Texsox Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I can't believe I am actually getting into gardening. When my wife and I moved to San Antonio the house we bought had a lot of mature trees and plants. We've spent the past year or so taming the yard. The previous owners were octogenarians and things just got out of hand. This past month I've moved literally four full pickup beds full of mulch made from christmas trees (free from my city), put in over 200' of landscape timbers, pruned roses, and dozens of other plants, trimmed a few trees, and started thinking about replanting a lawn. It's pretty cool sitting in the back yard watching the birds, listening to crickets, seeing a few deer in a greenway behind us, an occasional snake, squirrel, opossum, etc. while living in the seventh largest city in America. Another sign of how old I am getting. You kids better stay off my ^%$& lawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 My (new) house has raspberry and gooseberry bushes in the backyard as well as onions growing in a sectioned off gardening area. Similar to you, the previous owners let it get out of hand because of their age. My mom is a bigtime gardener and she is all gung ho about helping me get it under control, im looking forward to planting some tomatoes and maybe some cucumber or zucchini. Around the front of the house they had laid down a lot of white quartz so they wouldnt have to put a lot of effort into keeping it clean, so i am going to get started on removing it all and replacing it with mulch and plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 We had multiple paths with different materials. A white quartz path that started and ended randomly. Two curving brick paths with different style bricks laid in random directions. It's been a pain to relocate and change but it's coming together. We decided to try to repurpose as much as possible. I was researching buying mulch in bulk when I ran across the city program. They take the brush that people pay to dump, grind it, then sell it back at about .03 per pound (pickup load for $25). While I was there they mentioned the free Christmas tree mulch that you have to load yourself. One sniff and I was hooked. We have an outside corner lot in the subdivision so it is one of the largest lots in the area. But, since it is kind of piece shaped, very irregular. If you have OCD this house and lot will drive you further into madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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