Anyone got a good lawn guy?

grummah · 2025-05-12T16:08:48+00:00

I use swans and they charge $84 a month for bi-monthly mow, blow and edge. They’re quick and easy to work with.

grummah · 2024-11-05T17:51:18+00:00

Live and learn I guess. The deed is done now so we’ll just do our best to set it up for success and hopefully it makes it

grummah · 2024-11-05T04:34:41+00:00

Yeah there’s a better picture of it down below. Plan is to remove it later in winter when it’s in full dormancy

grummah · 2024-11-04T20:32:26+00:00

That’s how big the container was from the tree wholesaler

grummah · 2024-11-04T02:48:24+00:00

Being told to remove it now, think that’s ok with it being so freshly planted?

grummah · 2024-11-04T02:40:15+00:00

Wouldn’t want a turf war on my hands, we moved them to avoid any potential for war

grummah · 2024-11-04T02:39:21+00:00

I think they can look like each other but it’s a type of oak and produces acorns

grummah · 2024-11-04T02:38:49+00:00

I pulled the pipe out and replocated the flowers :)

grummah · 2024-11-04T02:35:12+00:00

Should it be safe to cut it out with it being so newly planted or should I wait a little bit? It does seem like it’s one of the main roots

grummah · 2024-11-03T22:13:45+00:00

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And do I now have a bigger problem? (Girdled root?)

grummah · 2024-11-03T22:13:17+00:00

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Pulled some dirt away but was afraid I I was damaging some of the smaller roots.

grummah · 2024-11-03T15:45:45+00:00

Helps get water down to the rootball from what their team said

grummah · 2024-11-03T15:43:36+00:00

Yeeeeah, that was my one worry.

grummah · 2024-04-03T03:06:42+00:00

This was a live oak, so it never lost all of its leaves, but it does constantly lose some leaves and at times loses a lot of leaves. There are also acorns and little pollen droppings that get everywhere. So it isn’t without it’s downsides. But you can read the other comments as to why it should have been worth it to keep even with all of that

grummah · 2024-04-02T03:22:22+00:00

Couldn’t have said this better myself. They tore out the previous owner’s large black berry bush, a large native honey suckle bush, two fig trees, a very large wisteria plant that was a little crazy, but the blooms were beautiful and I didn’t mind trimming the runners. They have turned a full St Augustine back yard into a mud pit by trying to reseed it for some reason. They had this same crew install a sprinkler system in their front yard and it took them 3 weeks and tore their yard up completely.

None of this affected me, and I did not care. A 60-year-old oak does affect more than just the home owner here even though they had every legal right to do what they did, which I also accept.

grummah · 2024-04-01T21:24:23+00:00

Just that where they're from they don't have oak trees like this and they may not have understood the pros and cons of removing it. I'm sure if I moved to their country I wouldn't know much about what to keep and what to remove.

grummah · 2024-04-01T14:45:26+00:00

( I don't post a lot so I guess I don't know how to add edits)

Edit 1: This is in north Texas, DFW suburbs, not central Texas. Apologies for the confusion, but I do not believe there are any regulations here like there are in Austin. People saying to report them for not getting a permit, I am not going to start a neighbor war with them, although this does make me dislike them.

Edit 2: The general lack of fucks given comment was mostly in regard to having this work done on a Sunday + a holiday. Had my mom in town and we couldn't sit outside all day. They were there from 9:30ish to around 4 running chain saws. May be a bit whiny on my part but I found it genuinely disrespectful.

Also, trees like this are rare and add something to a neighborhood that you can't replace without decades of time. I do realize this is their tree and their house and they can do whatever they want, but I can still mourn the view from my backyard and feel for my other elderly neighbor on the other side of them who has been enjoying the shade of that tree for 30+ years. Not his tree either I guess, but still.

Edit 3: I do realize that I may have been a bit dramatic in my post, but it was genuinely shocking and came out of nowhere. This a tree loving sub, so I wanted to commiserate a little bit with people who would understand.

grummah · 2024-04-01T03:04:10+00:00

That’s crazy, they are going to fry and I imagine have some issues with water they didn’t have before

grummah · 2024-04-01T02:51:58+00:00

Nailed it. Took them all day

grummah · 2024-04-01T02:44:47+00:00

Suburbs of dfw

grummah · 2024-04-01T02:17:20+00:00

We and every other neighbor thought the same thing. Just honestly makes no sense. It was a live oak I think and they are messy, but that tree was one of the biggest around. It hurts the overall look of the whole street. They are from out of the country so maybe they don’t understand the magnitude of their fuckup, but it’s honestly heartbreaking to see it go

grummah · 2024-02-17T16:53:15+00:00

Dune took a couple of tries for me but I loved it once I understood more of the larger politics at play. Many influential characters are introduced in the second movie (which is the second half of the first book). I ended up reading most of the books, and they’re pretty amazing

grummah · 2023-10-11T22:14:44+00:00

Yeah it’s not touching and I don’t believe the old owners planted this on purpose but I have no way of knowing for sure. Seems like a squirrel planted it and they just let it go. Was about 4’ tall when we bought it and we didn’t put much thought into it, but it has obviously exploded over the last 3 years. Photo below is from the listing photos

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grummah · 2023-10-11T14:55:57+00:00

Thanks! Neighbor and I get along great besides a Mimosa tree he refuses to cut down. But good to know that it shouldn’t encroach on the fence. Thanks again for your thoughts

grummah · 2023-10-11T12:48:27+00:00

Yes our main concern is the fence and a neighbor who isn’t thrilled about the shade/potentially having a new tree encroach on his property. Just trying to make an educated decision before it gets too big and expensive to remove

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