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Comment by Judy on June 2, 2009 at 7:30am

Sounds like my yard!
Our pool is sunk in the ground about 2 feet, in that two feet they pulled out rocks longer than my leg. We also found a lot of arrowheads, a smaller, and then a larger mortar and pestle, and a rock hewn on one side for tanning hides. We wanted to go down 3 feet but there's a shelf rock that goes from the pool area under our patio and house at 2 1/2 feet. They said we could get out the dynamite but we said "NO THANKS!" for 6" it's not worth it.

Comment by TS on June 1, 2009 at 4:16pm

ouch! looking great, wish we had some of that blue sky too.

Comment by dgamradt on June 1, 2009 at 4:07pm

started to put up the fence, but I hit rock. Wonderful Texas ground! I got a few posts in, but I can't get through most parts - solid rock.

I tried an auger with a rock tip, a commercial jackhammer (and those will wear you out) - but I only got 2 holes in 5 hours!

But I got some of the fence up.

Comment by dgamradt on May 13, 2009 at 3:27pm

Well, my fence has arrived. Now all I have to do it build it! I saved over 4 grand in building it myself! My only fear is if I hit rock while digging the fence posts. Wonderful hill country ground!

Comment by FXS on May 4, 2009 at 2:21pm

I'll have to check and see how they do up here in the rain forrest! lol, It would be nice to have a few fast growing options :)

Comment by TS on May 4, 2009 at 10:59am

Potato Vine is good too (solanum, maybe it's related to jasmine) grows super fast, blooms at least 2x year and evergreen. Too good for us, we had to take it out b/c our deck was too small for it and the rats were also probably having too good a time in it.

Comment by FXS on May 4, 2009 at 10:22am

Very cool! We have chain link fence up and are looking to add some green to cover spots. Our neighbors however, were quite happy when we cleared the land. It was like they all finally could see the sun! LOL Our "dark hole" of tress and brush suffocated everyone around. Not that we didn't enjoy the privacy, but we needed to clear it and do it right.

This year I am getting a DR brush mower to start mowing down all the weeds that have grown back, and to put seed down to encourage the grass to spread more. It is coming in, but slowly. Before long my yard will have that "park" look. Lots of green grass and big trees.

Then we will do a bit more fancy landscaping. :)

Like what you did there, I have been thinking of doing some Ivy around areas of the fence. It growns fast, it isn't close to the house, and it is easy to take care of.

Comment by dgamradt on May 4, 2009 at 9:41am

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I had a successful yard project I thought I'd share. Our neighbor behind us has a chain link fence. Ugly. And since I've moved to that house, I've been trying to figure out what I could do to cover it on my side to add privacy and make it look better.

I thought about bamboo, but it would fade and disintegrate over 2 Texas summers. Plus, 200 feet of bamboo would be pricey, and not worth the investment. So I decided to go green and add some Jasmine.

To start, I cleaned out Lowe's selection and brought home 9 plants. They're evergreen, so it would even look good in our cold, cold winters (that was for you Bill! It sometimes gets 30 degrees here!)

So I made a planter bed, 6'x100', and planted the jasmine and surrounded the bed with stone from our lot next door (and yes, I moved each rock by hand, and I am sore today!)

Still not done - I plan on taking it another 50 feet or so, once I get some more jasmine.

Comment by FXS on April 29, 2009 at 10:02am

yeah, I lived in El PAso, and I don't miss 115 degrees during monsoon season! no thanks, I'll stick with my rain thank you :)

Comment by dgamradt on April 29, 2009 at 8:27am

Wow.... I'll wish it was cold when we hit our 30+ days of 100 degree heat. Happens almost every summer, where the days over 100 keep adding up.

I'm excited at my new arrival - I just got a great deal on more grass! 2 more pallets arrived last night. Of course, that means I have to lay them down!

Got one done before dark and the other will be today when I get off work. Got a great deal on them... but it will require a lot of TLC to get them healthy.

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