What is this?

[bwestbrook]

What causes these circles in the yard?

 

[Lawnranger]

The start of a crop circle? I give up.

 

[bwestbrook]

The start of a crop circle? I give up.

I started to think the same thing. Haha!


That is the best looking part of my yard except it has the circle in it. Part of the year it is dead and the other part it is like this...a different color.

 

[midnite rider]

Septic Tank maybe. Its always greener.:laughing:

 

[bwestbrook]

Septic Tank maybe. Its always greener.:laughing:

Nope this is the side of my house and it is on the back. BUT you're right I can tell exactly where it is.

 

[Rivets]

My grandfather always called them stump arcs. He said there used to be a tree there and arc is the result of the roots on that side being closer to the surface. They are still decaying and providing nitrogen to the glass. Always believe your grandfather.

 

[bwestbrook]

My grandfather always called them stump arcs. He said there used to be a tree there and arc is the result of the roots on that side being closer to the surface. They are still decaying and providing nitrogen to the glass. Always believe your grandfather.

Yes always believe them. It makes more sense than anything else so far.

 

[Lawnranger]

Yes always believe them. It makes more sense than anything else so far.

I agree, too, that it makes the most sense. Is the soil depressed in the area of the arc? In other words, is it sinking where the grass is greener?

Any signs of moles or underground animals? My dogs listen for them by putting their ear close to the ground and then start a digging frenzy to catch and kill the "invader". It is one of the funniest things I've ever seen my dogs do.

 

[bwestbrook]

It almost looks depressed but it is just the difference in the grass thickness. I have moles all over my yard. But this is just in one area of my yard.

 

[talley2191]

Guess it couldn't be some effect of fertilizer could it?