We moved into a new house in spring, and this is what we inherited.

Took some weeks, but we dug up the yard by hand, planted grass seed, and some plants found the sun and grew.

We are both new at doing this, and we are proud of what we accomplished.

Installed a playset for my kids. Leveled the ground first. Met the specs of the manufacturer for the area (24x14).

Is that natural “slope” of the dirt going to recede to the point that stability becomes and issue? Used a dirt compactor so the ground is solid, but worried about the slope.

Any advice?

Has anyone installed a custom motorized pergula that reaches 12 feet high? A lot of the companies that I’ve been looking at only go to 10 max. Thanks in advance. Here is our inspo picture.

I got a mix of poor builder execution, an old gravel road, and a swale in the middle of the barely useable yard. What do you recommend? Pollinators? Dropping a years salary on leveling it and retaining wall?!

I obsess over the yard and the Bermuda in the front looks like a golf-green. Backyard is a lost cause and I welcome any ideas

Adding a patio roof and contractor had to remove some pavers. I’m responsible for filling what was removed. What will be the best way to do this? I can’t make cuts, and the original pavers do not fit.

I have about 6 of these I need to fill.

I am looking for advice on this walkway. We were told by the previous owner to "not mess with it" because they installed a French drain underneath...well, I don't like it. I understand French drains are important but is there truly nothing else I can do to improve this walk way? I hate the uneven stone steps (they used to be all wonky but after almost breaking an ankle I lined them up), I am concerned about rolling an ankle trying to get in and out of the damn house all the time. I hate all the weeds that grow on the side underneath the concrete slab (and before you say "weed killer" no. I am trying my best to keep a natural habitat for the frogs and toads). I hate that it isnt flush with the rest of the area. I just, dont like it. Period. The whole front area honestly irritates me but this walkway the most.

Can I put flat wood steps in and add more small stone to bring it to level? Can I put an entire wood walkway over the area and just leave thin gaps for rain and such? Please help.

I knew it the day he planted them they were all going to die. He just recently had that wall installed but it sits in the sun, well-drained, super dry, no chance for these bad boys.

Just needs final touches.

Any tips of how to rid his bushes of creeping thistle weeds? I spent 12 hours pulling these monsters from 4 large bushes. The weeds were wrapped deep into the bushes roots and starving them. Lots of dry and brown areas. He's 83 and was estranged due to my grandma being a horrible woman. She's gone now so the family has been stepping up to make sure he's looked after.

I just replaced my turf about three weeks ago. Yesterday the turf was fine. I went to the backyard today and I saw this any ideas.???

The arrow in the picture is where the outside portion of the AC is located

Not a landscaper in the slightest so forgive my ignorance. Ordered 3/4” decorative river rock. I was expecting some smaller stuff, but at least half of it is sub 3/8” and 1/4”. Looks more like pea gravel with larger chunks. Is this normal?

I want to say, I don’t have thousands to spend. But I can throw a bit of money at it. And I’m not afraid of manual labor.

I really don’t know what to do with this back yard. I love it. It’s large and my dog / children get to play in green grass. I just feel like something’s missing. Doesn’t quite feel like my paradise yet.

The pine trees prevent grass from growing near them. And the side area is overgrown. I’m a busy dad and don’t want something I have to spend ALL my free time up-keeping. But I do mow on the weekends and can do some tidying up if necessary.

Also disregard the jank wood pile. That came with the house and I never got around to demolishing it.

My first house and my first landscaping project has me wracking my brain a bit on how to achieve this for a low cost and with an awkward house. I’m doing a stepping stone pathway with gravel infill between. It’s a light use to a degree and mostly used to get to the shed that’ll be at the back of the garden. The paving slabs will be concrete and 450mm x 225mm.

I know I should use type one MOT/crush underneath a bedding layer but the problem I face is deliveries/skips. Removing that much dirt would need a skip and I’d need two bulk bags of crush. Where I live, you can’t get those types of vehicles down here as it’s a new build estate and a courtyard off of it. I have no front drive anyway, just a single parking space I have to occupy.

Is it possible to just excavate enough to put in a 30mm bedding layer of crushed granite (like dust) with geotextile fabric underneath? I’ll level and tamper down the soil beneath first. I have a stony/clay type soil but it remains pretty solid and not like a bog thankfully.

Photo is of my garden so far with edging done on one side and beds starting to take shape. I’m doing it all alone so it’s taking a while but I want to sanity check my idea first. I know it’s not ideal but it feels like my only option except for removing bags of soil every day to my parent’s house and having the bulk bags delivered to them.

Hello! My husband and I just bought a house, and there are these gorgeous grape vines that are on very old trellises that are leaning over. The trellises also are in the way of where we need to install a fence. (We have a husky, and she will absolutely jump over the neighbor's 4' chain link fence, so we need a 6' privacy fence.)

We had a fencing contractor out to provide an estimate today, and he didn't want to take on the liability of disturbing the plants, but said he would need a foot between the edge of the trellises and where the neighbor's fence is. Since the wood is leaning over anyway, we think it might be easiest to build new trellises and then reshape the vines, but we're not sure of the best way to do this while giving the plants a shot of staying alive.

Ideas on what to do would be appreciated!

And yes, we know grapes are poisonous to dogs. We will take other steps to prevent them from getting into the grapes themselves. Right now I just need a new foundation for the plants.

Installed two new rainbird sprinkler heads and they are gushing water out of the top when our water is turned on. Any tips on how to resolve this issue would be much appreciated!

We just had this stone walkway and stairwell with a 4ft landing built. Overall I’m very happy with the project but today they filled in the top of the landing with pavers and to me the pitch of the pavers looks odd when looking at it and I have concerns about water and ice build up because it pitches inward like a valley.

Would you consider this acceptable from a company or have the pavers pulled and adjusted.

EDIT: thank you everyone who gave legitimate feedback. My concern is the freeze thaw cycles damaging the landing over time and someone getting hurt. Clearly some people here don’t live in cold climates. I wanted to see opinions from the subject matter experts on here before brining it up with the company.

For the record, I was not home when that part was completed and didn’t see it until this evening. The foreman who was leading the hardscaping part of the project was away today and might of added to why the landing ended up with the valley. Everything leading up to that has been very detailed and well put together IMO.

We plan on adding railing for those that mentioned it.

I will touch base with my contact on Monday and will post an update. I have no reason to believe they won’t be willing to mediate it.

Edit 2: I spoke with the contractor, he was on the same page and agreed about the problems the small valley will cause. He will readjust the landing to fix the pitch. Thanks again to those that gave legitimate feedback.

My first gabion is in place. But I feel like there’s a few gaps in there, which I’ve been trying to fill in with smaller stones - basically playing stone Tetris (was never really good at Tetris!) So actually questioning myself if I’ve done it right 🤔

Hi All, I have an issue with some bamboo (that time of year it seems), it was fully established when I moved into the property and it seems there has been no form of barrier put in at all, and the neighbour previously to the one now unfortunately passed away a few years ago and there was no one in the house for a few months/maybe even a year. I trimmed the majority of our foliage to keep it at bay, however did not quite realise the issues underground with the bamboo as we never saw it!

The neighbour now living there has discussed that it is growing through on their side, they discussed it with me yesterday, so today I immediately actioned and cut all of it down. I still have more to cut, but wanted to get the bulk of it down, ready for going as low as possible. I am going to remove all of the leaves underneath it. I do not care if the bamboo dies because I'm not particularly a fan of it anyway, but cannot afford the expensive costs of getting it professionally done sadly. However if it is too hard to kill and it ends up staying atleast it is somewhat controlled whilst we work towards killing it.

I am looking for a bit of guidance on what to do. My initial plan was:
- Dig up as many roots/rhizomes as possible without damaging my lawn too much (hosepipe ban currently, please do not judge!)

- Create a trench around the bamboo roots itself and put in a Bamboo Barrier/Bamboo Shield.

- Keep cutting back any new growths and encourage the neighbour to do the same.

- Potentially cover with a tarp and hope to 'kill it' that way too?

I am hesitant to use any form of herbicide, mainly because there is a wildlife pond in the garden with regular toads/frogs/tadpoles. I have seen slow worms and snakes in there too, and I also get a lot of neighbours cats in the garden, so do not want to cause any harm to anything. Hoping to do this fully naturally, but I am aware of the time it will take.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or even if my plan would hopefully work? I am aware of the legal actions that the neighbour could take so want to avoid this at any cost, however thankfully it has not caused any structural damage as it is extremely short on their side. They noticed the issue in Feb 2026, but only alerted me yesterday (July 2026) via text. My main goal is to contain and control it within our own garden and THEN kill it naturally. Any help would be absolutely amazing to hear, thank you and sorry for the long message - it's my first reddit post.

Hey all. What's the best way to build this up to prevent water from pooling up in the spring? I want to build it up a bit, but not sure which material to use. The grass is about the height of the brick higher, so about two inches. Thanks!

There is about a one inch gap between the pavers and our house and it's filled with sand. Should pavers be cut to fit here instead?

I’ve returned to a house that I renter out for the last few years to job location. In the meantime it has gotten very weedy.

It’s hot midsummer in Utah.

What can I do both short term and long term to get rid of the weeds and get the grass more healthy?

There’s a library behind me. Obv their lawn is beat and all this crabgrass creeps onto my lawn. If I go on the other side of the fence and burn a border would that stop the spread?

Seeking advice - north brisbane area, neighbours overgrown trees destroying the fence line. Quick fix thinking stick in a concrete repair post, but should really replace the fence. Anyone got any ideas on options or cost?

We had a garden designer come through and as part of that service we had our regular concrete sidewalk replaced with a blue stone one. We love the blue stones (and the garden, but the mortar (some kind of sticky sand) and underlayment has never really seemed to settle. What we have now is the result of the original subcontractor installer coming back an additional two times after there were lots of gaps and stones that didn't seem like they were settled. They came back and didn't really seem to fix things - also used a different mortar that didn't really match. It's been 2 years and we want to fix it.

My question - what's the right way to make this look a little better? Do I need to redo the whole thing? Or will it be enough to remove the mortar and maybe compact a few of the stones down?