I’m just a one person party today but I have tools and shovels. Pls help!
AlternativeLack1954
I’d see if clover can grow there and just seed and water with that. So much better than grass. Maybe wood chips?
zeff536
Are those big rocks holding up the wood border?
msmaynards
If the taller fence is yours buy bamboo fencing and cover it. May not be a permanent solution due to fire safety regs. but what fire safe filler can be located iand installed by tomorrow.
This looks nice already. I’d weed whack the grass out and sprinkle the remaining pine needles around for a natural look but if you want scorched earth then rake and blow out the rocks to remove organics and sprinkle bare ground so it looks uniform.
HiFiHut
For right now, I’d say wood chips. Arborist’s chips are even better and really cheap, but they’re not as pretty. This would go a long way in improving that compacted soil and then you could start thinking about doing some planting in fall or next spring. If the chips are 6 in thick, they should choke out most of those weeds and they will eventually compact.
DaisyDuckens
Mulch and plants native to your area.
HatchawayHouseFarm
I’d suggest pine straw, which is what I did, but I’m not in a fire prone area, so I don’t entirely know the implications of putting that down. Looks like you’ve already got a bunch of it naturally though. Check my post history for pics of my $1k yard renovation.
Edit: obviously kill the weeds, remove all the rocks and wood and crap, then lay it down.
noDNSno
Grow black or raspberries along the fence if you don’t care that your neighbors will get some too. Or build cheap raised bed along the fence + build a trellis along the way. Leave some space to maintain the bushes so they don’t seep over to your neighbors.
Plan dwarf varieties of fruit trees.
LogRayleigh
Take the ground to dirt. Add wood chips or gravel. Privacy slats for the chain link. Hanging lanturny type lights off fence posts either every one or every other. Move your current potted plants to patio against the house. If budget allows, new colorful potted plants along bottom of fence. Move table and chairs to patio, cover with new table cloth. That’s what I’d do.
hpotzus
attach 6′ rolled bamboo to the chainlink fence.
MR_BATMAN
I think you’ve got a challenge to do this in two days. But wood chips are a great idea for coverage. Native plants or at least some sort of flowers/planting would be great You could maybe do just a half moon shaped bed in the back corner of your yard, so you don’t have to do the whole fence line.
You could also have a raised bed area for vegetables and whatnot.
What’s the rush on this, and what are you trying to do with this yard? Are you eventually going to want grass? Because if so you probably don’t want to go the wood chip route, that’s a lot of removal work down the road.
Do you actually like gardening/plants? Because if not I wouldn’t recommend planting much maybe just some native or hardy shrubs and flowers. Talk to your local garden center Hunters of Emnigers are great in big bear, they should have knowledgeable people on staff to help you pick out some plants.
Generally the yard looks fine? Just bare but it’s barely out of winter there, and honestly a lot of yards in the mountains up there look like that. Just looking in the background of your photos I don’t see any yard that has different landscaping.
fun7903
Lippia?
victorian_vigilante
Mulch the fuck out of it
victorian_vigilante
Oh and pat doggo
GulfCoasting_
Topsoil
Grass seed
Plants
Accomplished_Pen980
Sod is cheap
Familiar_Paramedic_2
Shitloads of mulch.
seooes
The first thing I would do is plant hedging all around the boundary to get some privacy.
GiggyMcGigger
Go buy 1k worth of potted plants and set all around.
galacticracedonkey
I’m not sure if it works the same, but I saw a video of someone painting their chicken wire black and it made the fence go away completely. Wonder if that would help
D4m3Noir
Does it need to improve RTFN? Because landscaping, not just lawns, are a process and not so much an event. I think probably a large load of mulch would make it look a lot more deliberate, but it’s gonna take more than $1k worth of seed, feed and sweat to bring that to a traditional lawn, not to mention time.
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I’m just a one person party today but I have tools and shovels. Pls help!
I’d see if clover can grow there and just seed and water with that. So much better than grass. Maybe wood chips?
Are those big rocks holding up the wood border?
If the taller fence is yours buy bamboo fencing and cover it. May not be a permanent solution due to fire safety regs. but what fire safe filler can be located iand installed by tomorrow.
This looks nice already. I’d weed whack the grass out and sprinkle the remaining pine needles around for a natural look but if you want scorched earth then rake and blow out the rocks to remove organics and sprinkle bare ground so it looks uniform.
For right now, I’d say wood chips. Arborist’s chips are even better and really cheap, but they’re not as pretty. This would go a long way in improving that compacted soil and then you could start thinking about doing some planting in fall or next spring.
If the chips are 6 in thick, they should choke out most of those weeds and they will eventually compact.
Mulch and plants native to your area.
I’d suggest pine straw, which is what I did, but I’m not in a fire prone area, so I don’t entirely know the implications of putting that down. Looks like you’ve already got a bunch of it naturally though. Check my post history for pics of my $1k yard renovation.
Edit: obviously kill the weeds, remove all the rocks and wood and crap, then lay it down.
Grow black or raspberries along the fence if you don’t care that your neighbors will get some too. Or build cheap raised bed along the fence + build a trellis along the way. Leave some space to maintain the bushes so they don’t seep over to your neighbors.
Plan dwarf varieties of fruit trees.
Take the ground to dirt. Add wood chips or gravel. Privacy slats for the chain link. Hanging lanturny type lights off fence posts either every one or every other. Move your current potted plants to patio against the house. If budget allows, new colorful potted plants along bottom of fence. Move table and chairs to patio, cover with new table cloth. That’s what I’d do.
attach 6′ rolled bamboo to the chainlink fence.
I think you’ve got a challenge to do this in two days.
But wood chips are a great idea for coverage.
Native plants or at least some sort of flowers/planting would be great
You could maybe do just a half moon shaped bed in the back corner of your yard, so you don’t have to do the whole fence line.
You could also have a raised bed area for vegetables and whatnot.
What’s the rush on this, and what are you trying to do with this yard?
Are you eventually going to want grass? Because if so you probably don’t want to go the wood chip route, that’s a lot of removal work down the road.
Do you actually like gardening/plants? Because if not I wouldn’t recommend planting much maybe just some native or hardy shrubs and flowers. Talk to your local garden center
Hunters of Emnigers are great in big bear, they should have knowledgeable people on staff to help you pick out some plants.
Generally the yard looks fine? Just bare but it’s barely out of winter there, and honestly a lot of yards in the mountains up there look like that.
Just looking in the background of your photos I don’t see any yard that has different landscaping.
Lippia?
Mulch the fuck out of it
Oh and pat doggo
Topsoil
Grass seed
Plants
Sod is cheap
Shitloads of mulch.
The first thing I would do is plant hedging all around the boundary to get some privacy.
Go buy 1k worth of potted plants and set all around.
I’m not sure if it works the same, but I saw a video of someone painting their chicken wire black and it made the fence go away completely. Wonder if that would help
Does it need to improve RTFN? Because landscaping, not just lawns, are a process and not so much an event. I think probably a large load of mulch would make it look a lot more deliberate, but it’s gonna take more than $1k worth of seed, feed and sweat to bring that to a traditional lawn, not to mention time.