Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears

06-19-2012, 12:13 PM	#1
hammerlane Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,112	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Every year for the 4 years I've lived in the home a large brown round area appears on the treelawn in the same location. Any ideas? Attached Thumbnails     Attached Images   Last edited by hammerlane; 06-19-2012 at 12:24 PM.

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06-19-2012, 12:27 PM	#2
creeper Member     Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: As always..beside myself. Posts: 3,260	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears huh oh...thats a mini crop circle from a small spacecraft

06-19-2012, 12:43 PM	#3
hammerlane Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,112	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Quote: Originally Posted by creeper huh oh...thats a mini crop circle from a small spacecraft One in every crowd.

06-19-2012, 01:22 PM	#4
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,309	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears There is something just under the surface---man hole cover--old stump or spilled spaceship fuel. Get a shovel---might be a rock--- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

06-19-2012, 01:31 PM	#5
no1hustler Custom User Title   Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 335	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Dogs favorite spot?

06-19-2012, 01:39 PM	#6
hammerlane Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,112	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Quote: Originally Posted by no1hustler Dogs favorite spot? No dogs using there. Forgot to mention in the spring the spot is not there, only occurs and stays during the hot months here in Ohio

06-19-2012, 01:42 PM	#7
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,309	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears It dies because there is not much soil under that spot--so it dries out first--- My septic tank causes a dead rectangle every year--Dig--- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

06-19-2012, 01:44 PM	#8
gregzoll Average Joe/ex-Navy IC3     Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Midwest - Central Illinois Posts: 9,296	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears It wold be in the utility right of way, so I would say that there is something at that spot. Anyone else having the same problem in the same spot? If you look down the way, there are two pedestal boxes down that way, for either catv or telco. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : Now listen, Cadet. I've got a job for you. See this button? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : Don't touch it! It's the History Eraser button, you fool! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : So what'll happen? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : That's just it. We don't know. Maybe something bad, maybe something good. I guess we'll never know, 'cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?

06-19-2012, 02:44 PM	#9
ghostlyvision Craftster     Join Date: May 2011 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 116	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Kinda looks like the dead area that results when my husband fills the fertilizer spreader.

06-19-2012, 03:45 PM	#10
hammerlane Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,112	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears Took the chuck end of my flexible 60" drill bit and started probing. Hit something hard. Used spade shovel and about 5" down is a large rock. Go figure.

06-19-2012, 04:06 PM	#11
gregzoll Average Joe/ex-Navy IC3     Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Midwest - Central Illinois Posts: 9,296	Every Year Same Large Lawn Spot Appears That would be why. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : Now listen, Cadet. I've got a job for you. See this button? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : Don't touch it! It's the History Eraser button, you fool! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : So what'll happen? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. : That's just it. We don't know. Maybe something bad, maybe something good. I guess we'll never know, 'cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?