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Posted on 2/9/22 at 5:15 am to LSUJML
Pinestraw has to be installed at least twice a year. The key is to put it on thick (2-3 inches). A bale from Cleggs should cover about a 5x5 area at most.
It will fade and some will blow off with the wind, but mulch fades and washes with water.
We maintain Bass Pro in Denham and Cabelas in Gonzales. Bass Pro has pinestraw and Cabelas has mulch. The pinestraw is much easier to keep weeds under control.
Fire away with any more questions.
It will fade and some will blow off with the wind, but mulch fades and washes with water.
We maintain Bass Pro in Denham and Cabelas in Gonzales. Bass Pro has pinestraw and Cabelas has mulch. The pinestraw is much easier to keep weeds under control.
Fire away with any more questions.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 7:25 am to Shabath227
Do you do demo as well as design and install?
Posted on 2/9/22 at 8:22 am to Ingeniero
Triclopyr when you see green growth. Then hit it again after a month
Posted on 2/9/22 at 8:52 am to Ingeniero
I'm just gonna use this as the landscaping catch-all thread, but half of my dwarf boxwoods died. Thinking either root rot or some fungus. Any ideas on something similar to plant in their place?
Posted on 2/9/22 at 9:26 am to sosaysmorvant
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They messy AF. Keep them away from your house and driveway.
I like em. Trimmed properly they're fine.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 9:34 am to fjlee90
We do complete rebuilds including rip outs. That’s usually what gives people sticker shock.
I didn’t post looking for work, but more to help answer some questions.
I’ll answer any question I can on here, but if someone would like to reach out to us, my business name is Alford’s Landscaping. We are based in Livingston parish and work primarily in Livingston and Ascension parish, but we do service Baton Rouge if needed.
I didn’t post looking for work, but more to help answer some questions.
I’ll answer any question I can on here, but if someone would like to reach out to us, my business name is Alford’s Landscaping. We are based in Livingston parish and work primarily in Livingston and Ascension parish, but we do service Baton Rouge if needed.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 11:30 am to Shabath227
Another tangent question. Would you consider landscaping or gutters first? This is new construction so the beds have not been established yet.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 12:05 pm to tigerpride8
If you install pine straw heavy enough in areas where the valleys run off, you can avoid having to use gutters. Mulch lifts and floats, but the pinestraw works as thatch and misdirects the heavy flow of water and stops the erosion of the soil. You must keep a good base of the straw though. Twice a year does the job.
If you really want gutters, then do them first so you can build your beds around the drainage of the gutter downspouts.
If you really want gutters, then do them first so you can build your beds around the drainage of the gutter downspouts.
Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:48 pm to Shabath227
Yea currently debating the merits/costs between gutters and just doing a rock order round the house
Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:15 pm to Baers Foot
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but half of my dwarf boxwoods died. Thinking either root rot or some fungus. Any ideas on something similar to plant in their place?
May be boxwood blight. LINK
This post was edited on 2/9/22 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:49 pm to tigerpride8
quote:I did gutters first before redoing the cheap landscaping the builder did. Mainly because I had a roof valley that drained a lot of water directly into the garden. It would wash out a bunch of soil and pine straw every time it rained hard.
Would you consider landscaping or gutters first? This is new construction so the beds have not been established yet.
But it also didn't take long for me to be able to start noticing some erosion in a few spots around the perimeter of the house from all the water running off the roof. So sooner, the better for gutters in my opinion
Posted on 2/9/22 at 9:36 pm to Tiger Prawn
Do some price research on the gutters versus rock pathways between the raised beds to get the water away from the house. I own a small landscape company and have worked around both gutters and natural drain paths. Either way you can do some pretty cool things with rock or use corrugated pipe to go under the beds to get the water out.
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