PDA

View Full Version : Backyard Help

houstondallas
02-12-2009, 11:23 AM
Ok just bought a new house. Have a fairly good size back yard.

First I need to get rid of this ugly ass green grass stuff. Any ideas what it is or how to get rid of it?

Second what are some good ideas I could do with this space? I think i want to extend the patio area but am not sure how to incorporate the whole yard and make it look nice.

Third no pool.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/stdmls27/backyard2.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/stdmls27/backyard1.jpg
bjtheman1
02-12-2009, 11:49 AM
LOL, my backyard looks like that with grass spots all over.
Subscribing to this one!
houstondallas
02-12-2009, 11:50 AM
LOL, my backyard looks like that with grass spots all over.
Subscribing to this one!

man they just look like shit. And come summer time when the grass grows like crazy they are going to double in size like some herpe or something
bullet
02-12-2009, 12:01 PM
What kind of grass is that ?


Hard to tell in the pic but it almost looks like st augustine that got some serious brown patch or new sod that was not watered enough or watered too much during cool weather that got brown patch.




Or is it just wild grass ?


You can rent a grass cutter that will scrape all the sod up and allow you to replant some nice grass if it is trash grass.
houstondallas
02-12-2009, 03:40 PM
What does sod cost?? I would think it would be really expensive to resod this size yard??
bullet
02-12-2009, 04:58 PM
How big is the yard ?


Last time I bought st augustine you could get a pallet that covers 400 sq ft for about $100 -120. Measure up your square feet and call some different places for prices delivered.
mikeb
02-12-2009, 06:08 PM
whatever that "grass" is it comes up in winter, and it's dammed hard to kill. Fortunately, its easy to pull. I always get some of it in my yard. Treating with pre-emergent in the fall seems to take care of most of it.
junior
02-13-2009, 06:01 PM
you can call that fool junior and have him give you an estimate on the material and labor if you dont want to do it??
slow84lx
02-13-2009, 08:54 PM
you can call that fool junior and have him give you an estimate on the material and labor if you dont want to do it??


Yeah! Call that fool!
mysticcobrakilla
02-13-2009, 09:55 PM
whatever that "grass" is it comes up in winter, and it's dammed hard to kill. Fortunately, its easy to pull. I always get some of it in my yard. Treating with pre-emergent in the fall seems to take care of most of it.

Sounds like the grass you are speaking of is annual blue grass, all I can say is pull it before it seeds or you will be spraying MSMA on it this spring. Get a close up pic of the grass
houstondallas
02-13-2009, 11:18 PM
Ill see about getting some better pics of it tomm.

My wife and I spent a few hours out there pulling them up. With a shovel we would hit the roots...then yank it up with the roots and all. hopefully that will prevent them from returning.

But damn theres alot of them. seems like we didnt even make a dent in them and filled a whole trash bag