Moving to AZ - research thread

They can get 20’ tall if pruned correctly

 

ok, holy shit,

those are gone then when I do the wall and rip out the rest of the shit during pool construction, Ill get some nice small things over there

it says there are drawf ones and then standard, not sure what I have, likely going to rip that shit out

 

this?

I just had these cut way way back down

 

No Palo Verde's have a telltale smooth green trunk and limbs like the pic I linked.

 

ok, I don't have anything like that, only two trees, both are like the one in that pic

 

thanks for all the info fellas, super helpful as I start to figure out this desert shit and then start design on the back yard.

 

ok, cool, thanks, ya, that is not the place for shit like that , way to close to the house and new wall area

out those come, fuck that

 

can I just pull shit out and chuck it into the desert or is that frowned upon?

 

I view shit like that with the USMC police call attitude. If it doesn't grow it goes, otherwise let it rot on the land if possible.

 

ok, where do I go?

 

there is a bunch

 

Pull em, let them dry out and then toss them.

 

the oleanders will get huge - I had 4 in my backyard, each one was big as a washing machine when we moved in, and grew in 3-4 years to be almost as big as a small car, and >6ft tall. We ended up removing them when we added a pool. Pretty (ish w/ some flowers), good privacy, minimal water required to stay alive, but dang, can get house sized in time.

 

Hope y'all enjoy your first Saturday in the house together!

 

thanks man, movers just got here with all our junk

wife saw a snake out against the desert line, I got the , “ when can we get a wall?”

I guess I know what is going to be my first assignment lol

 

"I'm going to build a wall...A big beautiful wall and the snakes are going to pay for it!..."

Meanwhile snakes after the wall is built:

 

Need to run 1000000 volts through that lol

 

Well done!!!

 

This.
I've seen a western diamondback slithering horizontally halfway up a block wall...

 

According to these guys , you have to have 36” min to keep them out , otherwise they can get over , has to be smooth like a block wall too

https://rattlesnakesolutions.com/keep-snakes-away/snake-fence.php

 

Their YouTube channel is a good watch. You'll learn A LOT about snakes.n

 

ya once I get all the shit installed , I’m going to have them out for an inspection especially the gates etc

they caught the biggest ones they could find and they couldn’t get over 36” so that should be good

 

thanks for asking.

movers came today so it’s overwhelming, but everyone likes it so far , wife loves the heat and no humidity.

the snake sighting today has her shakin up a bit , so I need to get going on this wall which I am .

kids are being careful so far as my back yard is like a fuckin zoo , but it’s also cool

just trying to adapt where we can

I really like vail so far , very friendly people , new stuff and a perfect mix of out a ways but still close to things

So you guys hit it out of the park with the vail recommendation , I’ve never had this much land either

 

ok, $906.02 later, IL plates, driver's license, and registration is gone, AZ plates and registration done, mail them too me.

I also did the early mail voter registration, kinda nice to be able to get that all done at once, they ask you what party you want down, lol.