your recommendations?

[keryx]

Kids, I am all about the advice today.

Advice point #1: I require a privacy fence. One that is not ecologically damaging and is relatively sturdy (as I suspect it will get peed on). I've thought about bamboo or composite. I don't really know much about fences, though. Thanks to the purchase of the house, my tax refund could possibly cover fence costs (well, probably not all, but enough that I feel ok shopping for this now).

Advice point #2: What is the best place in Richmond to get a steak? My definition of "best" involves two things: tastiness, and service that's neither obtrusive nor obsequious.

Advice point #3: Since I wasn't ready to seed the lawn last fall (what with the just moving in), a suggestion for a soft grass that would grow effectively if seeded in the spring. Also, ideally one where I could avoid the massive tilling and aeration thing.

Comments

[noralita.livejournal.com]

plant seed anytime 'tween St Patty's Day and Memorial Day (in our neck of the woods) is a good rule per my gardening store, who says this to me every year when I forget, but this year is really the one i WILL DO IT since I a kindly contractor finally fixed the back hose fitting

Don't skip the tilling and aeration thing. A) it breaks up the soil so little plantlets dont' have to work so hard B) if you don't do it, seed sits on top and gets eaten by birds and critters, vs spreading and tamping in rolling afterwards, C) they're inexpensive to rent and operate like a gas mower, so what's the fuss? It's a nice one-day outdoor project.

[luguvalium.livejournal.com]

Around here, planting seed then is too late, as the summers are so harsh the new plants have little time to establish root. I've had good luck with planting in November, and now.

[noralita.livejournal.com]

good grief we're only 2 hours north!

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Richmond has killer summers, though. I mean, I like them, but tiny plantlets not so much.