Ground Exchange

About Ground Exchange

February is the honest month in this country: the grass is down, the beds are bare, and you can finally see the true shape of the ground you're working with. Ground Exchange starts right there — moving dirt and rock, grading a slope so runoff leaves instead of pooling, building soil where there was mostly caliche, then setting beds, mulch and plantings on top of ground that will actually hold them. Anyone who has put a shovel into Dripping Springs limestone understands why the ground comes first and the pretty part comes second. It is heavy, unglamorous work that nobody sees once it's finished, which is exactly the sign it was done right. Come May the yard simply works, and no one has to know why.