How about a landscaping thread
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Strouty
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If he had all four legs would his name have been Stand?
There are some guys on here that have beautiful yards. I like the idea of a landscaping thread, it gives you good ideas for future projects.
There are some guys on here that have beautiful yards. I like the idea of a landscaping thread, it gives you good ideas for future projects.
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gregtwojeeps
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I may have to fire my landscape designer.... 
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drivesitfar
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Wallster: good idea. also great looking lawn, cement and all around great looking shop and cool stuff.
ALL: i was planning on putting landscaping in my Organizing 101 thread i'm still going to start someday. for your thread i have some before and after pictures that took me 2 summers to do. the only machine was a little 5 HP rototiller otherwise it was me and my wife did the finishing on the cement sidewalks.
i still have to replace the driveway and do some electrical, some sprinkler work and some brick work on the cedar Pergola.
the kids and i used to park on the front lawn up until about 4 years ago. not any more.
ALL: i was planning on putting landscaping in my Organizing 101 thread i'm still going to start someday. for your thread i have some before and after pictures that took me 2 summers to do. the only machine was a little 5 HP rototiller otherwise it was me and my wife did the finishing on the cement sidewalks.
i still have to replace the driveway and do some electrical, some sprinkler work and some brick work on the cedar Pergola.
the kids and i used to park on the front lawn up until about 4 years ago. not any more.
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groupcracer
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Small thread hijack I have a three legged rottie with the same leg missing as Stan.
She is call Morgan. (think car three wheeler tow at the front one at the bakc.
as you were....great work on the landscaping by the way. I've seen some fantastic gardens around sheds and garages on here will be keeping an eye out.
She is call Morgan. (think car three wheeler tow at the front one at the bakc.
as you were....great work on the landscaping by the way. I've seen some fantastic gardens around sheds and garages on here will be keeping an eye out.
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Dan in Pasadena
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No great shakes compared to all of you guys but I like it. A couple years ago when I still had my 11-1/2 ft. Lance camper. Now replaced with a big 5th wheel.
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TonkaJoe
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Sub'd! Great idea here... Can't wait to see more pictures, I could use some new inspiration!
don long
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Here is a shot of the big party garage being built and the final landscape after
don long
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Here are a few shots of behind the building after construction
don long
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This one is a shot of my back yard from the patio
And looking toward the back of the house
And looking toward the back of the house
don long
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And one of my favorite garden spots in the yard
Lippyp
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Nothing on the same scale here, just making a vegetable garden from scratch with fencing to keep the local bunnies out. Not been a great year in terms of growing stuff, been battling with weeds, particularly nettles and the weather has been really odd, cold and dry, then hot and wet then back to cold and dry.
from this:
fence going in
to this
When I get time i need to make the edging for the final bed and then the paths will get weed fabric and stone/gravel with some brick embellishments.
from this:
fence going in
to this
When I get time i need to make the edging for the final bed and then the paths will get weed fabric and stone/gravel with some brick embellishments.
Hostyle
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Hey! I can play this to!
We redid our garden in roughly a year.
From this:
to this:
and finally this:
Not quite like Big Don's place, but we're pretty happy with it. We tore down the old shed, put a new one in and got rid off all the plants and trees except the apple tree. New grass and pavers give us some room again.
We redid our garden in roughly a year.
From this:
to this:
and finally this:
Not quite like Big Don's place, but we're pretty happy with it. We tore down the old shed, put a new one in and got rid off all the plants and trees except the apple tree. New grass and pavers give us some room again.
Sunbimmer
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From this, well actually even worse.....
To this.....
To this.....
TonkaJoe
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I'd love to see this thread come back to life, I have a large shed to landscape around this spring and am stuck on what to do! Any ideas for the entrance as pictured below? Ramp ideas? Flower beds? Retaining wall idea? I'd like it to really stand out.. 
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Brian80
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Landscaping is something I find extremely enjoyable. When we bought our house back in 2009, I knew exactly my intensions with the back yard. It was a blank canvas. I did 99% of the work myself however I'm no expert in hardscaping or landscaping. Between working overseas and trips back and forth this project took several years. If anyone is interested in the build process I can add more pics, or create my own thread.
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This was last year, after I gave the deck a face lift/ rebuild. But that's another story for another day.
Tank enjoying the view during his morning security checks.
TonkaJoe
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Wow, that is quite impressive! Definitely a major transformation to say the least.. what did you use for the fire pit if you don't mind me asking? Thats on theLandscaping is something I find extremely enjoyable. When we bought our house back in 2009, I knew exactly my intensions with the back yard. It was a blank canvas. I did 99% of the work myself however I'm no expert in hardscaping or landscaping. Between working overseas and trips back and forth this project took several years. If anyone is interested in the build process I can add more pics, or create my own thread.
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"to do" list for this year after the new fences, shrubs etc..
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maxchevy
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Awesome work there!
PALYDIN11
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What type of grass it that? That is thick.
TonkaJoe
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Just finished this up.. here's a before.
And the after..
The rest of my build thread is here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306497
And the after..
The rest of my build thread is here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306497
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Brian80
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Thank You, Fire brick on the bottom and inside radius, exterior is 4"-6" river rock. and the cap is Techo Block from a local yard. Its rather large, 5' diameter. Wish I would have made it smaller, but I winged it. lol
Thank You
The grass is was a combination of Bluegrass / Rye / Fescue for a few years. The Bluegrass has been slowly dying off and the Fescue is coming in really thick. Almost too thick, as were I going to have to aerate soon. We also treat (3 times per year) 1/3 of the 4 acres we have. Mainly front yard and rear where the dogs run around.
that looks great, simple and functional, I really like the border that you did with 1.5" river stone. I may have to borrow that idea. I'm getting tired of edging twice a year. lol
Lyndon
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Nice idea for a thread. I'll play, but won't put pics up for a couple more weeks yet, as we are coming out of winter, and the place is pretty bland ATM. 
Lyndon
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slimpickins
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Great idea for a thread! I'll keep an eye on this one. I'm planning some landscaping fixups around my gate which I'll post when they get done!
Cheers!
Cheers!
TonkaJoe
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Thanks Brian80!, I'm a huge fan of stone and have a lot of my beds lined with either armour stone or like what you saw above with river rock.. no edging needed, I only run the string trimmer around to get a crisp edge every 2 weeks and thats it. Also easy to **** the leaves up out of the stone in the fall with my mulchvac.
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four.cycle
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rock retaining wall I built for a client a few years ago. the little "alcoves" are to hold the fountains. client wanted stairs built in.
reason bank is barren is because it was planted with salal (Gaultheria shallon), which really got out of control after couple years, so client had me cut it all down and I've been spraying it with glysophate since June. the plan is to replant that entire section next spring with strawberry, which seems to be doing quite well just north of the stairs and camellia bush.
kind of a mess right now. just finished painting the deck yesterday. will lay in about 5 yards of 3/8" crushed rock probably next week.
reason bank is barren is because it was planted with salal (Gaultheria shallon), which really got out of control after couple years, so client had me cut it all down and I've been spraying it with glysophate since June. the plan is to replant that entire section next spring with strawberry, which seems to be doing quite well just north of the stairs and camellia bush.
kind of a mess right now. just finished painting the deck yesterday. will lay in about 5 yards of 3/8" crushed rock probably next week.
drivesitfar
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ALL: i posted this up on the ORGANIZING 201 thread because it's all about getting areas of your shop, garage and home like you want it. that said this was sort of a project that i wanted to do for maybe 25 years, but gutter changing and lack of really knowing how to install a brick planter had me continually putting it off. here's what i posted over on the Organizing 201 thread and i'm hoping to do more brick projects because for the little work it takes to do one the rewards are almost instant and should last years if the prep and installation was done correctly.
i'll start with a project that was maybe on my HONEY DO and TO DO list for our house for maybe 25 years. so as with some TO DO's there are several things TO DO before you can get to the one you want TO DO. so first off i needed to move the gutter's downspout next to my little 2 car garage. took 24 years to get that one done when we finally replaced the new gutters on the back and side of my flat roofed home.
ok next step is to figure out how to put a brick planter in because i've never used mortar with bricks even though i've done a lot of tile and cement work. read up some, watched a few YOUTUBE videos and thought ok i'll tackle it.
STEP 1: cleaned all the junk, weeds and stuff laying in the area i want to put in a brick planter for my wife to plant whatever she pleases in. also needed to fill in one area on end of planter so we didn't have to make the corner part of the planter too.
STEP 2: grind off the top maybe 1/8 inch of a sidewalk i installed 27 years ago. then drilled holes about every 2 feet so i could put 12 inch pieces of rebar in them and up through the bricks i'm using that have holes in them. (gathered bricks anytime i found for a good price or free and obviously prefer morter free clean ones, but have removed some mortar too).
STEP 3: buy 3 bags of mortar at Lowes, but i'm sure any hardware store carries them.
STEP 4: since we do a lot of cement work just finding the tools i already own or buy a couple, wheelbarrow and we are ready to lay some bricks.
STEP 5: the directions for the water adding are on the bag and since i was doing the job with my bride (she has finished more cement work than a lot of guys and is good at it), we decided to do a bag's worth of mortar and stop there each day. we added more water than the directions because we liked the mix a little better so don't get it too runny or too dry and you should be good.
STEP 6: i put the mortar down on the edge of the sidewalk and put the bricks with holes on them down and some had rebar sticking out. tried to make sure i wasn't leaving any gaps or holes on the edges and my bride was following behind me doing a very nice job. when we finished the first day i still had my doubts, but with 70 degree weather a month or two ago when we did the job the next day the bricks were there for good. We repeated that the second day and the third day i put on the rest of the bricks with holes on them and i had some thinner inch thick bricks we used as tops so we could keep the planter and dirt about 6 inches below the siding. (NOTE: you don't want dirt or plants up against or growing on your siding so we'll have some trellis behind plants to protect ours). since our home is cement brick under the siding that is mainly cosmetic it's not quite as big of a deal so when putting planters next to your house make note not to give the bugs an easy route into your home.
STEP 7: had 3 yards of topsoil delivered because it wasn't that expensive, but i could have rented a Uhaul for $20 for the day or waited until i built sides for my trailer. in any case the planter maybe only used 1.5 yards so the rest of the topsoil went in our garden.
STEP 8: my wife had me bring up a few metal trellis that i had stored to place in the planter and she planted a few tomato plants and flowers and few squash. as you can see from the picture the plants are doing well after a couple months of 80 degree weather here in the PNW.
STEP 9: CHECK OFF HONEY DO AFTER 25 YEARS (and the fence is coming soon that i built 20 years ago and tore down to replace and make a taller one.)
pictures are sort of in order and you'd never believe all the STUFF/**** i've put up against the garage on that side over the years.
YES MY BRIDE SMILES WHEN SHE'S WATERING HER PLANTS (side benefit is i love fresh fruit and veggies)
i'll start with a project that was maybe on my HONEY DO and TO DO list for our house for maybe 25 years. so as with some TO DO's there are several things TO DO before you can get to the one you want TO DO. so first off i needed to move the gutter's downspout next to my little 2 car garage. took 24 years to get that one done when we finally replaced the new gutters on the back and side of my flat roofed home.
ok next step is to figure out how to put a brick planter in because i've never used mortar with bricks even though i've done a lot of tile and cement work. read up some, watched a few YOUTUBE videos and thought ok i'll tackle it.
STEP 1: cleaned all the junk, weeds and stuff laying in the area i want to put in a brick planter for my wife to plant whatever she pleases in. also needed to fill in one area on end of planter so we didn't have to make the corner part of the planter too.
STEP 2: grind off the top maybe 1/8 inch of a sidewalk i installed 27 years ago. then drilled holes about every 2 feet so i could put 12 inch pieces of rebar in them and up through the bricks i'm using that have holes in them. (gathered bricks anytime i found for a good price or free and obviously prefer morter free clean ones, but have removed some mortar too).
STEP 3: buy 3 bags of mortar at Lowes, but i'm sure any hardware store carries them.
STEP 4: since we do a lot of cement work just finding the tools i already own or buy a couple, wheelbarrow and we are ready to lay some bricks.
STEP 5: the directions for the water adding are on the bag and since i was doing the job with my bride (she has finished more cement work than a lot of guys and is good at it), we decided to do a bag's worth of mortar and stop there each day. we added more water than the directions because we liked the mix a little better so don't get it too runny or too dry and you should be good.
STEP 6: i put the mortar down on the edge of the sidewalk and put the bricks with holes on them down and some had rebar sticking out. tried to make sure i wasn't leaving any gaps or holes on the edges and my bride was following behind me doing a very nice job. when we finished the first day i still had my doubts, but with 70 degree weather a month or two ago when we did the job the next day the bricks were there for good. We repeated that the second day and the third day i put on the rest of the bricks with holes on them and i had some thinner inch thick bricks we used as tops so we could keep the planter and dirt about 6 inches below the siding. (NOTE: you don't want dirt or plants up against or growing on your siding so we'll have some trellis behind plants to protect ours). since our home is cement brick under the siding that is mainly cosmetic it's not quite as big of a deal so when putting planters next to your house make note not to give the bugs an easy route into your home.
STEP 7: had 3 yards of topsoil delivered because it wasn't that expensive, but i could have rented a Uhaul for $20 for the day or waited until i built sides for my trailer. in any case the planter maybe only used 1.5 yards so the rest of the topsoil went in our garden.
STEP 8: my wife had me bring up a few metal trellis that i had stored to place in the planter and she planted a few tomato plants and flowers and few squash. as you can see from the picture the plants are doing well after a couple months of 80 degree weather here in the PNW.
STEP 9: CHECK OFF HONEY DO AFTER 25 YEARS (and the fence is coming soon that i built 20 years ago and tore down to replace and make a taller one.)
pictures are sort of in order and you'd never believe all the STUFF/**** i've put up against the garage on that side over the years.
YES MY BRIDE SMILES WHEN SHE'S WATERING HER PLANTS (side benefit is i love fresh fruit and veggies)
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drivesitfar
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More pictures of the planter. i started this project May 29th and it was done June 2nd and planted and my bride and i worked on it about 1.5-2 hours 3 days to start and finish it.
also i took a picture of the planter and the basil July 31 and August 20 and as you can see we have food and the tomato, basil with mozzarella cheese and some good olive oil and balsamic and bread and you will be eating like a king.
we had the metal trellisses from our garden and i've picked up maybe 12 of these the past 10 years.
cheers
also i took a picture of the planter and the basil July 31 and August 20 and as you can see we have food and the tomato, basil with mozzarella cheese and some good olive oil and balsamic and bread and you will be eating like a king.
we had the metal trellisses from our garden and i've picked up maybe 12 of these the past 10 years.
cheers
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drivesitfar
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ALL: I found this back on page 35 and i bet there are many members that would like to add to this thread so giving it a bump.
also some great pictures posted already in case you hadn't seen them.
cheers
also some great pictures posted already in case you hadn't seen them.
cheers
drivesitfar
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ALL: i'm going to start a big cedar fencing project and hopefully build something close to this. any of you have any fencing or landscaping to show off please do with lots of pictures and details if you have the time.
thanks
thanks
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sublime68charger
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good luck on the cedar fence drives I'll follow along!
Robey5
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I like this thread, because I took on a project that took 3 years to complete at the old house.
To start; we bought this (old) house with a very small deck - so - in 2008, we put in a 1000SF deck. We were on the side of a hill, so I had to retain the soil from running away from the house.
Starting with the back (after the deck was complete)
To start; we bought this (old) house with a very small deck - so - in 2008, we put in a 1000SF deck. We were on the side of a hill, so I had to retain the soil from running away from the house.
Starting with the back (after the deck was complete)
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Robey5
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Finally, we went around front. This was a job that required me to work through a lot of rain, and a LOT of late evenings.
Final statistics of this job:
615 “face feet” of retainer wall installed
770 “square feet” of pavers laid
1 wood step re-worked
~120 LF of Schedule 40 PVC run for rain-water management
14 pairs of “work gloves” consumed (purchased, worn-out and thrown away).
An innumerable amount of pride points in the ability to tell people that this was a DIY job. (I had a contractor inform me that I was “bat-sh!t crazy” for taking this on by myself).
We sold the house in 2016, after all of that back breaking work to buy a new-build project. ...and a bigger garage (of course!)
Final statistics of this job:
615 “face feet” of retainer wall installed
770 “square feet” of pavers laid
1 wood step re-worked
~120 LF of Schedule 40 PVC run for rain-water management
14 pairs of “work gloves” consumed (purchased, worn-out and thrown away).
An innumerable amount of pride points in the ability to tell people that this was a DIY job. (I had a contractor inform me that I was “bat-sh!t crazy” for taking this on by myself).
We sold the house in 2016, after all of that back breaking work to buy a new-build project. ...and a bigger garage (of course!)
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