Welcome to the junkyard! You wil have a great time here!

Great haul !

Good luck landscaping with dogs! Never could keep mine in one spot. Maybe it's me. I have a digger,so I have holes all over. I'd love to give her one spot, but she won't stay there!!
Maria

Welcome Starwoodgal! Sounds like you made quite a haul :) You will love it here. Good people and great ideas. We are almost neighbors, I live in NE Okla. Again, welcome and we want to see pic's of your renovated yard.
Ellen

Welcome, I have 2 large dogs too. One likes to make a hole and lay in it. I let her have it, If i try to fill it she'll just make another. One other thing you can do is to throw their poop in places you don't want them to dig, just under the mulch. They will smell it (you won't) and they will leave that area alone.

Here is a link that might be useful: My stuff

I found out where my dogs like to dig and let them have that spot. Put some rocks around it and call it my dog patch. In the heat of the summer I make sure it's wet, and in the winter, pile leaves in there to keep them warm. It's kind of a compost pile. I put up a little Dog Patch sign. People think it's cute. Also find out where they like to run and put down mulch and use it as a path. No weeding required. Just go with it.

Welcome Starwoodgal, you'll have a lot of fun in the forum. If you like Garden Junk then you might also like the "Trash to Treasure" Garden Web forum - http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/treasure/

A lot of us here participate in a few of the forums and see each other's screen names all around. I do not have dogs but do know your dilema as I see my neighbor's dog just dig up their whole backyard.

Welcome. I spent a year with my 2 and a half acres dug up while we had ponds and a creek put in. My two dogs brought in pounds of sandy dirt daily. No way would I give them that option again, time they took up another sport!Maybe shuffleboard!
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Great finds! and welcome! I have a dog myself,and he has ruined the bottom tipsy pot........sigh,don't ask :)

Welcome, I can't wait to see your pictures. I don't have dogs but I do have cats. They love to sleep on my plants. Lol. Here are a few pictures of some of my recent projects.
Janet
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Welcome starwoodgal, you will really love this place.Looking forward to seeing pic of your renivated yard. I have a dog to but he is a small one, still he likes to get in my flower beds and I cain't seem to break him of this. Especially when he sees a rabbit.

Welcome Starwoodgal! You might try making some raised beds to protect your plants. I made two with left over siding from our shed. They are about two feet deep. Easier to weed them too. Sounds like you found some great Garden Junk. Can you post pictures? Kathy

Welcome to our big ole junk pile! You will find some great people here and some great ideas. This place is a big enjoyment for me daily! Please share photos of your projects so we can all see.

Here is a link that might be useful: mzclassic stuff

Belated Welcome, Star. Great to have a new member in our gang here, especially another dog lover. I have 7. I think your idea to fix them their own dirt spot for laying and digging is great. I've found if you let them have a dirt hole, then they let you fill in the rest they dug. LOL. At least it's always worked with mine. I use to threaten to hire a few out at ditch diggers or plant a tree in some of their excavations. Luckily with Whippets, they are only diggers as puppies. By age two, they apparently decide its work and not fun. Thank goodness.

You do know we all clamor for photos, so we need to see all the stuff you told us about asap. LOL
Karen

Welcome to Garden junk! We do a LOT of junkin'!
And have so much fun doing it!
Please note that we also have a conversations side, so we can talk about other things in our lives too.