Post by Mark's Girl on May 10, 2012 16:18:07 GMT -5
I like this much better...
has anyone done any landscaping themselves? or redirect me to a diy blogger that has I have a patch of grass that want to get rid of completely since its full of fox tails and has sent my dog twice to the vet
We built our house in the middle of a cow field so I'm currently working on landscaping. How big is the patch of grass, and is it in a spot where you would like a flower bed or something like that?
Make sure you price out pavers, I was shocked at how much they cost. Easiest way to remove is probably to actually dig it out. Take a straight shovel and dig straight down on the edges about 4". I would also cut a grid pattern and remove the grass, shake out the dirt, rinse and repeat.
Otherwise you can use chemicals to kill it and then till it but I'm not the biggest fan of dousing the ground in chemicals
I hired someone from my local Botanical Garden. She did a landscape and planting plan for both the front and backyard. It was $25 an hour. She even researched and speced all low pollen plants. DD has bad environmental allergies. It was $100 total. You may want to see if that is an option in your area. They tend to spec plants that are native to your area, therefore more likely to take.
I can't remember where I found it on the internet, but getting rid of grass is hard! You can rent a sod cutter from HD if there is one by you. You'll need a truck to transport it. Otherwise, you could lay a weed barrier over the grass for a couple of weeks and wait for it to die before digging it out. That will make it a lot easier. We removed a 12' x 16' block for my veggie garden and it took two weekends of manual labor. We don't have a car big enough for the sod cutter.
I helped a friend with her paver patio. It's beautiful but it was a lot of really hard work. It's not as simple as just removing grass and putting pavers there. They had to remove the grass and then level the area and then put in sand and gravel for drainage and then put in the pavers.
Totally worth it once it was done but it was extremely labor intensive!!
I got a lot of localized gardening books at Barnes and Noble. Between that and my local nursery I've done pretty well.
Post by InBetweenDays on May 10, 2012 21:48:39 GMT -5
We did most of our yard DIY. The yard was a mess when we bought the house, and even worse after we did a major remodel on the house. We pretty much took out everything, added new topsoil, and started from scratch. It's definitely doable, but depending on what you want to do with the area afterwards it can be a lot of work. Do you have ideas of what you want to do (garden beds, grass, tree, veggies, etc.)? Or a photo of the area?
We did most of our yard DIY. The yard was a mess when we bought the house, and even worse after we did a major remodel on the house. We pretty much took out everything, added new topsoil, and started from scratch. It's definitely doable, but depending on what you want to do with the area afterwards it can be a lot of work. Do you have ideas of what you want to do (garden beds, grass, tree, veggies, etc.)? Or a photo of the area?
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Thanks everyone for the replies. Definitely want it gone so its low maintenance and my dog doesn't keep getting fox tails. That's the only area where they grow. Also is right next to the fence and the watering is starting to rot the bottom of it.