How much do you guys charge per cubic yard of mulch. (Not including weeding) Mulch is 90 dollars for 1 cubic yard I charge 140 to purchase install and deliver is this a fair price? submitted by /u/lostnthenetgear [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello all, Looking for some advice, during heavy rainfalls I get large pooling of water on the property line behind my shed. It’s starting to erode and where it’s pooling getting deeper. My neighbour is convinced just throwing surge rock in the area will stop the pooling. I think I should fill it in with fill and trench it as the water needs to flow somewhere, instead of just throwing expensive surge rock and I don’t want rocks everywhere in that area. What’s the best way to address the pooling will just dumping surge rock on it deal with the issue? submitted by /u/whositwhatnow2018 [visit r ..read more

Looking for some advice. My wife and I are looking to transform our backyard riverbed into a constant flowing river by adding a pump near the bottom. This river is an overflow from our neighborhood that heavily flows during rainy periods. There is a pond/small lake above that also adds to the swell. My worry is that any work I put into the yard will be undone constantly by Mother Nature. Does anyone have experience in this? All I can find online is creating a river feature but, not a dual use river bed. We would have a catch area where the pump would be, that would also allow overflow dur ..read more

I'm in the process of regrading a garden bed adjacent to my foundation to slope it away more from the house. Hopefully this will solve the drainage issue I've been seeing.   As the bed was sloping slightly towards the foundation, I dug up a few inches of soil from the area furthest from the wall and leveled out the surrounding area. I need to clear some more debris and weeds and also move around some existing plants so I've placed the dug up soil aside so I can redistribute it around, tamp it down, and slope the bed gradually up to the wall tomorrow.   When I dug up the soil to crea ..read more

Hi, We are about to complete some landscaping and reno's to our home, and as part of it we will be building some block walls out the back to render and paint to match the house. We also have an existing rock wall out the front that looks terrible, and we were wondering if it is possible to form up on the front and back of it and concrete straight over it so that we can then render it as well? We would be looking to level the front yard, so we would want to raise the wall about 100mm. Is it possible, and has anyone had any long term success with it? I am concerned that the concrete may jus ..read more

1st photo: now. I know the difference between the 1st and 3rd photo is dramatic and we've gone backwards so to speak, but trust the process right?! 2nd photos: root balls removed 3rd photo: before Rest of the photos.are some other parts of the yard. Since moving here we have removed most of the palm trees and planted native Australian trees. This lot of plants trees along the left boundary was the last to go. They were amazing at blocking out the other houses in the street but very messy and not fitting in with the rest of the yard. Since having the trees excavated we've realised just how ..read more

I want to even out a small hill in the back of my yard to make it gradually go down instead of up then down. My backyard goes out 60 feet from the back patio. The yard gently slopes down into a swell which has a sewer line under the swell and then it goes up about a foot (4-5 feet behind the swell) or so making it into a small hill before sloping down again into brush that is the common area of the neighborhood. I own about three more feet behind the small hill/slope. I asked all the utility companies through 811 DIG to come in and mark with flags. However to my surprise the hill had spra ..read more

This is a rental so I can't do anything crazy, but I want to find a cheap solution that looks good to keep mulch off my steps. submitted by /u/ExtraStrain5888 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hello everybody! First time posting here, but just had a general question. So, I worked on my yard this weekend for about 9-10 hours over the two days and I just feel so physically tired. To be fair, I haven't gone to the gym or did much physical labor in the last year, (lot of work and schooling), but I haven't felt this tired in many years, and it has lasted days. I used plenty of sunscreen and do not have a sunburn. Any thought as to why I would feel like this? (Also, I did Google it, but it seems to come up with medical conditions, which could be it? But this might be normal? Idk) Thanks ..read more