Landscaping, lawn maintenance, irrigation and tree work for Bar-K Ranches properties in Lago Vista.
Bar-K Ranches runs the long stretch of Lago Vista from Bar-K Park up toward Rusty Allen Airport, crossing FM 1431 near the middle school on the way. It is old ground by Hill Country standards, platted back in the resort-building days of the early 1970s when National Resort Communities bought up the Bar-K clubhouse and the ranch land behind it, and it has filled in slowly ever since rather than all at once. That history shows up on the ground today as a mix of established trees, rock outcrops, and lots that vary a lot from one to the next depending on when and how each one got built.
Rolling hills, rocky slopes, and thin soil over caliche are the rule here, not the exception, and that changes how water and roots behave. Rain runs off fast instead of soaking in, so beds and turf dry out quick once a Central Texas summer sets in, and anything you plant needs a root system that can handle both drought stretches and the odd gully-washer. Live oak and Ashe juniper dominate the tree cover, and both need real attention, oaks for structure and deadwood, cedar for thinning so it is not just choking out everything else competing for the same thin soil.
Hiring Corral Bros for a Bar-K Ranches property starts with a free on-site walk of your lot, usually within 48 hours of your call, where we look at slope, rock, and drainage before we talk plants or sprinklers. From there we handle design and planting, irrigation and drainage work, mowing and property maintenance, tree work, and hardscape or grading, sized to what your specific lot needs rather than a one-size plan. We are licensed and insured, residential and commercial, and we work this corridor regularly as part of our Lago Vista coverage.
We come out and walk the lot with you, free and with no obligation, usually within 48 hours of your call. Bar-K Ranches runs from the Bar-K Park end up toward Rusty Allen Airport, and properties along that stretch sit on the same rolling, rocky ground as the rest of Lago Vista, so we like to see the slope, the soil, and any shared fence line with POA or city property before we price anything. Call (737) 404-9343 to get on the schedule.
It means rock close to the surface and water that runs off fast instead of soaking in. Lago Vista's own development rules require Council approval for building on slopes steeper than 25 percent, which tells you how uneven this terrain gets, and the city code already pushes toward native or naturalized plants with low water needs. We plan beds and irrigation lines around where the rock sits and where runoff actually wants to go, not just where a plan on paper says a sprinkler head should be.
Carefully, and on the schedule the city sets. Lago Vista is currently under temporary Stage 2 restrictions, one sprinkler day a week, odd addresses Saturday and even addresses Sunday, running only 12 AM to 10 AM and 7 PM to midnight, with nothing allowed from 10 AM to 7 PM, until the city lifts the order. We build mowing height, deep soak timing, and drip options around that one watering window so new turf and beds actually get established instead of scorching.
Yes. The area is part of Lago Vista's oak and cedar country, with reforested live oak and Ashe juniper covering the rolling hills and canyons, so most of our tree calls out here are canopy thinning, deadwood removal, and cedar clearing for fire buffer or sightlines. We also handle land clearing and grading where a slope or a rocky pad needs leveling before any planting goes in.
We work the whole Lago Vista side of our Hill Country service area along with the rest of the I-35 corridor, and Bar-K Ranches, running from the park up to the airport along Bar K Ranch Road, is a regular stop. We are licensed, insured, and family-run out of Maxwell, and we handle both residential and commercial properties in this corridor.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local Travis County crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
