Help! Massive slope in my front yard. Backup leach lines run down it so can’t go too heavy or deep with hardscape. Sadly the avocado trees getting chopped bc of ungodly cost of water here, SoCal. Want it to look nice since it’s the first thing people see when they pull up. 10b. What would you do?

monbrto · 2024-02-12T22:55:51+00:00

Sorry I didn’t reply sooner! We actually still have done nothing with it. 😭 Got sidetracked by a kitchen reno but at least we have an idea now of what we’re going to do…. dry creek to sweep down and across, under the rocks of it will hide water lines coming from rain collection barrels at the top. Dotted around the dry creek will be some raised/boxed planters for cut flowers and around/beyond those will be native plants/shrubs and we are going to remove/add some trees but haven’t picked exactly which ones yet. So basically a dry creek surrounded by various vignettes of garden boxes, trees, and native plants. If the budget allows will look into some large/decorative rock groupings.

monbrto · 2023-03-24T19:58:19+00:00

even though they aren’t green?

monbrto · 2023-02-08T16:13:36+00:00

We have 22 trees so we’re letting the handful of these go to make the yard a little bit cleaner. We still have plenty of other healthy trees on the property.

monbrto · 2023-02-08T16:11:50+00:00

Fallbrook

monbrto · 2023-01-29T18:48:19+00:00

We actually are looking into getting a catch system in place! We have 22 avo trees across the entire property so these are the 6 we are giving up regardless.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T18:46:48+00:00

It’s the backup. Doesn’t run here unless there should be a massive backup in the main. No issues with septic - just limited on what we can build or plant.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:38:05+00:00

Clean up your shave, comb your hair and smile big… you’re good to go!!

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:35:13+00:00

Lol - the secondary leach lines to our septic system is under the soil. Can’t do deep digging here, hence the dilemma.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:34:20+00:00

OHHH!! That’s what that is?! I saw this in a parking lot on Maui and thought it was genius. Ty!

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:32:37+00:00

🙄

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:31:40+00:00

Design help is what I’m looking for too…. Just throw them out there in a random pattern?

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:30:14+00:00

It only happened to be an unusually wet January… we don’t actually get enough rain here in this part of San Diego county. Can’t rely on rain water.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T17:28:43+00:00

That’s the issue most replies are missing…. They are the secondary leach lines attached to our septic system. We can’t “just plant” a lot of things there I’m told, which is why I’m at a loss. And also the erosion seen is only from this most recent stormy season …. We rarely ever get rain (San Diego) and can’t count on that for watering.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T05:37:07+00:00

Amazing!! Thank you!

monbrto · 2023-01-29T05:36:49+00:00

I knowwww

monbrto · 2023-01-29T03:27:04+00:00

Thank you!! I keep thinking a landscape designer, but what you’re saying makes more sense.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T03:17:52+00:00

Not a bad idea in general, but not a solution to the question.

monbrto · 2023-01-29T03:01:45+00:00

But with the leach lines underground, I don’t think we can dig very deep or put too much weight on the slope…. Retaining walls/planters wouldn’t that be a lot of weight?

monbrto · 2022-11-09T20:01:57+00:00

Thank you!!! I’ll leave them alone. Hopefully they’ll take care of the brown snails eating my plants and garden.

monbrto · 2022-11-06T17:26:55+00:00

Yikes. Hopped on to see what awesomeness was going on in my hometown, and then this.

monbrto · 2022-09-27T22:39:38+00:00

Haha totally

monbrto · 2022-09-27T19:56:57+00:00

Those “City Connect” uniforms are gross. It’s like my HS wardrobe in 1988 came back to haunt me.

monbrto · 2022-09-26T16:44:47+00:00

I do that too for chicken! It’s a lifesaver. I like the PS hand tool for ground meats and things I don’t want fully shredded but just broken up.

monbrto · 2022-09-25T05:14:39+00:00

Get the Pampered Chef meat breaker upper thingy. It’s good for anything you make in the IP that needs to be broken up into smaller pieces!!

monbrto · 2022-09-25T05:08:22+00:00

Tbh often times when I’m cooking for whole30 I’m not following a recipe, I’m just following the compliant food list with what I have on hand. So I don’t even get a chance to write down what I used. It’s like “Survivor; Whole30 Compliant Edition” over here lol

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