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Clear and Seeding Preparation

I had a customer approach me and ask about clearing out a piece of land in his back yard which is a ton of pine trees with pine needles all over the place, extremely shady, and small brush growing. I...

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Best Way To Remove Buckthorn

Hey, I've got a client that has approx. 4k sq.ft. of woods with pine trees. They are looking to have all the buckthorn that is growing in there removed(its all buckthorn) and pine needles put down(I...

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Spacing of junipers for full coverage

I have a steeper hill that needs to be fully covered since it cant be mowed. had considered pachysandra but I think junipers would give better year around appearance. What type of juniper would be best...

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Clockwise vs Counter-clockwise Trimming?

I'm only a teen, and am very new to trimming with a weed eater. Looking at another post on this site, I noticed people were saying that lefties had it better when it came to trimming because to go...

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Dead arborvitae

View attachment 382973 this pic is not great, but you get the idea. Two arborvitae flank this office building. Both 8’ tall and fat. One is dead. I’m not sure if it was a gradual death or whether it...

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How to clean backpack piston sprayers after using dye?

How do you clean your sprayers after using dye so the back backs stay working?

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Advice on dividing pampas grass

View attachment 383367 do you have any advice on dividing this monster? The owner likes the grass, but it’s just overwhelming the space. I hear they are a beast to divide or dig up.

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Looking for feedback on the Darwins grip back saver. Anybody use one?

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Getting moss to grow

Wanted to toss this out there... Haven't had a chance to search, . How do you keep moss growing, or take over a yard? Customer likes the no maintenance, but some spots of grass is showing.They don’t...

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Cleanup driveway after excavation?

I had my house excavated around the whole perimeter to replaced weeping tile and waterproof the foundation. There is clay left on the asphalt driveway and I would like to clean it as walking on it and...

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Stump Grinding

I hired a company to grind 2 stumps and we broke a pipe. Since the sprinkler heads were about 6 ft away, never crossed my mind a pipe was wrapped by the roots and buried only around 4 inches down. I...

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Low maintenance flower beds

In your opinion, what type of flower bed is least maintenance? Customer has a light bed of light river rock (1-3 inch material) and wants something they don’t really need to do much too. I know... Just...

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What type of juniper is this

Hello, Any idea what type of juniper this may be ? I want to plant more with it View attachment 383916

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Transplanting boxwoods

Hey Guys, I looked through the forums but couldn't find it. I have a client that wants her front flower bed redone. She wants two boxwoods removed and two others transplanted in their place. This will...

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John deere

I’ve got a John Deere z930 with the suspension seat it has a tear in the bottom any idea on how to take it apart to have it recovered?

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Pruning issues! Help

I have marketed heavily into tree pruning and hedge maintenance, and it’s coming to the point where I’m running to the dump three times a day plus. I have a 12 ft dump trailer with sides built up an...

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Zoysia Grass Issue

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Problem with drainage?

Recently transplanted about 10 Rose of Sharon from one side of the property to the opposite side. The side we transplanted them to is the lowest point in the yard and gathers water frequently, so we...

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Compost/topsoil/loan to help fill gaps/level sod—Bermuda

Hi Everyone, I have a 4 week old Tiff419 Bermuda lawn. Due to poor watering after it was laid (and the Central TX sun) the sod shrunk. Should I fill and do an initially leveling with topsoil? Loam? I...

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Spacing of junipers for full coverage

I have a steeper hill that needs to be fully covered since it cant be mowed. had considered pachysandra but I think junipers would give better year around appearance. What type of juniper would be best...

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