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Ranch yard makeover
Posted on 4/3/23 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 4/3/23 at 5:02 pm
Last year, my wife and I got a ranch property NW of Fort Worth. We put up a few thousand feet of fence, built a horse barn and carport, moved cows and horses onto the property, and had our first baby.
This spring, I'm trying to spend more time getting the area around the house fixed up. The house is about 5 years old and the yard around it is pretty much just weeds. A lot of johnson grass, crabgrass, clover and weeds just all seemingly mixed in together. We have about 2.25-2.5 acres directly around the house that'll be fenced in for dogs and kiddos, and I'd like to get turn it into a nice yard. Plenty of sunshine all day long because the house on top of a hill. We have 2 wells on the property, one on each side of the hill with the house on top, so I can water it as needed.
What recommendations does the H&G board have for eliminating the weeds, and what kind of grass to put down? Something soft for the kids to play in but that will hold up to the heat and having three to four dogs.
This spring, I'm trying to spend more time getting the area around the house fixed up. The house is about 5 years old and the yard around it is pretty much just weeds. A lot of johnson grass, crabgrass, clover and weeds just all seemingly mixed in together. We have about 2.25-2.5 acres directly around the house that'll be fenced in for dogs and kiddos, and I'd like to get turn it into a nice yard. Plenty of sunshine all day long because the house on top of a hill. We have 2 wells on the property, one on each side of the hill with the house on top, so I can water it as needed.
What recommendations does the H&G board have for eliminating the weeds, and what kind of grass to put down? Something soft for the kids to play in but that will hold up to the heat and having three to four dogs.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 10:42 am to stuckintexas
Bump. Any help? Anything? Bueller? Bueller? 
Posted on 4/4/23 at 12:23 pm to stuckintexas
No idea how to help - but congrats on the place. Sounds like the start of a nice dream home.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 12:23 pm to stuckintexas
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Posted on 4/4/23 at 12:50 pm to stuckintexas
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We have about 2.25-2.5 acres directly around the house
Hot damn. just spray paint it green would be cheapest
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:24 pm to stuckintexas
What do you have for irrigation? You mentioned wells, but do you have sprayers set up to water the areas you're talking about?
Kentucky Bluegrass is a grass used for horse hay and has a good cosmetic look to it. I'd get a boxblade and scrape to the dirt everywhere you want to have grass grow, then throw down some seed and roll it in and start watering.
Kentucky Bluegrass is a grass used for horse hay and has a good cosmetic look to it. I'd get a boxblade and scrape to the dirt everywhere you want to have grass grow, then throw down some seed and roll it in and start watering.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:11 pm to stuckintexas
Northwest of Ft Worth the only 2 good grass choices are Bermuda and St Augustine. Zoysia will grow there but it is a PIA. Buffalo grass is native and drought tolerant but slow growing and so is eventually overtaken by coastal bermuda that grows wild everywhere is Texas. St Augustine has to be sodded, no seeding so that leaves bermuda. with 2.5 acres, thats a lot of lawn grass to maintain so you might thing about doing some of it with native grasses that don't need to be mowed but once a year. Side Oats Gramma is about 12-15" tall and is the state grass of Texas. Other choices to mix in with side oats would be Blue Gramma and Curly Mesquite, both of which are about the same size as side oats. You can seed these.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 5:45 pm to OldHickory
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The only ones online are on personal social media, and I'm not linking that.
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This isn't the OT. 5'4" former cop now a school teacher, trained horses her whole life. Our second date was a Spartan Race.
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A Catahoula, a pit mix, a blue lacy, and a german shepherd.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 5:50 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
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What do you have for irrigation? You mentioned wells, but do you have sprayers set up to water the areas you're talking about?
Water hoses and assorted attachments, pretty much. Nothing in the ground or automated. It's what I used at our old house. We had roughly 1.5 acres around it, and I'd just move them around and set a timer on the hose bib. Pretty basic.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 5:58 pm to Zappas Stache
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Northwest of Ft Worth the only 2 good grass choices are Bermuda and St Augustine
We had St Aug in the yard at the house I grew up in. NW Louisiana. I remember my dad hating it, so I was thinking Bermuda might be the way to go.
Mowing isn't really a problem. We'll both do it when it needs it. Plus, I've been mowing about 6 acres total, from the area around the house all the way to the road. I'm just not worried about the rest of it being a real yard. The area I'm concerned about is where our kids are gonna be playing.
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