Landscaping Progress

 Line of scraggly trees down--really opens up the view.

(west-side of house)

 Huge pile of brush. Guess it's time to rent a dumpster!

Plus one more tree to take down, once the huge pile of brush goes away.

 Looking into our backyard with newly cleared side-view.

East side of house. Actually those dead junipers have joined the brush pile now, and he tore out the azaleas next to the fence, as well.

I was thinking of trying to save them and transplant them elsewhere, but I just don't know where I would put them at this point, so I guess it's just as well.

Rock for retaining wall should be delivered next week.

Side Yard Blooms

 Actually these diminuitive tulips are in the front flower bed, between the scraggly bushes.

I just never see them because of the large evergreen shrub blocking the view.

 So these tulips turned out to be red, after all.

 Some other flower--we'll see what it turns out to be.

 These pretty tulips are still going strong, and even that one daffodil is hanging on.

Pretty sure these are daisies...along with the juniper that still needs to be taken out.

Goodbye

Goodbye 3 trees!

Goodbye junipers!

Goodbye cottoneasters!

Wow, that felt good, and I wasn't the one driving the tractor!  Without all this superfluous greenery there is now mental and physical space to contemplate change. Our current thoughts are one retaining wall all the way around in front, with grassy slope leading down to it and flowers/small shrubs planted in front.

Part of flower bed possibilities will depend on how far back from the street the wall is placed.  We had the utility companies come out and mark lines, and we've got electric and tv lines all along in front, parallel to the street.  So I wouldn't be able to plant anything right there, unless the wall was back far enough that roots wouldn't interfere with the lines. Not sure what else we would put right there, though.  Junipers?