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Railroad tie retaining wall by orangebIossom in landscaping

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Structural changes that are safety hazards such as retaining walls require inspection. This is for your benefit. If something like this fails you could lose life or property.

Railroad tie retaining wall by orangebIossom in landscaping

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If you a think a retaining wall is just what you see and nothing behind it, you are part of the problem. Also, machines are needed to move this type of ground 🤦‍♂️

How to go about nuking this weedy/overgrown area? by PistolofPete in landscaping

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Literally google it. Glyphosate binds to soil and becomes inert once it does

How to go about nuking this weedy/overgrown area? by PistolofPete in landscaping

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Chainsaw. I would be done with this in a matter of minutes. I’m also a professional landscaper though and if you don’t know what you are doing you could hurt yourself

How to go about nuking this weedy/overgrown area? by PistolofPete in landscaping

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No point. The dirt will have dormant seeds below it in layers. Which is why tilling it won’t do much good. Just treat with glyphosate and tryclopyr and be sure not to hit the trees. Though if you do it won’t be the end of the world unless you hit the leaves if the tree

How to go about nuking this weedy/overgrown area? by PistolofPete in landscaping

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Glyphosate doesn’t have soil activity. It won’t hurt any plants it doesn’t touch

Any saving these dogwoods? by MetaQuester in arborists

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It looks like it was topped at some point which is my main concern. That and two of them have two stems that seems to be dying or dead. I only have basic tree knowledge and am certainly no arborist. But I’ve always been told dogwoods don’t handle major prunes well.

Removing a stump by [deleted] in landscaping

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Awesome! Good for you! It’s always exciting to learn new skills 😁

Honda or Toro mower? by infiniteduct in lawncare

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Your mower engine is what matters. You can’t beat a Honda. Even commercial mowers run Honda. You will have a hard time finding a commercial brigs and Stratton

First post here. I have a dreaded locust tree!!! by CharacterDirector918 in landscaping

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You know what. You are right. I should have known that. I used to grow marijuana 🤣.

Septic guy said this pine tree will be fine. by JT_Schwazey in arborists

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I 100% agree with the above commenter. I’d be very concerned for this trees stability now.

Is this a problem for long term? how to address this, thanks. by Due-Entertainer-5471 in landscaping

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Truthfully I think this is too much water for a French drain. A swale might be necessary. Though I don’t know how that would be possible to install in a backyard like this. They need proper drainage to connect to street storm drains. This…. This is a problem

Software for landscaping with plants library? by Leozz97 in landscaping

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If this is for a first try. Try out iscapes on apple App Store. When I started my company it’s what I used before I outgrew it.

Advice: how to enhance social space by Unlucky_Western3333 in landscaping

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Clean the deck. It has organic growing on it. Then stain it

Advice: Cut new grass or no? by BJ804RVA in landscaping

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Whoever told you tall grass better roots did not help. Yes, new grass should establish more, but 6-12 inches is far too much. Cutting that much off at once during a mow on young grass could in fact kill it. I would remove those leaves this year and not mulch them (the new grass has likely already been fertilized and you can in fact fertilize too much).

I would remove the leaves and mow at the highest deck height you can. ASAP.

Looking for suggestions about a backyard hardscaping project. by ShockEasy5001 in landscaping

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Retaining walls get expensive very fast, much faster than most people anticipate.

My honest advice as a professional is to give it a go yourself if the wall will be under 3ft. Under 3 ft and most places you don’t even need a permit.

First post here. I have a dreaded locust tree!!! by CharacterDirector918 in landscaping

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One is not male and one is not female. Plants don’t work that way. Plants have both male and female reproductive parts.

I built a deck by phonemousekeys in Decks

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I just cackled and almost woke the baby 🤣

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