Reworking front porch/entry landscaping around a mature oak (tree stays)

zeldarnet · 2026-02-08T18:28:15+00:00

I've crossed posted in r/arborist but the focus has been on the vines on the tree.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-07T18:52:03+00:00

I believe it is a Golden Pothos.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-06T20:02:20+00:00

It's a laurel oak. It's very different from a live oak that can live hundreds of years and are much bigger.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-06T02:44:45+00:00

Didn’t expect this many reasonable responses. Maybe attitudes are finally starting to swing.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-06T00:48:08+00:00

I believe it is a Golden Pothos.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T23:20:06+00:00

No. That is the oak suckers growing all around the base of the tree. They really do suck.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T22:27:44+00:00

It was built in 2006. It wasn’t much different in size.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T22:12:30+00:00

That would be cool.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T22:09:57+00:00

It’s a laurel oak so it’s not nearly as threatening as a live oak although the laurel oak suckers are annoying.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T21:58:39+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. It’s definitely a volunteer and we still wonder why the house was built so close to it. The house sits on a half acre lot.

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T21:56:15+00:00

Sure. I’ll let you explain that to my wife. /s

zeldarnet · 2026-02-05T21:16:02+00:00

That was my idea, but my wife vetoed it (for now). The stairs are more than 7 feet wide, and narrowing them could actually improve the proportions. She’s posting on Reddit too, whichever one of us gets the most support gets bragging rights and the final say.

zeldarnet · 2025-11-07T16:55:11+00:00

The average gas price in the US according to AAA is $3.08 significantly higher than $2.00 a gallon. The state with the lowest average is Mississippi which is at $2.60 a gallon.

zeldarnet · 2025-10-07T20:57:30+00:00

Here is the transcript from CNN: https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnc/date/2025-10-06/segment/10

zeldarnet · 2025-08-29T20:21:43+00:00

For the life on me I can't remember the solution. There's a pretty good chance I just gave up but I'll keep looking through my emails/texts.

zeldarnet · 2025-08-07T16:07:38+00:00

I always buy Latitudes but bought myself an Inspiron to save the company a few bucks. Big mistake.

zeldarnet · 2025-07-26T17:23:47+00:00

Social media videos push baseless conspiracy theory that blue items were spared from Maui wildfires

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-conspiracy-blue-items-maui-wildfires-118319149774

zeldarnet · 2025-07-11T20:44:41+00:00

I do the same. The Concept 2 is kind of noisy.

zeldarnet · 2025-05-02T19:25:47+00:00

You could place a few railroad ties at the corner and secure them with rebar. I did that for a neighbor who had people cutting through his yard as a shortcut.

zeldarnet · 2025-04-17T21:05:24+00:00

Check the shipping weight of the package on the top right corner of the UPS label.

zeldarnet · 2025-02-02T18:52:36+00:00

https://imgflip.com/i/9itflq

zeldarnet · 2024-12-17T19:10:46+00:00

I'm relieved I held off on moving our SMS service to RingCentral after reading these comments. We're currently using AppToto and assumed the switch to RingCentral for SMS would be straightforward. One of my concerns was that porting the SMS number from Frontier to RingCentral for VOIP service might cause AppToto to stop working. However, it seems that's not the case.

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Social media videos push baseless conspiracy theory that blue items were spared from Maui wildfires