Our landscaping project was inspired by rather unusual events. Two tall Fir trees (30 feet and 80 feet) were struck by lightning. Luckily we were able to have them taken down the next, just before a windstorm. It took several weeks for the stump grinding crew to come remove the stumps and roots of those two trees. This provided the unexpected opportunity to redesign the front yard so that it suited our needs - especially the boys. Before it was one giant flower bed with about 50 paving stones.
Here's the house when we first bought it. You can see just a tiny bit of the trees that were removed.
The two trees struck by lightning.
Day 1 of work. Two dump trucks full of stump grounds, old bark and soil were removed, Plants from the middle of the yard were moved to the outer beds. Some plants were removed and others were moved to happier spots (some were dying, some shade loving plants were in the sun, others just needed a new home to fit in with the overall plan).
Looking from the front living room window.
Wow, it looks like they dug up almost everything. It looks wonderful. I like how they put the ferns together along the side yard with the rocks.Sounds like you will learn a lot about sun loving and shade loving plants.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting all the pictures, keep 'me coming.
Mom