First Official Lawn Thread

[shiv]

I’ve always heard mixed reviews on chopping Crepe myrtles? What’s the pros and cons on this?

This is the closest image I've found to what mine looked like before being cut back. I've got 4 in a row running down the driveway

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

This is after the first cut a few weeks back. Gets tougher as the heat comes just south of Raleigh...

 

[ChicagoFats]

My lawn is pretty awful. Got a much of oak trees which are hard to grow grass under and whatever does grow the dog and kids kill running around on it.

Any thoughts on a synthetic lawn?

Would look a lot better, but wonder what happens when the dog starts peeing and crapping on it. Could get pretty nasty.

 

[ChicagoFats]

I’ve always heard mixed reviews on chopping Crepe myrtles? What’s the pros and cons on this?

Lady on our neighborhood Nextdoor kept railing on people for commiting “Crepe Murder” by trimming the trees to far back.

I don’t know the right answer, but those things grow pretty damn fast after you cut them back.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Lady on our neighborhood Nextdoor kept railing on people for commiting “Crepe Murder” by trimming the trees to far back.

I don’t know the right answer, but those things grow pretty damn fast after you cut them back.

They can get really big and unruly quickly...

 

[shiv]

View attachment 88078This is after the first cut a few weeks back. Gets tougher as the heat comes just south of Raleigh...

Looks like yours was done the right way

Lady on our neighborhood Nextdoor kept railing on people for commiting “Crepe Murder” by trimming the trees to far back.

I don’t know the right answer, but those things grow pretty damn fast after you cut them back.

I definitely crepe murdered because mine were fucking massive. If I had trimmed them like Rolly's it wouldn't have solved my problem of them hanging over the house. We will see how they bounce back. If I remember I'll get a picture this afternoon

 

[shiv]

My lawn is pretty awful. Got a much of oak trees which are hard to grow grass under and whatever does grow the dog and kids kill running around on it.

Any thoughts on a synthetic lawn?

Would look a lot better, but wonder what happens when the dog starts peeing and crapping on it. Could get pretty nasty.

Synthetic lawn sounds like it would be a disaster in the end. Maybe good the first year or two, but I would imagine the life span on one of those isn't too great, especially under oak trees.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Looks like yours was done the right way

I definitely crepe murdered because mine were fucking massive. If I had trimmed them like Rolly's it wouldn't have solved my problem of them hanging over the house. We will see how they bounce back. If I remember I'll get a picture this afternoon

I’ve found they are hard to kill...the purists in the south will slander you for it, but I don’t think it hurts them.

 

[shiv]

View attachment 88078This is after the first cut a few weeks back. Gets tougher as the heat comes just south of Raleigh...

Yard looks good. I like how clean your grass ends before going to the wooded area

 

[shiv]

Looking foreward to cleaning the beds and dumping some mulch this weekend

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Thanks man...it’s an ongoing endeavor.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

We had a patio installed last Spring. We do a lot of living out there!

 

[shiv]

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We had a patio installed last Spring. We do a lot of living out there!

Love the little retaining wall and steps. How well does it drain?

 

[shiv]

On my way to get some mulch

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Love the little retaining wall and steps. How well does it drain?

It drains very well...one drain under the patio and another on the side of the retaining wall into the wooded area.

 

[shiv]

It drains very well...one drain under the patio and another on the side of the retaining wall into the wooded area.

Do you keep the patio furniture out year round?

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Do you keep the patio furniture out year round?

We do.

 

[shiv]

I’m excited to get started on lawn work, but also lazy and don’t want to fire up the tools

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Everything has definitely greened up here in NC!

 

[shiv]

Only thing I did today was fix a hole in the fence where the dog got out. I pulled out the edger and then put it back up lol

 

[shiv]

I’ve got a a little breezeway between my garage and shop that my dog had a destroyed over the winter. I got the holes filled and used some landscape adhesive to fix a small retaining wall there. Smoothed it all out and then covered with mulch. Glad I got that done. Prob putting weed eating and edging another week

 

[shiv]

It ain’t much, but it was a wasteland before I started

 

[shiv]

Just a few hours later… fml

 

[shiv]

Just a few hours later… fmlView attachment 96004View attachment 96003

Did you see this shit @TheNJNole - I’m going to send my dog to your house

 

[TheNJNole]

Did you see this shit @TheNJNole - I’m going to send my dog to your house

I love doggies. She would be loved and spolied. However, bed is off limits. Alpha only~!

 

[shiv]

I love doggies. She would be loved and spolied. However, bed is off limits. Alpha only~!

Did you see what she did to my yard?

 

[TheNJNole]

Did you see what she did to my yard?

Because your loving pup likely needs more exercise. Easier said than done....

 

[shiv]

Because your loving pup likely needs more exercise. Easier said than done....

Yeah this is really the right answer. Fuckin tough with me and the wife working and I’ve got a bum foot

 

[TJHall1]

Yeah this is really the right answer. Fuckin tough with me and the wife working and I’ve got a bum foot

Treadmill. Put dog on treadmill. Crack beer.

 

[shiv]

Treadmill. Put dog on treadmill. Crack beer.

Wish it was that easy

 

[TJHall1]

Wish it was that easy

For some people it is, they actually do that, some dogs love the treadmill. There's a lady in my neighborhood who has two big golden retrievers who pretty much drag her along on her rascal. Knew an old guy a long time ago who would hop in his Buick and cruise around going about 5 mph holding the leash out the window.
I read an article yesterday about people who have huskies, German Shepard, etc and they make back packs out of stuff at their house because those dog breeds like the extra weight and work when they're out in the yard running around or out for a walk.

 

[TheNJNole]

Yeah this is really the right answer. Fuckin tough with me and the wife working and I’ve got a bum foot

Always happy to puppy sit

 

[shiv]

Always happy to puppy sit

 

[TJHall1]

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No way that dog did that to your breezeway. That's the look of an innocent dog.

 

[shiv]

She’s a beast

 

[shiv]

No way that dog did that to your breezeway. That's the look of an innocent dog.

She’s the worst man. We had to pick her up at animal control Saturday cause she just finds a way to get loose and then travels around town. Sweetest dog ever though

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

This dude likes to pee on stuff, but he’s getting better...got him going to the woods to do his business.

 

[shiv]

This dude likes to pee on stuff, but he’s getting better...got him going to the woods to do his business.View attachment 96296

I want to hang out in your backyard

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

I want to hang out in your backyard

It’s a great place to live!

 

[RollyInRaleigh]