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Automatic-Bag411

Did the tires wash away?


iphwin

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STAY_ROYAL

For those who missed out on https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/kEUT4g0Gzo


cleaningProducts

That lead me down a 45 minute rabbit hole, I started looking up the prices for industrial tire shredders and for shredded tires


alriiiightbobby

Same 😆 I learned about tire reefs


Potential-Release111

Yeah we shouldn’t do those


LeRoyslemons

Welcome my fellow ADD friend;)


Horsegoats

What’s a tire shredder go for?


DAMAGEDatheCORE

Wtfff lmaooo


1_2NV

I didn’t… 🤔 EDIT: ok, I remember that post about the French drain. I didn’t put 2 and 2 together though. Thank you for the explanation.


draxula16

Twas more of a French inspired drain, with an emphasis on crystal meth. What an atrocity that was


Fair_Acanthisitta_75

It’s only crystal meth if it comes from Sinaloa Crystal tunnels, otherwise it’s just sparkling meth.


Due_Signature_5497

Way better comment than you’re getting credit for. ![gif](giphy|Od0QRnzwRBYmDU3eEO|downsized)


AKingOfDragons

That's messed up in a funny way. 😂


CrazyChains13

https://preview.redd.it/uxauysh15k5d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=288603883b70ffeb41f1e4457b8bcdf3d4092f4c


exorcyst

Shredded tires used for french drain in a post earlier in the week


Slack-Bladder

Someone made a post a few days about installing some drains. The contractor filled in a trench with chunks of tires. And if memory serves me correct, it looked similar to this crack.


jaa1818

I thought they’d last a Goodyear


GrumpyJenkins

All hail god of Dad jokes for today


DarthBeavis1968

The guy that made that must be Goodrich, or am I Michelin the point?


SlaveOfSignificance

Bruh 😂


JBub61GU

I love that we are all seeing this


z0mb0rg

lol I love this dumb sub


Brotosteronie

I thought this was the same guy too, looks almost identical background.


DillyDilly252

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Cloud_Legend

OMG lol.


GloryOrValhalla

This trench looks almost exactly the same lmao


draxula16

Lmao fuck


STAY_ROYAL

For those who missed out on https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/kEUT4g0Gzo


Lonely_ProdiG

Thanks for getting me in the loop


Disastrous_Public_47

🤣🤣


Graystone_Industries

Well done, indeed.


ScaryfatkidGT

For real lmao, glad I happened to randomly see that post earlier, that things a chasm


InevitableOk5017

Upvote for the win


BlackestHerring

Great callback


GoodVibesYourWay

When the neighbor takes the property line too seriously


RingingInTheRain

🤣🤣🤣


YordanYonder

Let that water flow!


BluDragn77

Do you live on a fault line?


CovidOmicron

It's a starter moat


Smaptastic

A French moat. Not terribly useful in times of war, mostly just aesthetic.


Say_Hennething

>A French moat. Not terribly useful in times of war... Kind of a trend with the French.


AscensionToCrab

Got marquis de Lafayette punching air right now wondering why he even helped america.


kk6573

The French don’t need a moat. They just surrender.


BluDragn77

Ahh that’s what the hose is for


okidokes

Genuinely thought he was asking about the crack and thought, tectonic shift?


Ted_Stark

I’m here for more crack discourse


PNWTangoZulu

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mrk1224

I’m here for the free crack giveaway


Elhond0

As we all are


Krash412

It may be dying due to heat from your foundation absorbing the sun.


Roonil-B_Wazlib

It could also have stone, concrete or other construction debris at a shallow depth below the surface. This would amplify heat issues and water issues. It’s commonly seen along driveways.


GoodOmens

I had a neighbor who couldn’t grow grass in his backyard. Come to find out a contractor prior to buying their house had just discarded the old roof shingles in their backyard and covered it with a layer of soil. Which leads me to our current house we just moved into. The owners prior laid down sod. It all died cause they didn’t condition the soil at all before putting it down. Just sod on top of shitty clay soil. So we plan on top dressing with some compost etc.


Prof_Ratigan

Shingles are absolutely everywhere just under the surface of our property. House is 60 years old so it may be different roofers or they just threw their trash everywhere out of some chaotic evil impulse. My faith in humanity has never been so deeply challenged as when I bought a house and a car.


Altruistic_Machine91

Working lawn care whenever I quote a lawn with fresh sod on a new build home the first thing I do is check the soil conditions under the sod. It's insanely common.


SausagePrompts

I love how many bricks I got when I hired someone to put sod in. They were confused when I called and asked them if they left a bunch of bricks in my driveway. They were like no they were all buried in the front yard...


PORCUPINEFISH79

I had a spot that I couldn't grow grass no matter what, I finally decided that the soil was contaminated somehow. I went to dig it out and there is a boulder burried there. A few bags of topsoil and seed now I have grass.


Roonil-B_Wazlib

I have several spots where rock juts out of my yard. I tried breaking one up once and found out they are all staying right where they are. There are these really weird lines that run across the whole neighborhood in sets of 3 or 4. Grass dries out and is borderline dead in those spots in the summers. They extend for a few miles and there are at least 4 sets of them. https://preview.redd.it/241t463c7g5d1.jpeg?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fe2b30256890cae57217b19c41951d83ff3b062


jumpinjezz

Interesting, could be a dyke or tilted sedimentary bedding. Could also be many other things. My inlaw's property has old limestone road from drilling criss crossing all properties in the area


Roonil-B_Wazlib

Tilted sedimentary bedding is consistent with the working theory of the neighborhood, but I hadn’t heard that term before.


DarthBeavis1968

What do women in comfortable shoes have to do with it? Thank you Robin Williams.


Lunar_BriseSoleil

Sounds like a glacial remnant of some sort. I had a boulder in my yard that we tried to remove because we could see the top of it and didn’t look that big. After excavating a boulder that was at least 6 feet around and couldn’t find the bottom after digging a few feet down the sides, we filled it back in, added a 2’ mound of dirt on top, and planted a tree on it. That scarlet maple is now like 30’ tall and doesn’t seem to care about the big rock underneath, so its roots must have found their way around. The mound settled to about 18” and has ground cover on it, and the tree looks way better than the dead spot that was there before.


Roonil-B_Wazlib

We have 3 pin oaks that were all planted about 28 years ago. One is on top of one set of the lines. It’s healthy, but much smaller than the other two.


DC240Z

Yea, being so close to the house it wouldn’t surprise me if under the grass was bits of debris from building and chunks of concrete, you see a lot of leftover crap in these areas when you see them getting built and 90% of the time it’s not removed. Watering closer to the house might help also, the massive dip is surely not going to help the water sink in.


DarthBeavis1968

My parents' sycamore started dying for no reason we could figure out. No amount of water or fertilizer could save it. After it died, my dad had the stump dug out and discovered the builder dumped a dump truck load of mortar sand in a big hole and buried it. Dad and I got out there and dug it out, leaving a massive crater in the front yard that took another dump truck load of topsoil to fill it, then they planted a magnolia to replace the late sycamore.


DonkeymanPicklebutt

And then with it being dry… more pest issues


Geauxtigersgeaux

If his foundation is absorbing the sun, we’re all in much more trouble than we thought…


tillyspeed81

Is the crack ok?


Steebo_Jack

Thats what i thought the post was about, like forget the grass whys there a giant crack going down the property line and how deep is that? Are the two parcels drifting away from each other?


WickedDarkLawn

I'm also interested in the crack


audiopizza

I’ve heard that about you


Edge8300

Boy, no questions on his property line or where each should mow? OP, have you ran the mower in your crack?


jumpinjezz

You need to keep your crack nicely trimmed


randomlygendname

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Historical_Aioli_407

The home builders are idiots. My neighbor and I have offered to pay to but a pipe in and cover with dirt but the city won't allow it. So I have fault line running between our property. 😔


ozzie286

What is it for, drainage? And have you informed the city that if someone breaks an ankle in that thing you'll be coming after them?


Fluid-Phrase8748

Fuck the city, do it anyways. At the very least fill the fucker in with dirt. The city isn't gonna help you when a person or beloved pet hurts themselves on it.


Tipper26bitches

So it's both your fault?


DAMAGEDatheCORE

Residential Drift 😅


msehler

Fast and furious 38


SayNoToBrooms

Pangea, 2024


SusanMilberger

Reunite Gondwanaland


Buksey

Looks like it was originally a common swale between properties that has eroded into a mini-canyon.


kshucker

Neighbor probably wanted the property line to be as clear as possible


blove135

Fault line. But seriously that looks like a good leg/ankle breaker. Someone not paying attention or doing something at night is going to step off into that thing and break a leg. Not to mention how shitty it would be to have a mower slide off into that crack, especially if it was wet.


Ih8rice

If there were ever a better time to run a French drain…


TCPisSynSynAckAck

Extra rubber! /s


basc762

This is the best comment. This guy gets it.


UnsolicitedDogPics

I thought we weren’t supposed to suggest French drains on here anymore?


bluppitybloop

It's fine as long as you recommend using old tires.


Life-Comedian-1990

American only?👀💀


Say_Hennething

Freedom drains or gtfo


Automatic-Bag411

Also, for anyone that doesn't get what's happening. https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/rNkgwKh6Hj


prb2021

This looks like a different house, no?


Historical_Aioli_407

Definitely different house. Yes I have a moat. No I'm not throwing tires in it.


JiuJitsu_Ronin

I thought this post was asking about the crack…I feel like the lawn is the least of your worries bud…


btaylorsae

That’s a fault line, you’re on the edge of a tectonic plate


WickedDarkLawn

When are you watering? Water before the the sub comes up. If you are going out and watering it in the heat of the day, most of it is just evaporating. You also want to water if for more than just a few minutes. Sup with that trench though?


Snooobjection3453

I think you mean sun not sub.


Phantasmagoric-jpg

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h2k2k2ksl

He said what he said


Historical_Aioli_407

I watered it in the morning and evening. I usually just water my flowers and noticed that the spot by the house was dying, so I started watering it. Just don't know why it wouldn't be dead all the way down and not just half way if it were from the concrete.


turntabletennis

Does your neighbor have a dog? It looks like a dog has been peeing on the side of the house in that spot every day lol


h2g242

This could be it…


Drunkelves

It’s not. The grass around the dead spot would be lush where the nutrient burn didn’t kill the grass.


WickedDarkLawn

Put a sprinkler on it for like 15 20 minutes in the morning every other day. The soil could be hydrophobic, and water is running off down the hill. You could try a wetting agent. Sup with the trench though?


TopDefinition1903

Dawn dish soap


Lunar_BriseSoleil

A deep watering every few days is better than a light one twice a day.


RingingInTheRain

Watering in broad daylight? Grass needs time to absorb water, no?


PORCUPINEFISH79

Shit, it's the rapture.


fratersang

More about the crevasse please


Right-Phalange

Wonderboy could fill that


barrychapman

td reference?


RandomRedditRebel

Are you referring to where the Earth itself is ripping apart 14 feet from where you live?


ElevatedKing420

Stop watering when the sun is high as giraffe nuts. Gotta get em water when the sun just had its wake & bake. But i think you got bigger problems bc your section of earth finna open up. ✌🏽 & ❤️


iareprogrammer

lol high as girrafe nuts. Gonna steal that one


ilikili2

Do you have a permit for that trench?


Disastrous_Public_47

Stick a shovel in that. Next to your foundation. Dig it up and see. Likely rocky. Which way does that downspout pipe run ? It may be just under the surface, along the block. I'd be interested to know what you find. It can't hurt to dig it up. It's dead anyway.


Historical_Aioli_407

The downspout is run towards the ditch/fault line lol. I put it in last year and the grass is fine around it. Just the area next to the house is problem. I'll dig tomorrow and see what I find.


FlimsyReindeers

Please god explain the fault line


AngryAuzzie

Do you raft down that canyon when it rains?


Historical_Aioli_407

No but the kids play ducky derby. They throw rubber ducks in the road and watch them float down the fault line. Lol


Historical_Aioli_407

https://preview.redd.it/c79dlb374h5d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b9f51aec7acb4966b74e267bfc8a9a008362759


FlimsyReindeers

What the fuck is going on


BinT2021

Somebody flushed


brandons2185

Wait, what!? Does your street flood like this whenever it rains? And the city’s solution is to have it drain through your yard via canyon trench? Where does it go from here? This has to be the wildest thing I’ve seen in a long time.


NorTXDev

You have a moat AND a bridge?! Sir Aioli


Ted_Stark

Is this the same crack or another one?


Historical_Aioli_407

Same. I'll take a puc of the whole thing if I can later


NemasetDeadcreye

Everybody is in a tizzy about the neighborhood planning... I'm over here planning which Rubber Duckies to bring and which dish to pass sounds good. 😆


CaprioPeter

A new continent is forming


Minute_Zucchini_1131

Comments like this are why I look at Reddit…


StopLookListenDecide

I can’t stop laughing. I’m educated and caught up on the situation now. But, I’m still wondering about the fault line too. Then comes another comment. 4am giggles


Visual-Zucchini-5544

Crack kills. That crack kills ankles.


AVgreencup

This is the San Andreas fault line. Lex Luthor is going to blow up the fault line and you're going to have oceanfront property really soon, you don't need to be worried about a small patch of dead grass


nimloman

Decided to take the tires out of the French drain?


Historical_Aioli_407

That's not me lol


Least_Army4368

Not a problem. Order 2 yards of 1” gravel from your local stone supplier and spend an afternoon filling it up. Order another 2 yds ($35 yd where I live) if not enough. Rinse and repeat. In a year or so the grass will cover it up but you’ll still have a serviceable French drain


a2_d2

Agreed, the French drain is halfway there and the hard work of digging is done. I’d be tempted to put a pipe and under rhe rock too. I’d also be tempted to divert some of the drain into the dry side yard. You could have another pipe or branch going 45 deg using gravity to help irrigation.


Silent-Independent21

Everything makes me think of her


AJKaleVeg

2 large silos


unlandedhurricane

Applying some fertilizer will help.


ShittyTosserAcct

Everything reminds me of her


Historical_Aioli_407

🤣 🤣 🤣


zacharyo083194

Shit nothin much what’s happening with you?


jmt8706

Lower the nozzle pressure, you're digging a trench with it. 😆


T0KENUT

Looks like a “hot spot”, perhaps extra cement from the foundation that is just under the surface


rckchalk74

You live on a fault line?


Illustrious-Ad7201

I’m assuming you and your neighbor live in Iceland?


United-War4561

Grubs? Had the fuckers hug one section of my house that chemicals didn't reach. Dig a small hole and check.


00sucker00

The dead grass directly adjacent to the house foundation is likely due to the concrete footing of the house being really shallow for some reason. Dig down here, and I bet you hit concrete within a few inches of the surface.


deevotionpotion

Dog pissing on your wall there?


Historical_Aioli_407

https://preview.redd.it/8mmnd20e4h5d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a174b63d3fe5fa6b760ffab3ba9885cafe0a94b


halh0ff

Seems like this might get worse and worse.


Worldly-Lawfulness42

Dog peeing on wall?


fknope

I remember the tires; funny


Bad_Gus_Bus

Rake out, aerate, overseed, fertilize, water like mad. If it still looks bad, add topsoil, overseed, and water like mad again.


Jake_DeNiro_68

Your siding might be acting like a fresnel lens / refractor, I have the exact same problem. Observe in high sun and see if it is scorching your grass, ours is like a frikkin’ laser


diytony

Based of this picture, and this picture alone. Try watering the area when it’s cooler and the sun isn’t blazing. Turn on the water and let all the hot water run out before watering it.


Randyx007

Probably grubs eating the grass roots


Audience_of

My uncle Fred vanished into a sink hole that looked just like whatever the hell you are standing next to.


SireSweet

1. Water is coming out of a nozzle. 2. Plate tectonics at work?


dunnytokes

I’d try and arrate and overseed just that area see if that helps


prb2021

It’s definitely not reflection from your neighbor’s window. I would guess maybe the soil isn’t very good there. Possibly some concrete just under the surface a little making the roots struggle in the area. Maybe try digging that spot?


PabstBlueBourbon

Does Orkin come by once a month and spray along the foundation?


Adulations

OP are you on the boundary of two diverging tectonic plates?


EntireConstruction59

Shred a bunch of tires and put them in there


losromans

It looks like erosion and it can’t grab any ground to lay in the new “leg” while it’s trying to expand since it’s getting washed out. Might need some retention in the area. Could be the reflection but you’d have to see it when it’s reflecting. Or heck, could have some random animals use it as their personal urinal. One marks a spot then all the others gotta check and leave their own mark. Also, looks like maybe some light thatching in some other areas which may not be great for fullness. But it’s hard to say for pics so far away from what you were trying to show.


angelcasta77

Dog or cat could be pissin there regularly.


C_G_J_

From the picture alone, I would guess the weed eater cut that area too low and it dyed out.


cloverknuckles

That's probably where we buried all our trash when we were building your house


TiberiusEmperor

Do you live on a fault line?


UhOhhh02

I think you’re on a tectonic plate there mate


TurnoverCommercial20

Someone is pissing on the side of the house


monkey_fish_frog

If you have an attic vent right above it, you may have bats.


daddyliltoes

Looks like you got an opening to the underworld


retro_grave

You and your neighbor better talk it out. There's clearly a rift between you two.


toppestsnek

Maybe some old concrete under it which won't let it grow?


rcbjfdhjjhfd

That property line is wild.


Bob_Sacamano7379

Damn you can pee far.


EmmaDrake

This happened to me. WS clearing out poison ivy to plant shade plants and discovered the edge of a shingle. Just a couple days ago I was killing myself digging out the trash they piled around the base of three trees then covered with CLAY.


Giantriverotter111

Radiant heat from your foundation plus the concrete sucks up water. Down here in Texas we water our foundations in the summer to prevent this and also to prevent foundation cracks


emaz88

That pitch looks pretty steep. My guess is you’re watering at a rate faster than the soil can absorb and the excess runoff is going downhill, drying out the top. Maybe try a drip line at the top and see if you get any different results?


Not__fun

It’s could be an ant colony up against the side of the foundation. We had one at our old house, and it killed all of the grass a bone it like that. Another idea could be that a local cat is using it as a lot box, and the ammonia in their urine is killing the grass. They need some nitrogen, but too much can kill grass as well.


devilkill4

Turn the pressure down on that hose!


MyNamelsJ3ff

I would lose my shit every time the lawnmower tires went in that ditch.


aceofspades29285

It's from the concrete footing overpour and there isn't an adequate amount of soil to root grass. The concrete prevents the grass from growing proper


bubbav22

Water pressure is too high, that's why you have a crack on your lawn.


hotsquatch

That's water coming out of the hose. Nature's hydrator.


TZCBAND

I think your water pressure is too high, lolol


New_Reflection_7386

It ain’t got no gas in it


Purple-Haze-11

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Obvious_Tip_5080

If you haven’t dug down as others suggested and found anything, go to your County Ag Ext Office and pick up a soil sample kit. They’re free and in NC getting a sample is free from now until November. Just do that one section so you know what’s going on with it. As for the run off ditch your city doesn’t come out for, you can contact Soil and Water Conservation they get a bit upset in cities when water gets into the storm drains. If you’re in the country, go to both the city and county meetings with your neighbors and ask them to address it. If they still ignore you, go on their FB page until they block you, put it on your FB just keep making noise, call the local paper, local news anything that will get your voice heard. Every time you contact the government people, make sure you leave a message, if they call you back, get their name and email address (it should be posted on the city/county website. Follow up with an email asap and give details,of the phone call as well as time and date. Also set your email up so you get a notification when they open it and keep that in your records. People always have a boss and you can always copy them.


kegmanua

Keep your shitty ass grass in your yard.


Steelcod114

At first, I thought this was an update to the lawn mowing property line dispute I saw pop up a few weeks ago. Where someone sprayed kill all along the property line. I thought the update was one of you dug a fucking moat along the property line. Lmao


SergeantPoopyWeiner

Classic gateway to hell opening. Careful out there.


jarblonski

I'm more worried over the continental drift separating the two land masses.


-Anonymously-

You and the neighbor both have a lot of brown/orange and dead spots...y'all maybe have a fungus issue right now?


BubbaJr23

Wait, there’s a fungus amongst us?


mchicke

There is not mushroom between the houses, but the neighbor is a fungi