From: josaiddone <joturner@speakeasy.net>

I'm the torn-up-lawn neighbor reporting back.

Since the consensus was critters digging for grubs, and after
discussion at Behnke's, we
treated with a Bayer product called Grub Killer Plus. I'm usually
very cautious about
chemicals and have used milky spore in the past as a maintenance
treatment, but we seemed
to have a severe problem and the potential for having a backyard
mudpit for winter as our
turf was stripped away loomed large. No way I could reseed with a
different yard topography
every day. Anyway, this product was recommended because it degrades
immediately. And
lo, very minimal digging now. I am ready to spread my Leafgro and
reseed this week!

I'm also the one that vented about alley dumping. After we took a
power saw to get rid of the
bunch of large limbs dropped there a couple weeks ago, a new batch was
left there late last
week. Due to work and travel schedules, we have yet to get that taken
care, but will do so in
the next couple days; we are apparently cheap labor for someone who
does not want to go to
the trouble. It occurs to me that we have a nice spot for dumping
because there are
substantial fences on both sides of the alley for much of our
mid-block, so almost anything
can happen back there and no one can see it. I guess we pay for our
privacy. (Plus the
streetlights are out there -- I'm reporting that today.)

Jo Turner