trees

Yesterday the tree trimmer guys were here.

I have a big Chinese Elm at the corner of my front yard and a smaller mongrel cherry tree at the other corner. The Elm is trimmed up nicely and the cherry tree is no more. Tomorrow he is to come and grind up the stump. 

There is a bunch of cleanup to do though. He would have done more, but I would have needed to pay him more and it is OK any way.

There are several big spreading bushes (Tams I think they were called) that obscure the front of the house. They come out too, but that is my task! I'll cut and dig and slash and burn (except I can't really burn) to get them out.

The new landscape plan calls for a decorative fence with grapes growing on the fence. I had enough grapes to make 100 quarts of fabulous grape juice each year, and I want to get back to that point. The  front yard will be a garden more than a yard, but I'll try to keep under the radar for nosy city inspectors. (Neighbors don't mind).

The design I have in mind includes a lot of eatables, berries, fruit, vegetables and as little actual lawn as possible, and it is possible to have none at all. The lot is small and I want it to be productive without me spending all of my time working on it.

Laziness, I maintain, is the first step to progress, but careful quoting me on that one!