Entries from This Damn House tagged with 'yard'
before. after. lawn. sod. exhaustion.
9 months ago: 2 days ago: This afternoon: I fall down go boom now....
selling my soul for gold
As if the sod we laid last year wasn't bad enough. What price my conscience? Mulch is good. Mulch keeps the soil moist and your plants' delicate roots warm in the winter. It prevents weeds and reduces erosion. And if...
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...
hoooYA!!
The first tree is gone. I tore it out by the roots with My. Bare. Hands. Now I know my super power at last....
Side yard: before and after
I love before and after pics, don't you? And here, for your amusement and edification, are some during pictures, too. (check out the huge brush pile! I see a massive bonfire in our future.) Before: | During: | After:...
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...
I'm a rockin' butch babe!
Lunch break: spent an hour sawing off ugly low hanging branches on trees that were crowding the yard and blocking visibility of oncoming traffic from the driveway. I'll get a picture up later. Right now I'm sitting buff at the...
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