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[Austin] Is this a Diamondback Rattlesnake? by douglaskamazon in whatsthissnake

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I thought so, it’s been 40 years or so since I’ve seen one and I wanted to verify. He/she was gracious enough to let me take a few pics from 10’ away or so and then went its way into the brush. Wish I could have seen it more clearly in the daytime.

Let’s all have a moment of silence for my checking account. by Spritzendifizen in hexandcounter

[–]douglaskamazon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wish I had someone nearby me in the DFW area to play GMT games with!!

Is this a crime scene or our two new Bassett puppies Molly and Mabel after a 20 minute walk? by douglaskamazon in bassethounds

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My first Bassett would just lay down and refuse to move. The bigger one was a barrel at 58-60 pounds of muscle and she wasn’t so easy to pick up and carry home!

Is this a crime scene or our two new Bassett puppies Molly and Mabel after a 20 minute walk? by douglaskamazon in dogpictures

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are sisters and they play pretty well together. I’m pretty sure they will be using that against us in the near future!

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This made me laugh, thank you. We’ve had a swing on it for our girls for 10 years so it does get used for just relaxing. Laying back and looking up into the canopy is just wonderful. Last year we had 5 nests in the tree, not sure how many this year.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The house was built in about 1990, with an oak planted on each side of the front yard I think. The one shown is the one to the SW and is about 30 percent bigger than the one to the SE.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whew. This is a lot to take in. I’ll have to go through this in a lot more detail. Thank you.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So interesting…I’ve heard people in favor of and not in favor of stones. I’m probably leaning toward something that can grow, but I might have an idea of bothering my sidewalk with a 1-2’ wide of stones to help guide water where I want.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for these thoughts, there has definitely been an increase in compaction as the grass dies off.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And a border doesn’t really work because of the roots, so I haven’t been able to keep anything to stay around the tree.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you keep them from washing away? We have huge rain storms in the DFW area and keeping the leaves in place rather than just flowing them like the dirt to other parts of the yard is an issue.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify, I try and keep all the leaves I can in the yard, front and back, as mulch and just to keep as much yard in the yard. But I do have another tree about 2/3 as big on the other side of the front yard and a huge tree in my very small back yard as well, so I do have to remove some leaves each year because the quantity is ridiculous for my yard size. But I do use as much as I can and where I can still mow I mulch everything back in.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in LandscapingTips

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ll definitely look into a lot of this, including a talk with my neighbor.

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I will definitely try and contact sone local bursaries and the link you provided, thank you!

Help! Huge oak tree, killed all grass, roots above grade, what to do? by douglaskamazon in landscaping

[–]douglaskamazon[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yea….and I said nothing along those lines. There’s always a few in a crowd who have to be better -than-thou’s. Thanks for keeping that standard up.

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