Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a plant he’s long wondered about. The following is according to my understanding. We’ve been on this property for decades. Most of the permanent plants on it were here when we arrived. Eventually, …
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Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a discovery. The following is according to my understanding. There’s a small tree at the edge of the yard that’s easy to overlook. It flowers brightly every year, but when a lot of …
Self-tutoring about common yard bushes: the tutor mentions privet. The following is according to my understanding. Off and on for about twenty years I’ve wondered the species of the hedge on the east side. Some years it was pretty thin …
Self-tutoring about yard work and developments that can occur: the tutor mentions evidence of a visit. Where we live, one doesn’t typically see as many small animals as big ones. Deer, for instance, one often sees in public. Black bears …
Self-tutoring about yard ecology: the tutor mentions a nice discovery. The following is according to my understanding. I’m not a very skilled gardener, but I believe, God willing, I’m improving. I’d say that, unless one has instincts for it, one …
Self-tutoring about sprinklers: the tutor mentions a problem he’s run into, with a possible solution. The following is according to my understanding. For years I’ve watered the lawn: my wife likes a green lawn. Here on the west coast, it’s …
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Self-tutoring about yard chores: the tutor mentions some details about how he applies fertilizer. The following is according to my understanding. After one buys fertilizer, one must decide how much to apply to the lawn and then exactly how to …
Self-tutoring about lawn mower maintenance: the tutor mentions some follow-up on the lawnmower surging issue. The following is according to my understanding. I mention in my post from November 4, 2025, that after around eleven years of virtually maintenance-free operation, …
Self-tutoring about lawn mower maintenance: the tutor begins about a new problem. I bought a lawn mower with a four-stroke Briggs and Stratton motor over ten years ago. It’s never complained, and started up by the third pull every time …
Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions sprinkler maintenance. When I was a kid in the Maritimes, not everyone used a sprinkler. The first kind I recall seeing was the oscillating type; we had one. Those seemed to work, summer …