Paddock Landscaping Thread
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Seriously thinking about putting in about 15x15 concrete for basketball with dog-poop-free shoes, but I'd probably screw it up.
Small retaining wall + bed on in front yard. Been putting it off for too long.
Installing some transplants (magnolias, red buds, Japanese maples, a few azaleas) this weekend.
Finally got yard into decent enough shape last fall that hopefully just some general maintenance is all that's needed this year. Nearly died trying to revamp everything in 2016.
Installing some transplants (magnolias, red buds, Japanese maples, a few azaleas) this weekend.
Finally got yard into decent enough shape last fall that hopefully just some general maintenance is all that's needed this year. Nearly died trying to revamp everything in 2016.
Just bought 21 acres with a 2 acre lake and about 3 acres to mow with the rest woods so gonna go through one season and see what pops up.
Where are you located?
I've been planning on planting a few dozen red bud and flowering dogwood saplings along the tree line at the back of my property. They're great in the understory, and they should eventually fill in underneath the other, larger trees.
But I forgot to get my order in with the Kentucky Division of Forestry. Two years in a row.
just purchased a nice ranch style house on an acre in my city limits. I bought my doctors house from childhood. Have already replaced gutters, repointed some masonry work, all exterior woodwork needed, pulled the carpets and finished the original 1960 hardwoods (never touched until now). Excited about that.
gonna paint the brick, veneer brick the first living room fireplace, veneer brick my sports / home theatre wall, demolition work will be the front porch flooring, back porch flooring, taking down a few walls and putting up some columns.
Once I'm not as busy at my business I'm thinking of closing in the back porch to make a 4 seasons room, adding a pool addition (room) to my gazebo bathroom and kitchenette, and landscaping = 3 huge trees have to go, new grass, revive the beds, retaining wall (small)
I'm in hell but loving it. Got a steal on the house. 215 for nearly 5,000 square feet in a great part of town.
gonna paint the brick, veneer brick the first living room fireplace, veneer brick my sports / home theatre wall, demolition work will be the front porch flooring, back porch flooring, taking down a few walls and putting up some columns.
Once I'm not as busy at my business I'm thinking of closing in the back porch to make a 4 seasons room, adding a pool addition (room) to my gazebo bathroom and kitchenette, and landscaping = 3 huge trees have to go, new grass, revive the beds, retaining wall (small)
I'm in hell but loving it. Got a steal on the house. 215 for nearly 5,000 square feet in a great part of town.
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Where are you located?
I've been planning on planting a few dozen red bud and flowering dogwood saplings along the tree line at the back of my property. They're great in the understory, and they should eventually fill in underneath the other, larger trees.
But I forgot to get my order in with the Kentucky Division of Forestry. Two years in a row.
Check with your local Extension agent. They give seedlings away for one day during the spring at my local office.
Picked up some Paw-Paws and Sassafras last year.
Near Lebanon Junction.Where are you located?
I've been planning on planting a few dozen red bud and flowering dogwood saplings along the tree line at the back of my property. They're great in the understory, and they should eventually fill in underneath the other, larger trees.
But I forgot to get my order in with the Kentucky Division of Forestry. Two years in a row.
Need a deck added to above ground swimming pool. Tear down a old deck connected to house and rebuild it with a roof over it. Add some wiring and maybe put a couple ceiling fans in it. Relocate some drainage pipes from the gutters on down the lot. Dig up some old dying shrubs and replace. Mulch everything new.
Built a deck two years ago. Bout time to get the landscaping done around it.
Just finished painting the shed. Next is the fence line then landscaping down it.
Fun times
Just finished painting the shed. Next is the fence line then landscaping down it.
Fun times
Adding a lower level extension on a 2-story deck. Upper and lower decks are 10X20 and lower extension will be 14X20.
Will be a fun spring/summer "learning" project with me and my teenage son and daughter.
Will be a fun spring/summer "learning" project with me and my teenage son and daughter.
Moving a bunch of climbing roses to a fence and putting in grasses. Got a rhododendron hybrid coming, gonna move some
Guard and do a butterfly garden for my kids with black eyed Susan's, Lillie's, guara etc. my sister in law is bringing up some mortgage buster tomatoes from seed so I'll be planting those.
Guard and do a butterfly garden for my kids with black eyed Susan's, Lillie's, guara etc. my sister in law is bringing up some mortgage buster tomatoes from seed so I'll be planting those.
If it is very shady, any grass will not survive the lack of sunlight. But, if you insist on trying a grass seed, I would recommend a blend of Creeping Red and Bluegrass, with more of the Creeping Red. Still, don't expect a nice carpet of grass, but mow as high as your mower deck will go, with a very sharp blade always.
Personally, I would not recommend any sort of Ryegrass, Perennial or Annual. It will grow much faster than any other grass types, and hard to keep mowed.
Some sort of ground cover like English Ivy will thrive and spread rather quickly though. It loves the shade.
Intense high beam lights with motion sensors pointed at my neighbor's house. 23 wind chimes. A koi pond/mosquito breeding ground, and an outdoor hip hop concert stage.
Putting in a large curved pergola over my stone patio. That area takes a beating from the sun. I'm gonna extend it to cover 3 large family room windows as well, should help to keep it cooler in the house as well.
I'm going to rip out some small trees along the side of my house that are basically hidden by 3 magnolias anyway.
I'm going to plant 2 red maples in the backyard.
I'm considering yanking out 2 spruces that can't seem to get rid of mites. I've been getting them treated for a few years now and they still have rust colored needles and bare spots in the back.
I'm going to rip out some small trees along the side of my house that are basically hidden by 3 magnolias anyway.
I'm going to plant 2 red maples in the backyard.
I'm considering yanking out 2 spruces that can't seem to get rid of mites. I've been getting them treated for a few years now and they still have rust colored needles and bare spots in the back.
Great ideas but check with your landlord first and be careful planting trees too close to your trailer. The roots will put a beating on old mobile home pipes.
I've got some nice plants that would look good around a lake.
It's already got some nice trees around it and I don't want to add much if any maintenance. What plants are you talking?
House overlooking the lake. I've been planning this for 10+ years.
Nobody in the Paddock cares about costs!
Seriously, I have no idea. Something like this.
