I bought one based on an arborist's recommendation for clearing away soil from the root flares of trees. It's great for that. It's also good for prying up larger rocks from the yard which I've had to do a fair bit of. Mostly, I've used it for hand pulling weeds. This was my first year caring about m...

Well, I guess I'll go first... I put down a full app of Hydretain. I've lived in San Antonio for 10 years but this is my first year being interested in my lawn and garden. Now that I am, I can confidently say, "It just doesn't rain here." After this initial full app, I'll do a split app every 6 week...

Sounds like quite a journey! Interesting read. I'm going to try and do a better job journaling this year so I don't look back and go "well, it still doesn't look great" and instead can say, "wow, I'm making progress!"

Thanks, Andy! Will do.

Hi Andy, I'm about to send off my first ever soil test to Logan Labs. I'm in North Central San Antonio, TX on what I think is clay soil. I saw a fair bit of limestone about 8-12" down where a stump was ground awhile back. I can only assume that's under the lawn as well. Am I close enough to Austin o...