Hardscaping

This September was hard on North Texas yards. It set heat records across Denton County, and most of the county went from mid-July to the last days of the month without measurable rain. It is also the month when most of the big landscape decisions for the next year get made. Commercial contracts come up for bid, HOA boards set budgets, and homeowners finally sit outside long enough to notice what the yard is missing.

In some Highland Village neighborhoods, especially the ones backing up to a trail, pond or the lake, you'll see open wrought iron instead of a solid wood privacy fence. That's a nice look, but it also means your backyard is basically on display to whoeve Clay. Dense, sticky, gray to black clay that turns into concrete in August and soup after a good rain. If you have ever tried to push a shovel into your yard in July and felt it bounce back at you, you already know what