Hey guys,

I was wondering if you all have any suggestions as to how to keep grass out of your warning track? This was a battle we fought all season, and now that the season is over and we're not there everyday, we seem to be losing the battle.

Also, I'm thinking about starting an effort to build a shell building to house a couple of cages, an indoor bullpen, and a commons area. Does anyone have any guess as to what a roughly 40 x 100 building would cost if we can get poles donated, and our costs would be: concrete floor, trusses, and metal to cover the entire building? This would be a multiple year fundraising effort, but I just thought I'd get a ballpark estimate.

Finally, has anyone done one of those halos around their home plate area? If so, any guess as to the cost of those things? Thanks

Your concrete and concrete work is your big ticket item. You are looking at 50 yards there at about 85-95 bucks a yd... about $4500.

As far as the weeds... I have that same problem. I just buy the highly concentrated Round-Up kill all (it has glyph-something in it) and go out and spray every once in a while...

Glyphosate. It's a non slective herbicide. Round-UP is the trade name given to glyphosate by its producer, Monsanto. Their patent has run out, so it's now available in generic form. Try to get it from a friend in the Ag business if possible. It's much cheaper.

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Their patent has run out, so it's now available in generic form

Aha; I tried some and it worked fine. But still I paid retail; next time I'll get it from an ag friend; thanks for the tip.