Convert a section of turf to a native thornscrub xeriscape bed.

This home's turf lawn drinks scarce South Texas water to survive extreme summer heat, when a native cenizo, blackbrush, and yucca xeriscape bed would cut water use and thrive on the region's own brush country climate.

Where

resident homes along the Center Street / Front Street corridor, Cotulla, TX 78014 (own-home) · Open the map

Pay

$130 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + native-species/count record + bed-area record + GPS

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-30

Posted by

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The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

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

Steps

1. 1. Confirm the bed location with the resident, away from the septic field and any buried utility, and photograph the existing turf or bare, cracked ground before starting.
2. 2. Remove the existing turf or clear the bare ground by hand, leaving the topsoil in place.
3. 3. Lay a permeable weed barrier, spread decomposed granite or mulch, and plant native, low-water Tamaulipan thornscrub species (such as cenizo, blackbrush, or yucca) at the design spacing.
4. 4. Water in the new planting and photograph the finished bed from the matching before vantage, recording species, count, and bed area.

What counts as done

• Written or recorded permission from the resident
• Before photo of the existing turf or bare ground
• Native, low-water species and count recorded
• After photo of the finished bed with mulch or decomposed granite visible

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Water Efficiency. Water efficiency is the quiet discipline of wasting nothing indoors. The EPA's WaterSense program sets the marks: how many gallons a minute a faucet should pass, how to find the leak that runs a toilet all night, how a household's water bill tells a story. Mastery looks like an auditor who can walk a home in an hour and find every hidden gallon. The skill is built one fixture at a time, which is exactly what this packet asks: measure one flow, find one leak, record one truth about where the water goes.