Entries from This Damn House tagged with 'landscaping'

before. after. lawn. sod. exhaustion.

9 months ago: 2 days ago: This afternoon: I fall down go boom now....

green side up!

Wow, talk about instant* gratification! --> | (* For values of "instant" that mean "after 16+ hours of back-breaking labor)...

Butcher than Thou

She-ra pull up many root with shovel, bow saw and mean bare hands. The tree be my biatch, yo. | |...

biting off a rather large mouthful

We'll see if we can chew it. One of the sorest points of This Damn House is the lawn yard. I won't bore you with the long and sordid history of this particular piece of earth (except to mention that...

soil testing trivia

Does the term "extension office" mean anything to you? Me neither, at least until I was Googling on soil testing and ran across this useful article , which says (among other things): "The first thing I recommend is that you...

speak your piece: to cut, or not to cut

Okay, now that my faithful readership has swelled to vast ranks (about 15), I can pose the question that was the real reason I set up this blog. What should I do with an excess of trees in my front...