Does anyone know how to drain a waterbed? It is in my basement, on the floor??? When we filled it we ran the garden hose downstairs and filled it, now don’t know how to empty it?

This is the first year in about 20 yrs, that I have had a lawn to care for (I’ve always live in apartments).
My lawn now is small, but it is green and looks good. What should I do the keep my lawn looking good all winter, so it will be nice and green next spring?

can i spray it down with a garden hose or is that a bad idea because of the electrical wires..?

If I use a pre emergent in February ( & again in April), will it affect the germination of any new seed, if I decide to overseed my lawn this spring?

Demonstration of various user-friendly features found on Rapid Reel garden hose reels.

What supplies do you need? A hose? What exactly are wet, marsh meadows

I know that fall is one of the best times to seed your lawn but I have gotten a late start on laying down Scotts Turf Builder with wintergaurd. This is the bag with the weed control added. It says on the bag that I should wait 4 weeks after applying before seeding the lawn. In 4 weeks it will be approaching mid November and I am concerned that this will be too late to try and seed before it is too cold. I am in KY and we have already had a few nights in the lower 40s and upper 30s.

I have already applied the product to the front yard but now I am wondering if I should just focus on seeding the back lawn instead of applying the Wintergaurd and then next Spring I can apply a weed controller product.

1. Will it be too late to seed the front lawn in early to mid November in KY (zone 6).

2. Should I forget the Scotts product in the back yard and instead just get the seed laid down instead?

Thanks – any other help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help, guys. This is an existing lawn and I have already bought a 50lb bag of k 31 fescue. Apparently a popular choice around here and recommended to me by a couple of people. I guess once this Scotts works and nukes all the weeds then I will just have to deal with bare spots until I can seed that area in the spring.

I bought a waterfall pump for our backyard pond, it pumps 2400 gpm and hooks up to a piece of garden hose. When I set the pump the amount of pressure started overflowing the top tier of the pond. So, I’m wondering, if I increase the size of the outlet hose would this decrease the force of water going into the top tier of the pond?

The basic question: I don’t know what to use for mulch/weed prevention in my veggie garden. Any suggestion?
The Details: I live in Maryland, Eastern Shore (45 mins to the ocean by car) Zone 7. The soil is very sandy and used to be a wheat field for many years before our house was built 4 years ago. We have horses and use a compost pile to mix in the garden. Our garden this year will be much bigger then any before because I’m planning on home canning allot of it. It will be at least 50×90 not counting the 40 tomato plants. I’m looking for something to use as mulch/weed prevention in the garden between rows and under the plants. I do plan on watering with soaker hoses and no overhead sprinklers to keep down the diseases and problems as much as possible.
The Kicker: We don’t have much money to spend + we have a cat, dogs, children and those stupid voles/moles that dig tunnels throughout the yard and tons of grubs for the voles to eat. The sandy soil splashes up on the plants whenever it
<continued from above> gets wet and will move with any water flow. Soil gets hot and drys out quick and will crust over.
The Upside: We have good drainage and plants grow really well, weather permitting.

I thought about straw, wood chips or similar but found out that’s the perfect breeding ground for the voles.
I was considering 7-10 layers of newspaper but don’t know if it would work and if need to be covered with something.
The good black weed cloth is too expensive for such a large space and the cheaper stuff doesn’t last at all.

I want something to keep the weeds down, the soil in place and off the plants, and not blow, wash or drag away.
Any thoughts on something’s that might work?

Thanks in advance for your time and any help you can provide!