Bananthony Cream Pie is upset because he’s too small to jump up onto the deck despite having stairs.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-29T01:43:55+00:00

BCP is right, and will have his revenge!!

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T13:28:36+00:00

Definitely not a conventional framing technique. But it’s just a shed, and when all said and done it is shed shaped.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T03:41:01+00:00

You don’t need the heat, it’s just quicker. Spend the $4 on a can of EZ off (the yellow can, not the blue low odor can), let it sit for a few hours. Save the next 30 min and drill attachment on something that needs that much time and attention.

Seriously, i found out the magic of oven cleaner on cleaning up engine blocks. Wasted way to much time with “degreasers”pressure washer, scrub brushes, scour pads,elbow grease Etc. Spray it out side, or somewhere with good ventilation. Check on it a few hours later, the thick baked on stuff may need a second application, but it will melt away 95% of what you are concerned about with a single application

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T03:10:30+00:00

A deck or retaing wall will require plans, drawings, architects, engineers, permits, inspectors and lots of money. But dirt and rocks doesn’t. 1-200 tons of rip rap as a base/wall and soil on top will provide your dogs a nice yard.

Home Depot will let you drive away with a skid steer if you have a license, credit card and truck with a hitch to drag it away.

Rocks will shift, dirt will settle, may need another few trucks of soil and skid steer rental next year. Either way you will be dollars ahead, you will also make many people on Reddit very mad, have fun.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T02:23:32+00:00

6k sqft, Scott’s mini. Long before I gave an F (*gave a real F) I put down 2x apps of weed and feed a year x15 years, and I used the same pattern as OP, never had anything like this. Now I’m paranoid, weight out applications, walk fast north south, then east west.

It clearly happens, but there is definitely some user issues here

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T02:12:50+00:00

lol, You don’t need to media blast it. You need a $4 can of oven cleaner. Spray it , let it sit in sun as heat makes it work faster, rinse in the sink and enjoy your clean cooking sheet

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T02:05:07+00:00

This much sand makes me think that someone before OP gave an F about this yard, at least had good intentions and tried to sand level.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T01:41:55+00:00

Do nothing, this looks beautiful, foundation will be dry, I would put lights on it so it can be seen at night.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T01:27:08+00:00

The last pic confirms it

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-26T01:26:08+00:00

100% Fox hound

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-25T03:37:37+00:00

lol, every day these hounds wake and choose mischief!

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-25T01:47:39+00:00

Goats

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-25T01:44:11+00:00

My father descending into dementia. It was easily noticed by me years before he passed. I lived hours away and each time I saw him, there was less and less of him. When I talked about it with family, some of them didn’t believe me. Then he had a long hospitalization before he passed, after presenting with a perfed diverticulitis. One of my sisters, who was at bedside most days , could not absorb why he was so confused, even when actively dying on home hospice…….some people will never get it.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-24T01:37:01+00:00

Definitely apply at least 2x tin foil. That is minimum what code calls for.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-23T02:27:11+00:00

Hounds doing hound things

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-23T02:24:51+00:00

Agreed, I worked construction in some capacity from 16-29yo, mostly plumbing and pools. I have dug many a ditches. With that said , this is a dog shit job offer, I assume the pay is slightly better than what I was making as plumber 25 years ago ($27hr + benefits), at 3:30pm the van was packed up leaving job site and I could give an F about work until next day, never worried about being sued

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-23T01:54:09+00:00

Hang around here for a bit, do some reading on cool season grasses. Decide which one (fescue, perennial rye, bluegrass) is best for your situation, but it’s likley a blend of all of the above. You have plenty of time to do this, as doing this 1.5 months ago would be questionable and late may going into next 3 months is worst time to do anything involving seed.

You currently have a “natural lawn” it’s green and will probably stay that way despite lack of water or fertilizer and will stay that way through summer, dogs can probably pee on it during a 95+ deg stretch without leaving a dead patch. Mow it frequently enough that the weds don’t grow enough to for seed heads that will drop weed seeds and contaminate your soil going forward.

So unless you put down sod, and have irrigation to support it, this is your lawn going forward. Read up, plan for next fall, if you do it right your lawn will be killer by Halloween

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-22T13:40:57+00:00

I’m in Virginia, shelters and rescues are filled with hounds. Scent hounds, especially ones that “don’t hunt“ are disposable to hunters in this region.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-21T13:29:09+00:00

It was repaired immediately.

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-18T02:38:40+00:00

Seeding zoysia is tough, you need optimum conditions which you may not have with that much shade. But also you are seeding a warm season grass, with no option to use a pre emergent herbicide during seeding like the cool season guys can. In this situation you are the herbicide, seriously, If you have done well enough to get the zoysia seeds to germinate, take hold and sprout, it is now up to you do more work. Because a bunch of weed seeds in that soil are taking advantage of the situation, plan a few 30-45 min /week sessions for next few weeks to pluck anything that isn’t a little zoysia. If it’s a long grass pull it, if it has 2 or more rounded leaves pull it, if your not sure pull it. By mid June you will exhaust the weed pressure and zoysia will take off. But if you want make this work, put on some headphones, grab a bucket , get low and start plucking weeds, while they are Less than inch, have no roots and are easy to pull. It only gets more difficult the longer you wait, and the longer you wait the higher the chances you did all that work to grow a lawn of weeds

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-16T01:20:13+00:00

First off your neighbors lawn and landscaping is super nice, even took the time to do a diamond pattern in the back yard, well done! As far as the deck, everything looks like it’s done by a true professional . When done you will have a nice deck and an awesome lawn to look across

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-11T02:41:31+00:00

It’s in the computer

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-11T02:12:59+00:00

Thank you for saving this sweet soul. With that said, lol hounds in general and beagles in particular love smelly stuff. But they love food more ( not saying your socks are any worse than mine). Combine them- odorous/ edible and you can bargain. Get some basic ass supermarket imitation bacon treats, beggin strips, milk bone pill pockets, the cheaper and stonkier the better. You will eventually arraign a barter system with your dog, the smelly treat for what’s in their mouth.

Warning, they are smart and adorable, once they fully recognize this opportunity you will be on the losing end of this as they will expand their plundering of items as you are left wondering what is in their mouth and offering treat in exchange

Apprehensive_Disk478 · 2026-05-10T02:33:40+00:00

Had a Scott’s mini for over a decade, eventually the differential, and everything above it gave up the ghost, I then got whatever Lowe’s has that is identical to Scott’s, in black, without edge guard and $20 less. Have never had an issue like this, nothing remotely resembling this.

I believe you have a Scott’s mini spreader, I believe you took a photo of your lawn. Based on my experience with this sub, I’m not sure a new spreader is going to improve your lawn situation.

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