Jason in BR LA

What I see most people who have trouble growing grass is they put the mower speed on full throttle and literally blow away all remnants of top soil and decaying organic matter which insulates the ground and conserves moisture. Without that, the sun bakes the hard clay and the hot clay kills the tiny roots. I only mow after a rain or watering and with a mulching non vacuum blade with the blade speed really low. Makes all the difference in the world after a few years. My grass under my live oaks look great.

Yes. Made the base out of 2 x 12. Covered it in cement board. Attached cement board to the wall with about 1/2 gap for air so wall wouldn't get hot. Then bricked it. My first real bricking project. Old brick is easy to work with. Entire project took about a month but still going strong after 20 years with no cracks and looks good.

Hey. I figured out how to do the link but not the actual pic.

Send me a picture of what you had in mind and I will give you a price. Biggest variable will be what kind of wood you want. Google for examples.

My pool is free form in the shape of a kidney bean. I bought a 50% greenhouse shade cloth of the internet for about $250. It blocks 50% of the light. I laid it over the pool and outlined the pool form on the cloth. Then I took the cloth to a trucking tarp company in north Baton Rouge where they sewed a seam and grommets every 18 inches for $125. In October I run a stainless steel cable around my pool and zip tie the cover to the cable. Its tight and works well. Rain goes through but no leaves which we blow off once a week. Been using it 10 years now and probably get another 10 out of it.

Had an Atlas for over 2 years now. So far it's very reliable and drives great.

With Eatel I had to find a TV with a Roku. Roku has the CBS Sports app that you can get.

You need to fertilize again and it will come back. Had it for 20 years and have to fertilize 3 times a year otherwise small patches will start to brown.

If your looking for different species start picking different ecosystems. St Francisville in the hills has totally different birds than those 3 you mentioned. Same for the shores of Lake Ponchatrain.

Rhodesian ridgeback and catahoula cur. Had some mixes like this as a kid to go hog hunting with. Also very good protective watch dogs and could really bay a hog. Some were bad about catching though.