Hand-clear regrowth encroaching on a marked ground-nesting bee soil patch, a resident's own home, Ennis, TX.

This yard's marked bare-soil strip along the fence line went a full year without attention, and clover and crabgrass have rooted in from the lawn edge while a layer of drifted mulch from the neighboring bed has crept over about a third of the original footprint. Hand-pulling the rooted grass and hand-raking the drifted mulch clear -- without tilling or loosening the soil underneath -- gets the patch back to the open, sun-exposed ground it started as.

Where

a resident's own home near the town center, Ennis, TX 75119 (Ellis County); best-estimate location, exact address not confirmed; a home with an existing marked ground-nesting bee soil patch showing vegetation or mulch encroachment · Open the map

Pay

$80 proposed

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Proof

before/after photos + no-till confirmation + sign/stake condition + footprint comparison + GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-19

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. 1. Confirm the patch's corner stakes and sign are still findable (or note if missing), and confirm with the owner or manager that no digging or tilling is planned this visit; photograph the patch as found, noting any grass, weed, mulch drift, or leaf litter that has encroached since the last season.
2. 2. Hand-pull or hand-clip any grass or weeds rooted into the bare patch, working by hand or hand tool only -- never a tiller, plow, hoe stroke that turns soil, or any powered soil-disturbing tool -- and never loosen or disturb the soil surface itself, only remove what is growing on or lying over it.
3. 3. Hand-rake away any drifted mulch, leaf litter, or organic buildup that has settled onto the bare ground, restoring the open, sun-exposed soil surface without digging into it.
4. 4. Confirm the corner stakes and sign are upright, legible, and still marking the patch's original footprint; reset or replace any that have shifted, faded, or gone missing.
5. 5. Photograph the finished, re-cleared patch from the same before vantage, and record the patch's current footprint against its originally recorded dimensions.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the patch showing grass, weed, mulch, or litter encroachment
• After photo of the patch hand-cleared back to open, bare soil
• Confirmation that no tilling, digging, or soil-surface disturbance occurred at any point
• Sign and stake condition confirmed (upright, legible, reset if needed)
• Current patch footprint recorded against the original dimensions

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.