Naked Landscaping
No, it’s not that kind of post. It’s my house that’s been exposed.
When Ed and I bought our current house a little over three years ago, the landscaping was already in bad shape–overgrown, neglected, and sort of unfinished. By this morning, I had tree branches overhanging the roof and scratching at the eaves, a massive shrub blocking the clear view of an intersection, and out-of-control evergreens. All we had managed to get done was removing the extremely dead rosebush and some half-hearted pruning.
Tonight, though, it’s a different story. My yard has had the equivalent of an extreme haircut–like the time I had my knee-length hair cut to shoulder-length. (A move I have since regretted, but I digress…) Almost all the plantings have been reduced by half, the dangerous tree limbs are on their way to being someone else’s firewood, and I can see where the edges of the beds are.
Of course, this means I have no further excuse for putting off the spring cleanup, and getting on with some much-needed planting, edging, and mulching.
Well, no excuse other than my hereditary black thumb.
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February 19th, 2004 at 2:30 pm
Wait, you can do yardwork? Our yard is currently covered in about 6 inches of snow that shows no sign of leaving until say, May. Which wouldn’t be so bad if the gravel driveway weren’t also covered with the equally resistant ice pack that has accumulated over the past few storms… it’s really hard to shovel a gravel driveway clear to the ground! It now looks like a mini-ocean frozen in time… lots of pretty little waves from all the intersecting ruts. As much as I’m loving winter, I’m actually looking forward to a good thaw to get the driveway back to ground level!