Spent most of yesterday and the day before doing yard work. Monster has now removed two nearly dead trees from the front yard and planted one new river birch to replace the half-dead dogwood he cut down and excavated. The other tree, an ancient holly, was replaced with a transplanted hydrangea from a few feet away. I sprinkled violet seeds around the fresh loose soil, so with a little luck and regular watering, maybe flowers will come up in a few weeks and make a nice ground cover. The yard is slowly being cleared of debri, dead and overgrown hedges, and flowers bulbs that I like but the guys don't want.
I've been busy in the back yard working on aggressive management of the english ivy that's everywhere. Mostly, I'm just removing it from the area nearest the patio (trying to reduce the clouds of mosquitos this summer) and cutting it off the trees. There are some very nice wild flowers and forgotten shrubs and ferns growing in back that I hope to leave as is, transplant, or prune back eventually to a healthier shape.
Purple Punk Rocker from Atlanta, Georgia. Now just a faded Goth Ghost in High Point, North Carolina. Missing my old haunts while looking for a new one.
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