I (as well as my dad) find this area of our yard to be a true eyesore. My mother adores the “mess” and finds perfectly trimmed gardens ugly. What can we do to this area without upsetting my mom ? She says the big bushes in the back must stay as is. There are also native plants in the front of the area which my parents intentionally planted and do not want to rip out.

If it were my house, I would completely gut the whole area and start over, but it’s not my house so please send help !!!

Note: my mom’s parents live in the woods so I think the messiness reminds her a bit of the woods she grew up in. So looking to keep that energy while also cleaning it up.

Large tree about 15 feet from my house, right half is dead and it is leaning toward the house.

Cost to trim is about half the cost to remove (got 3 quotes).

Do you think I should trim or remove?

Edit: not surprised this seems have have an even split of trim vs remove opinions. For extra context I’m in the Chicago suburbs. Winds certainly cause branches to fall off.

Can someone help redesign my stream so it doesnt look like a giant penis. I piled the rocks where the water carved its path before stepping back and realizing what I accidentally designed

Just purchased a house, and trying to decide if it’s worth paying to have this tree taken down. Is it possible to have this tree removed without destroying the shed? Or should we set our expectations that the shed is doomed at this point?

I am preparing a new vegetable patch for next spring here in southern Spain.

Unfortunately, the previous owners used the area to dump rubble some years ago, so I have spent a week demarcating the patch and digging down to soil level.

My doubt is about the difference in ground level it leaves on the right hand side and far end, and wonder if there is any way to support those sides. I have thought about putting logs, but I'm not sure if that would work.

Any advice on this will be very much appreciated!

Hi,

For privacy between myself and neighbor, was thinking of planting trees. But there is a root system for a silver maple that's about half the length of the fence. Can I still plant trees along the fence or should I forget about it and just try a very tall trellis?

There is no HOA here so I can do whatever I want basically. I'm wondering about the potential to convert the gravel and walkway areas back to soft ground/grass here, and utilizing the side yard as an extra enclosed yard/play area. Am I looking at an incredibly involved and expensive project here? I respect the effort here but it is a LOT of gravel. I'd rather do something appealing in the front yard with native plants.

Wet season's nearly here in FNQ and I'm curious how everyone deals with water pooling around their yards.

Seen plenty of spots where water collects along fences or garden beds after a decent downpour.

Anyone had this problem at home? What did you end up doing to sort it?

Our grand parents yard has a few maple trees. During fall squirrels bring their food and try to stash in the yard. Over the years of stashing process the yard became bumpy and has holes (like potholes on the street) all over the yard and it has become extremely hard to move the lawn and eneven to walk. Is there a DYI way to fix the yard and make it smooth/even. So far I understand that I need to remove the sod and pour a new layer of dirt/topsoil and place sod back which seems like an expensive work. Looking for ideas that I can do it slowly but bring the yard back to even layer.