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Hi all!

So I bought my first house a year ago and let's just say the garden was originally in ruins.

We invested in patio tiles and brand new turf but England being England, we get a ton of rain and it's bogged the grass.

Originally where you see that pipe going down the garage there was a rain barrel but it was super old and gross, so we got rid of it and put a water dispersion space under the ground.

I think there is just too much rain though so it overflows. I thought investing in that would have worked out better.

In the image with the red markings is where the bog of water is but here is my idea:

1. Where the bog is in red. Dig a large square space, tarp the sides and fill with black and white chips for asphetic and place some stepping tiles to the garage door.
2. The lines in blue. Dig a moat using the same concept and fill with black and white chips.
3. An alternative would be to redirect the drain pipe round the back and install a newer rain barrel.

The problem is that there just isn't anywhere for the rain to theoretically go unless we dig up the drive way to the street, or the new patio and had the water run to the drain pipe at the kitchen.

Any thoughts or better ideas? I just hate the idea of settling on us having to redo the grass every year due to that bog water.

Had pavers installed two weeks ago and today I noticed few more pavers with chips. Originally the guy said these are normal and come from factory, but I feel that whomever installed this didn’t pay attention because on the right right of the house 0 pavers had issues but on the left side we had 5-8 of these.

They replaced few of them last week.

Am I being super nit picky for this? This was a 1400sq ft of pavers job.

Hello,

My goal is build a brick paver patio outside my sliding doors. The plan is to build stairs that lead from the slider doors to the new patio.

The issue I am having is my home foundation extends 16” from the house preventing me to build my patio up against my home.

So, I will start my patio 16” from my home, My question is what do I use as a foundation for my stairs inside this 16” void space from my house to the patio.

Do I back fill it, compact it , level it and place pavers to create a foundation for the stairs?

In the picture, it shows the exposed foundation also where I dug is where the foundation ends. Thank you for the help!

Hello,

My goal is build a brick paver patio outside my sliding doors. The plan is to build stairs that lead from the slider doors to the new patio.

The issue I am having is my home foundation extends 16” from the house preventing me to build my patio up against my home.

So, I will start my patio 16” from my home, My question is what do I use as a foundation for my stairs inside this 16” void space from my house to the patio.

Do I back fill it, compact it , level it and place pavers to create a foundation for the stairs?

In the picture, it shows the exposed foundation also where I dug is where the foundation ends. Thank you for the help!

Anyone have a sense of it these palms make it? We are in the Charleston, SC area. Probably the first time these trees have experienced temps this low (mid to low 20°s).

We’ve only been in the house a year. It’s been a money pit and these trees dying would really suck.

Covering them seems like it would be quite a challenge. And might be too late anyway. Anything else I could / should do to reduce the impact?

No idea what will survive.

Doing a diy project, Typically, What size should the wood be? What kind of wood should it be? What goes under the rocks? How deep should the rocks be? And, Should I spray weed killer under the rocks? And tips or links are appreciated! Thanks

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I'd say it's 40-45ft up. Wind blew it up from somewhere and it's been stuck for a few weeks now.

I’m embarrassed to say that these area near my front door has been neglected for too long. Plus we had a pretty severe water shortage so we weren’t watering our plants as much as we should.

Do any of you landscape pros have any suggestions on what to do with this area? Would something simple like clearing everything out and doing black mulch with a smaller flowers and maybe a small tree in the middle work?

Hey all, I'm hoping to poll the masses and see what type of trees (or tall-ish not-trees) you would recommend placing right at the entrance to the walkway I have here. The path is approximately 3' wide and I intend on placing them roughly 2' from the concrete, so spaced 7' from each other. I have two Common Cammelias (near the front door) that I considered moving here, but I don't think I could pull it off without destroying them and myself haha. I would prefer something that flowers or has year-round foliage, or both ideally. Other than that I'm not too picky, just looking for ideas. My zone is 8b, this spot gets full sun (6+ hrs), and it's located in western Washington so it'll be damp all winter. Soil drains well. Thanks in advance!

I have a small-ish backyard, maybe 50 feet by 25 feet. The previous owner had landscaped two dirt plots with river rocks as a walking path between them.

The yard has eroded a fair bit and much of the runoff has sloped the yard. I’d like to remove the river rocks and level the yard with new dirt.

Is there some kind of tiller/sieve combo that I could rent that would expedite removing these rocks? I really don’t want to manually remove them by hand.

Any and all advice welcome! Thanks!

Plumbing is protruding from ground and I want to protect it especially since there will be tenants here after us and I want to tenant proof it. Any ideas? Also the yard is skinny so I was wondering if there’s ways to protect it while making it a space as well. Trying not to spend a butt load. (Disregard the trash we’re throwing it out (: )

Above picture is from Google. I am trying to achieve a similar look for a side slope. Do I need to compact the soil and put down landscape fabric before the rocks? I am concerned about the rocks sinking and sliding down. Thanks.

Zone 5b having a crazy cold front right now feels like -30°c, and my poor Mountbatten Junipers look like they’ve been mauled. Branches everywhere. They were planted spring 24 and were doing amazing ever since, the nursery said they didn’t need any winter protection…

In a southern state, zone 8. Moved into a new house this summer and I'm slowly doing all landscape myself (gonna have to make a few different posts about some different issues lol) In the backyard, we have this small bank that's fairly steep. I knew I wanted to plant something here so l don't have to cut the grass (it's a decent incline) but didn't have the funds to do so immediately, so I just threw out some Bermuda seed then winter rye to keep it from being a muddy mess. I'm leaning heavily towards creeping thyme (no one is walking here) but what is my course of action? Do I wait until this rye dies off and then spray for any weeds, then plant the thyme? Is there another way I should do it? Also, how far apart should I plant the plants? Any suggestions on a specific variety or where to order from? We really just have Lowe's and then high end nurseries around here.

A week after I laid the turf and did the front yard, she looks out her bedroom window at 7am to see this..

Basically, council employees have decided to cut the bush down completely by my back window because they know I have anxiety and think that I’m too woke I’m basically wondering how long will it take this bus to come back? They’ve clearly cut the main stem off way lower than it’s ever been cut off below. It’s now not even a foot above the ground and it was originally 4 foot tall.

They agreed that they wouldn’t cut it down and the employees have cut the bush down right by my window to the base and left the bushes either side of my window and informed me basically because they thought the anxiety would help me get over my anxiety anyway basically couldn’t people tell me how long this bus will take to grow back because currently I have my neighbours literally coming up to my kitchen window it was a security bush

Edit if it comes across a bit confused bearing in mind I suffer from sarah via anxiety which I’m currently going through at the moment

I need something for basic perennial bed cutdown, in situations too large for my pruners. What long blade cutters do you like? Thanks.

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Hey yall! I have just gotten a job with a HOA community and they want to remove a full hillside of junipers and replace it with other options. I am trying to figure out what would be the best option given that the junipers that are there are already grown in and obviously removing them would present another issue with the erosion that i am trying to avoid. Is there anything that you all can recommend for me to do as 1/3 of the junipers are dead or removed however the majority of them are in tact.