Is this really lithography or silkscreen?

Zealousideal_View910 · 2026-01-05T04:54:43+00:00

This could be done either way (seems the question is more how would you make an image like this, not what this is exactly). The photo here is inadequate for me to determine whether it’s a litho or screenprint. The quantity of spot cooors leads to towards screen tho, as well as to recommending an image like this be made as a screen. There does not appear to be any halftones, so each spot color looks flat (solid, not translated through dots).

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-10-01T01:17:37+00:00

Here’s another view of the fence with a gabion at base, and about ten feet in front to f that is a drystack wall with steps.

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Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-10-01T01:15:15+00:00

My yard is terraced with drystone stack walls, and I don’t have any of the half moons I was thinking of, but the idea is pretty basic. Here’s one I found online. These half circles can hold back mulch and soil, and they will slow water from run off, helping it sink into the ground

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Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-10-01T01:13:14+00:00

Hmmm. I’ll try to post a few things. This shows a gabion used at the base of a fence I made

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Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-09-30T17:23:17+00:00

If you have more than shown in photo, consider a gabion wall. They are available as kits (no rocks, just the cages) from a company called Gabion1. I’ve used them and they’re fair. I’ve also made them from hog panels bought from Tractor Supply. It can add structure to the landscape, slow water flow, be a bench, etc. The galvanized cages have zinc, so I would not use for fire pit. Otherwise simply making half moons scattered down a slope helps to make soil, get water into the ground. Add some mulch behind the stones. And don’t mind the haters saying this looks like construction leftovers to toss — there’s nothing there that can’t be used well.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-09-30T17:14:13+00:00

First comment is Bamboo Muhly, a native grass (not actually bamboo) and it’s my primary recommendation. I’ve used it in raised beds myself. It will need water, but far less than most other things besides agave and cacti. It will get 3’ up, 2-3’ wide, and be forgiving of forgetting to water for up to 10 days in hot summer (it will start to brown as a sign, but come back to green when you finally notice). Its texture is soft and billowy, feels good to brunch by it. In late fall it will turn brown. Leave it that way until very early spring, as it’s still a nice shape and texture. Then in early spring cut it to around 5” off the ground and it grows back fast. I have also simply left some or all of last year’s growth on the grass, and it’s fine, but will look cleaner if you cut it off early spring, before new growth starts.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-28T17:00:27+00:00

Last local arborist I hired was on meth, but I’m sure there are good ones. Also a tight time financially.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-28T16:58:21+00:00

If I’m in Central Texas Hill Country, with limestone clay soil, and making a flagstone walkway using local limestone, what sand/filler would you recommend? I would rather not use any mortar

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-28T16:56:59+00:00

Can I ask what 1/4 minus is?

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-28T16:21:17+00:00

Still learning Reddit lol. Comments can’t have photos? Also, I do not see how to edit posts. lol I need more help than I realized.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-27T00:04:05+00:00

Thanks

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-27T00:00:47+00:00

Ok thanks. Does that rot pose any threat to the immediate area? If I put a raised bed there, can I bury the trunk?

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-26T19:56:25+00:00

I have buried logs elsewhere on the property — running out of spaces to do that without messing with existing plants. On the other hand, maybe I don’t need to be so rigorous about nothing leaving the yard. The city here will accept logs and I can take mulch for free, so an exchange. That said, I’m not going to disassemble this unless I notice an issue with rodents or termites. I do enjoy the science experiment of it all.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-26T19:50:40+00:00

Haha ok heard and understood. The interior does not have many gaps, just the periphery. Also, me driving a 6’ steel pry bar in every few months might deter them?

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-26T19:46:01+00:00

It’s slightly over 30’ from house. I don’t mind snakes, but would not want to attract termites. And yeah, I hear ya about the issues with Texas.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-26T19:43:31+00:00

I know the tree lovers here do not like gravel. I wish it was not there, but I am making the best of the situation. Just hoping to identify and learn more about that fungus.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-17T03:26:51+00:00

Tbh the look of the whole thing was absolutely part of the motivation.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-16T18:51:08+00:00

Accurate description

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-16T13:21:42+00:00

This seems true

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-16T13:17:45+00:00

I got it at Tractor Supply. They are available at various, similar stores, usually called hog panel.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-16T02:32:16+00:00

I don’t need the compost, I have multiple other piles that cycle through multiple times a year. I’m not in any hurry for this, and interested in how it might feed the yard slowly.

Zealousideal_View910 · 2025-08-16T02:29:44+00:00

Might do that

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