And healthy grass requires a lot less water.

sarahB you should try my natural high and THEN yours. good times:)

concerned patriot--I think you're misunderstanding the point of people being concerned about others watering their sidewalks and streets. My bother with that is that sidewalks and streets don't need to be watered to help them grow. In fact, I enjoy walking through sprinklers as much as SarahB! I suggest you settle down with your bad self, and stop ranting about people who annoy you because stating their opinions. Our opinions are as important as yours after all! :)

For those of us that have newer houses and have had to spend hundreds of dollars on planting grass seed, fertilizing, replanting seed, what is wrong with watering our investments?

It's probably selfish of me, but I love it when people water their lawns and the sprinkles of water land on me. One person mentioned the soothing sound of the sprinkler or drops of water falling on the pavement ... that is a natural high, thekid3477 (but so is your's, I guess!). My only dispute with the watering of lawns is with those folks that use the timers. I know it can't be prevented without a lot of guesswork, but I think it is so ridiculous to see the sprinklers running during a rainstorm!

Here is a link to a history and critique of the American lawn. Lawn watering wastes an increasingly scarce commodity and causes pesticide runoff into lakes and rivers while compromising groundwater.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/bo...

I don't have any problem if people want to water their lawns. I don't, because I don't need to where I am (in the country, apparently good soil), plus I barely can manage to keep up with mowing (haven't mowed in about 4 weeks), let alone watering on top of that.

The only complaint I would bring up is when people water just after a rain; why bother? But then, if they want to waste their money that's fine I guess, although it does irritate me a little when I see the state doing the same thing on the UW campus grounds (watering after a rain that is).

Well Ms. Ames, it's called pride. A persons home is their biggest investment. I can't understand why someone would not want to take care of that. With hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in a home, a few hundred bucks over the course of the summer is really not much. And you can have a separate meter installed for your outside hoses which makes it cheaper yet to water your lawn. I think I'm going to go outside, wash my truck and let all that water run down my driveway. Then I'll crank up the sprinklers and enjoy my green lawn.

I can't believe how stupid people are being about this. A person waters their lawn because they don't want the grass to be burned, brown and dried out. I water mostly just my flowerbeds and even people I'm sure have a problem about that because they could get wet walking on the street. But you can see in advance if someone is watering with a sprinkler and walk around it and avoid it. Duh! How annoying that someone thinks the world should revolve around them and someone should run out there and stop their sprinkler when they see someone coming. If I am the one holding the hose and see people walking down the street I am considerate enough to point my hose in the opposite direction so they do not get wet. It's not like anyone is going to spray someone on purpose. Watering your yard promotes a thicker more healthy lawn and that inhibits weeds. As to the time when someone waters: I think that depends on when the person is home and is not running errands or at work. I personally try to water earlier in the day if it's the weekend but during the work week I water either when I come home at lunch or after work. It also depends on whether I've just planted something new as well because you have to water thoroughly after that. I just can't believe how annoying this world is that people have to complain about something like this! Get a life people! There are much bigger problems in the world than if someone wants to water their lawn or not. So get over it! As far as conserving water, I do my best to let the rain take care of it, but in times of drought, I'm going to water because I'm paying for the water and don't want to waste the money I've spent on my flowers. My yard is something that gives me pleasure, I'd much rather be doing that than sitting on my butt and watching tv. Our summers are so short and our winters are so long. There is plenty of time to watch tv and read a book in the winter.

I'm with gazettefan: the more I water, the more I mow. I let my lawn stay a bit longer to help hold in moisture. Not obnoxiously long, but not putting green short like my neighbors. I've got better things to do than push a mower.

The only time I have watered my lawn was when my daughter was really little and we would let her run through the sprinkler. Other than that I don't water except my veggie garden.
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Besides who could afford to pay for the water bill? I am lucky I live in the country and have a well, but still I have to pay for the electricity for the pump, and I would rather save that money than let it go into the ground.

im always here gfan. you keep bringing my name up...boyish crush on me?? huh?? its ok. let me know an you an i can go burn some grass anytime. bring yer headband and oreos....:)

I had a crop circle in my backyard for 5 years now. We finally decided not to put up the 18' soft sided pool. (kids didn't want to swim in it anymore) Our neighbors have younger kids so we gave it to them. Anyway, we have this huge crop circle from the pool, so we seeded it. I have been watering it every evening for the past week or so. The grass has returned. Yeh! no more mud. Done with the watering too!

so put in astro turf

cottonjoe, I think most of these hillbillies are just mad that they cant water their yard because they would have to move all their cars off of blocks in the grass to get the ground wet. I think I am going to go start my sprinkler right now and let it run all day!!

What's so difficult about understanding that green grass looks better than brown grass? A nice-looking yard adds to a property's appeal. Who wants to pay for a nice house, trim bushes, paint, etc. and then have the property sullied by a crappy-looking yard. If this bothers you, get a life. The fact it irritates you....I'll be watering tonight!

The best time to water is 11:00pm to 4:00am.The ground is cooler and the water won't evaporate before getting to the roots.Love my green lawn and colorfull flower beds.Makes it easiler to pull weeds in the early a.m.Can't stand to walk barefooted on dry grass ,nothing feels better than soft grass between your toes !!

Actually, what really burns me is travelling to the Southwest, and seeing palatial homes with vast emerald lawns. It's the desert! People are not supposed to have Kentucky bluegrass covering their property! Imagine people in WI turning their front yards into sand pits and planting cacti, agave, and aloe plants...it's just not right.

there are sprinkler systems for those that can afford them. just set the timer to go off in the middle of the night. that way, when someone tries to break in your house, they get soaked!

it annoys me that people water their lawns for many reasons, but here are just some of them-- who really cares how green your lawn is? what is the use of turning the hose on when the water evaporates before it leaves the hose? why are we wasting water on weeds when there are droughts and people dying from dehydration?

The sound of the sprinkler is almost as soothing as the sound of rain on the rooftop.
Great background sound while reading great books.

Burning grass? uhhh, thekid'll be here soon.

Grass is green unless you have me do it i've been married to the same womem for 37 years ,
so i decided to have a nice green lawn soooooo
i put fertalizer on it But i didn't water it like the directions said and it burnt the lawn up.so every spring 37 years later she says to me are you going to burn our lawn up again this year . but i still love her.

The grass waterers would have their time better spent on reading the Great Books.

I agree. I've also wondered about the irrigation going in the fields in the middle of the day. Sometimes on the road! The grass always comes back when it rains. No mowing with the lack of rain and, less gas is used. Most of the homes I see being watered, they have plush, green, velvet like yards. Status symbol? Not to me, you are a waster.

Water only makes grass grow more. No watering, less mowing!

I'm with you, too.
*Try* to kill grass, and you can't. It'll come back no matter how dry it gets.

As for the time of day people are watering, could be they are only home during the day and can't water in the evenings or mornings because they're working. But, it could also be they are just not informed about how much of the water they are paying for is being evaporated.

NO!! You're not alone. I especially cannot stand when people water their terraces, and in turn water the street and sidewalks in the process. Ugh!