Damn Danm.

I was going to suggest showing her a picture like this one (https://www.almostgrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/artificial-grass-pavers-2.jpg) with fake grass between large pavers and see if she liked it, but it seems like a moot point now.

Stogie1020 wrote:

Yeah, the squirrels are wicked smaat. They seem to be able to defeat any squirrel proof bird feeder.[

BuckyB93 wrote:

When I had a dog, he loved chasing them but would always loose as the squirrels found a tree to climb then sit on a branch chattering at him as he looked up.

Except for one time, when he caught one. He was straddling it as the squirrel was on it's back looking up at death's door. But the dog looked over at me rather confused and slightly surprised as to say "Holy $hit I caught one, now what?" That was just the the opening the tree rat needed and was able to bolt away.

BuckyB93 wrote:

I do not like that. Would look better in a stonescaped southwestern US yard but I'm in a swamp. Everything's a varied shade of green or brown, moss covered, got several different grass varieties I planted to match the water levels in the different areas. A uniformly green area in the middle of all the variation would stick out.

I'm 8/10 going to proceed on my own. It's been well over a decade since I've done a patio or walkway but I remember how. Watched some videos to see if standards of materials have changed since the last one. I learned nothing new.

I will do plain concrete but it has to be paver tiles. The ground moves too much for anything poured. Our house has an addition built on a crawlspace and it moves as much as an inch depending on season. The concrete pads in the garages have sunk 2-3" from poured height and are cracked into several pieces.

I can take the project and run without wife's picks. Just need to pick something I like and start finding prices.

danmdevries wrote:

So just rejecting the pallet/plywood idea out of hand, huh?

No acccountin' for taste

Sunoverbeach wrote:

Babysitting a Quarterhorse, Drum and a Paso as well as a Frenchie, Great Pyrenees, Great Dane and Husky mix for a week while a certain someone goes to Cuba for 5 days.

Yeah, put in a wishlist.

DrMaddVibe wrote:

Buncha hens coming over today for cards so I'm kicked out for a few hours. Guess I'll be at the local smokin' and drinkin '.

deadeyedick wrote:

DrMad: Not sure if you are.
What is a Drum & Paso?

8trackdisco wrote:

Hardly...it's a moniker for Angelo Moore when he's out and about. Huge fan. Who am I to get in the middle of people's minds?

http://drumhorseassociation.com/ 

https://floridapfha.org/# 

My wife has a Paso Fino and a Peruvian Paso. Gaited horses that don't bounce you around because of their footwork. They're naturally given the gait. I used to have a Clydesdale but sold him (to a reality tv star) and have given up riding with my shoulder as bad as it is.

DrMaddVibe wrote: