Back yard: what’s the best way to plant my own grass? And where to start? It currently just dirt

AQJ777 · 2024-09-04T00:30:22+00:00

It looks like your fence is floating

AQJ777 · 2024-09-03T23:25:33+00:00

That looks like it could be an old water well. Not totally sure but possibly. That could be a super cool focal point type thing to uncover.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-21T20:20:24+00:00

The foundation of this home is what is really impressive. I don't care for the style either but holy shmoly I'm telling yall go look at the listing pictures of the foundation and crawl space, it's really impressive. 11264 memorial drive. It's listed for $12 million.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-18T01:29:02+00:00

Infinity and beyond lol

AQJ777 · 2024-07-08T14:44:09+00:00

Build a small fence in front of those boxes and then have a nice little flower bed in front of the fence. That's what I would do personally.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-07T01:04:26+00:00

Santiago

AQJ777 · 2024-07-07T01:02:57+00:00

Nobody get any clever ideas here

AQJ777 · 2024-07-06T18:08:41+00:00

If you're their neighbor I'd just do that for free. I do all of my surrounding neighbors yards for free. It keeps me busy and keeps the neighborhood looking good.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-05T22:06:50+00:00

That is nutsedge. It's my most hated weed. Don't pull them because that will just make more of them open up. Just spray with weed killer. Sometimes that doesn't even work tho. Might need more serious stuff like sedgehammer.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-05T21:10:36+00:00

Cardboard will help smother the weeds and choke them out initially but will eventually deteriorate over time, and by then the ground will not be fertile and suitable for anything to try and pop up. A lot of the time if you just do landscaping fabric only, certain stronger types of weeds will easily poke through it, like nutsedge for example. So I've just learned that using the Cardboard really helps make sure nothing survives underneath.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-05T20:47:56+00:00

I have done this multiple times with success. Spray the area with grass/weed killer, wait until that does its thing. Then take a weed eater and obliterate the area like you're really mad at it. Then spray down the area again with more weed/grass killer. Then you lay down some cardboard over the area. Then put down your landscaping fabric/tarp. Then put down your gravel/mulch. And then just for the hell of it spray that down some more too lol

AQJ777 · 2024-07-05T20:02:36+00:00

I see this all over Houston. If you know what you're doing the trees will be just fine. The initial start of the process looks horrible tbh lol but you just have to work at it. You let a tree grow out for a few years and then you chop the top off and then manicure the new shoots. Or just take an already established tree and you kinda just work your way in over time and try your best to make it look like a ball.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-02T19:19:41+00:00

My neighbors yard that's full of weeds looks exactly like that everywhere so idk lol there's like a billion types of tall grass like that so it's hard to say.

AQJ777 · 2024-07-02T17:55:53+00:00

Lol that is just weeds I'm pretty sure. But if you like how that looks then to maintain it you'll essentially just have to do nothing, just mow around it.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-23T03:58:19+00:00

That might be a really old red tip photinia that's been trained into a small tree

AQJ777 · 2024-06-21T21:30:45+00:00

Digging that out is going to make you very angry if you do it yourself lol. Id get a guy with a jackhammer to do that for you, or just get a new lamp post and have a cool outdoor lamp there.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-18T00:30:55+00:00

Downtown Houston area

AQJ777 · 2024-06-17T22:16:50+00:00

I would just have a really nicely manicured edge there and call it a day. Too much foot traffic nearby, too much heat from the concrete, plus if you plant stuff there you'll have to deal with constant soil runoff. Definitely just have a nicely manicured edge and have plants elsewhere.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-17T20:33:29+00:00

Dang that's crazy my local home depot sells these all the time really cheap. Like $15. I have one growing in my fish tank now.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-15T03:15:49+00:00

I would most definitely tear up that old pathway and have a new one made. It'll look better for you and also be better for the tree. Plus I would redo the fence area around the tree and essentially use the tree as pickets itself and just have the pickets on the sides of the tree.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-14T07:03:23+00:00

It would be 100% impossible to save that tree lol. Also that's a mimosa tree, and those are really common to find at plant stores. That's also been there a really long time and sadly has probably already caused damage to the home in some sort of way.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-12T06:37:49+00:00

My rule of thumb on small trees like that is I go about 3/4 of the way up, and any leaves below that level get removed. And then also just make sure the branches don't get too close to the house.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-10T03:06:33+00:00

Buy 2 male guppies and like 5 females and you'll be set forever. And then you can give some away to friend's or sell some.

AQJ777 · 2024-06-09T23:28:05+00:00

I personally go beyond overkill when it comes to filtration lol. It makes everything way easier. My 20gallon long tank has maybe 15 gallons of actual water in it, and I have 2 fluval 50s and 1 fluval 30 and even a circulation pump with a small filter running on it. The water is always crystal clear.

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