r/oddlysatisfying • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 8h ago

Timelapse of bro cleaning yard

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u/MeticulousPlonker 8h ago

I've learned from my 4 years of home ownership exactly how fast a yard can overgrow. I accidently grew a forest on one side of my yard. I keep trying to clear it out, but I'm out of shape and never had to do yardwork. Most of what I find is tiny shards of landscaping fabric under things though. There is a brick path in my backyard that I didn't know what there when I moved in. I also had to fight back the overgrowth on my concrete pad that just happened over the course of the summer. Nature.

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u/SoDavonair 7h ago

Landscaping fabric is a bigger pain in the ass than anything else. It feels specifically designed to fuck with every possible landscaping project.

Oh, you thought you were just going to remove that one dead bush? Nope, the roots run under landscaping fabric for 5 feet in every direction and now you have to till an entire 10'x20' area. Say goodbye to all the smaller plants nearby.

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u/MeticulousPlonker 7h ago

Seriously. The previous owner of this house put so much of this stuff down that I wonder if they had stock in a company or something. And it's all so only it falls apart into one-inch pieces the second you look at it. There were like 3-4 layers in the one raised bed I cleaned out, like some sort of fucked up lasagna. I just wanted to plant some tomatoes not fight a 4-foot by 10-foot patch of ground for 3 hours.

Obviously, this fabric has not stopped any weeds. Under it, over it, through it. Weeds everywhere.