On Sunday, Mr. Deplume borrowed a friend's chainsaw (we really do have tools of our own, just not the correct ones for this particular job) and went to work on the rest of them. Within an hour or so we went from this (the bush-free part of the house to the left of the screen is where the bushes I removed had stood):
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I count it as an improvement, although removing the one very large eyesore revealed many little ones. There is a water meter, electric meter, air conditioning unit, furnace vents, a few miscellaneous wires and boxes for phone and electricity, a defunt cable hookup and chunk of broken veneer on the foundation we hadn't noticed before. Of course there are still 40-year-old yew stumps that need to be dealt with, as well. I foresee a bunch of my summer being involved in installing trellises and fences and camouflage plants. 'Tis the fun of home ownership, I suppose.
a quick fix for this summer is cosmos-- tall and graceful with pretty flowers.. they will quickly grow tall enough to hid a lot.. (and just let those roots rot for a year or two.... (drill holes in the stumps do they collect water.. the water will help rot them!)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get a chainsaw and hack down my bushes that look identical to that! What are you planning on putting there?
ReplyDeletenot 100% sure what will go there yet. I know I'll put up a couple of trellises to cover the A/c unit and meters, and then maybe a couple of roses and other perennials that don't require a huge amount of sun. It's a rather shady there in the summer, under all our maple trees.
ReplyDeleteYou toldly stole my answer, because that's my plan too lol. Our shade is even maple provided as well. Better Homes & gardens has a free garden planner that I had a ton of fun using, I think I finally have a plan! Now all I need to do is get the bushes out!
ReplyDeleteOk I don't know why my IDs came up differently but I'm TLish too lol.
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