I just caught somebody using roundup in my yard and all over a small holly bush. Is there any way to dissipate it quickly, and save the holly??

I was looking at some garden designs recently and one thing kept bothering me. Some of them look great, but I can't imagine having to maintain them every week.

Especially when there's barely enough room to get a mower through or you have to do half the work by hand because of how everything is laid out.

I get that people want their yard to look nice, but making it easy to maintain should be part of the plan too.

Curious what you guys think. Does this come up much when you're working with customers, or do most people only start caring about maintenance once everything is finished?

Small slopes are 3.5-4ft tall and highest point in corner is about 6ft tall. I had some help with AI for bringing my idea to life but am curious what others think(I'm not that creative)

I’m a business student and my group is working on an entrepreneurship project about goat grazing services as an alternative to traditional landscaping.
Our idea is to offer goat rental services to HOAs, property managers, and business owners with large properties to help clear overgrown weeds, brush, and vegetation in a more environmentally friendly way.
We’re trying to determine whether people would actually be interested in using this type of service, and we’d love to hear your opinions!
A few questions we have:
Would you consider using goats instead of traditional landscaping methods? Why or why not?
What would be your biggest concern (pricing, safety, effectiveness, convenience, etc.)?
Would the environmental benefits make you more interested in trying goat grazing?
If you’ve used goat grazing services before, how was your experience? Was it worth the cost?
We’re looking for honest feedback, both positive and negative, to help us evaluate whether our business idea is realistic.
Thank you for helping us with our research!

I thought that i hit a rock with the rototiller...clearly not!

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I recently started a gardening and landscaping business and have been looking for software to make day-to-day operations a little easier.

I’m mainly looking for something that handles job scheduling, customer management, estimates, invoicing and recurring lawn maintenance without being too complicated or expensive.

I have looked into JOBBER and came across LawnVex while exploring other options.

Before settling on anything, I’d love to hear from people who have actually used these tools or found better alternatives.

What are you using for your business..?

What do you like or dislike about it, and is there anything you’d recommend for someone just starting out..?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences..!!!

Hey y'all, I need some practical, cost-effective advice for a backyard project. Every time it rains, heavy clay dirt washes down a slope right into my above-ground pool area and straight under the liner. It's a total pain to clean out.

This is my second year having the pool in this specific area, and it is the only place it can possibly go. Last year, I did not level the ground, and the pool ended up very sideways and leaning. This year, I had to get the ground leveled and flat in a massive hurry to get ready for my daughter's birthday party. I was completely running out of room to shift or move the layout anywhere else, and it was extremely hot during the time I was stuck out there doing all this heavy manual labor.

Most of the excess dirt sitting on the problem side right now is exactly what I had to dig out of the slope just to get the pool flat. I am removing the dirt that I had to move—which was the original dirt level that was already there where the pool is now—to make that area level, and it sits right in line with the fence.

On that bad side with the mud slope, my fence sits right at that line, but I can dig back into the slope if I need to in order to fix this right. I have tilled up that problem area and dug a lot of excess dirt out to fix it up more and get it back to where it needs to be. Right now, I'm trying to move all that dug-out dirt, clear out a whole lot of roots, and get rid of the leftover debris.

To give you a full picture, I’ve included photos of both sides. On the wide-open side of the pool, there is no fence, I didn't have to do much work, and I have about 4 feet of clearance where I've set up blue interlocking foam pads over the leveled ground. The pool area itself is level, but because the base sits right next to that clay hill on the fenced side, rainwater running down keeps washing mud straight toward the pool base and threatening the whole setup.

I've attached photos showing the progress from not many days after I first started tilling all the way up to today so you can see what I'm working with. The ones I took today look a lot drier since I didn't use the camera flash.

I need to figure out a way to keep the ground level in line with the fence line while blocking that clay mud from sliding down under my pool. I'm looking for simple, cheap ways to handle this without a massive overhaul. How far back should I keep digging into the slope to make a proper ditch, barrier, or workaround? Any solid DIY ideas are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hello everyone, I am looking for help on tips to advertise I have about 20 mowing clients but would like to grow that list. I advertise on every app Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok with my company page. However I cannot seem to get any leads for my company. Do any of y’all have any advice?

Do I need to cut every paver along this curve or should I just cut every other or so? For the section already beginning to curve, should those be cut as well or are those gaps small enough for polymeric sand to fill?

I want to get my firewood up this grade and chop it for my wood stove.

Skid steer with a bucket?

Any ideas on what to do down here? Other than paving the lot.

OC

Southern USA I was told not to cut the roses back so much too soon but they have grown 2 FEET in a month and now have some buds! :) These things are way more hardy than I expected!

Since so many people asked for the final result. Here is the retaining wall we had completed vs the Ai rendering we shared

https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/fKvm29GEsV

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Hey everyone! We're currently working on a retaining wall for our front garden bed, and we're having a bit of a debate about the color. We originally thought dark grey would look good consensus wise.

We went with a darker gray block, which I personally think looks pretty good with our house. However, my wife and a few others feel it's too dark and doesn't complement the exterior as well as a lighter gray would.

We're considering returning the blocks and switching to a lighter shade, but before going through all that trouble and potentially spending more money, we'd love some unbiased opinions.

What do you guys think? Does the current gray work with the house, or would a lighter gray look better?

Keep in mind that the garden bed isn't finished yet. We'll eventually be adding plants and mulch.

Appreciate any honest feedback!

I asked a while ago for some advice on a landscaping project, and renting a little Tracksteer as a complete amateur. I got good input, and helpful tips so thanks to this community for helping my project succeed. I wanted to post this on my results, and a few things I picked up that are worth sharing.

Primary goal was to excavate and level a patio for a Firepit. I am also restoring some "forgotten" land between my property and the neighborhood retention pond, so I wanted to help in prepping that site too.

The tool I rented was a small DitchWitch tracksteer/trackloader. I got an untoothed bucket, forklift, and also added on the trenching tool eventually so I can also do some french drains. It took me a few hours the first day to get used to operating it. Best advice I can give is to go slow, and get used to how it drives backwards. All t grading I did was with it backwards.

For excavation, the thing to learn is how to skim about 1-2" of soil/clay. These things are awesome when they go straight. They mess stuff up turning, by their nature. It took me a bit of practice, and I had to get off and look a few times, but you want to get it to "bite" by tilting the bucket down, drive forward a bit, then flatten the bucket and go straight. I caused myself no end of big holes to fill and messy stalls and edges when I tried to dig too much at once.

For grading, I found getting the blade almost vertical was good for a rough spread, but then shifting to almost flat but a slight forward tilt, and just enough downward force to get the depth you want, dragged backwards gets th he best "smoothing out" of topsoil.

The forklift add on was a recommendation from a friend. I had not planned to get one, but it was incredibly useful for the small amount it cost to rent. This is what I used to move the flagstones from the 2 tonne pile the stone store left, over to the patio site. VERY useful. I got the guy who delivered my stone and gravel to give me an extra short-pallet, which was perfect for moving stuff around. I ended up using it for the Firepit blocks, the Adirondack chair boxes, heck, even moved my giant tarp with it

Timing is the other thing. I initially thought this was a 1 day job. The same friend that recommended the forks gently suggested it was a 3 day job, but that the extra cost to get a week might be worth it. Mostly because it then "takes the time pressure off". A couple of days I was just dead at the end of the day (despite the fact that it is doing all the hard work, these things do beat you up a bit operating, kinda like riding a horse), and knowing I had time let me make the safe decision to stop for the day. Whether tired or dark, the end of the day is when you hurt yourself. I ended up renting it for a full week. The plate compactor I had them pick up after the initial 3-day, and they delivered the trencher when they collected it.

Final thought is why did I wait so long to rent one of these! For anyone who played with Tonka bulldozers in the sandbox, tooling around in one of these and movement dirt around is hella fun.

Looking for advice to resolve drainage/erosion issues and make this entry point functional and not a constant mud pit.

There is an existing drainage swale parallel to the fence on the right. We cannot dig or bury the downspout due to shallow utilities. Grass is difficult to maintain. Gate and walkway need to remain accessible for lawn equipment. Very muddy.

How would you fix this problem? Thanks.

I‘m looking for some advice as to how to make this transition smooth and as durable as possible. I really don’t want to pay for concrete although that would be the fix.

I’ve considered the plastic grids to stabilize the slope, gravel ”glue” to hopefully hold down whatever I put there, and just dumping and tamping more material. We will have a long-term renter using the driveway daily all winter, and I want to get this fixed before he moves no in November.

Appreciate any and all comments.

Hello everyone,

I had a collapsing retaining wall holding up my patio but having pulled out the bricks (see pictures) i have sadly found the gravel saturated with soil.

Turns out the guy who rebuilt it originally (4 years ago per my neighbour) didn't put in a geotextile backing, which is something I know of through google. There it however this weird plastic frame (pictured) which seems like it might go into the ground below. I think it's just a structural piece.

Just looking for confirmation on my plan/advice. Right now I'm thinking:

1. Dig out and dispose of this gravel (too much soil in it to make it useable)

2. Put geotextile backing in front of this structural plastic thing I don't know the name of (or should I remove it?)

3. Base layer of gravel, weeping tile, bricks in front, all done.

Thanks in advance!

Anyone ever use them? I’m about to book a job but I’m very suspicious of the company and the low quote they gave me ($3330 where as other companies quotes were more like $4000-$8000). HELP.