Mostly Done!

Not particularly impressive, but here are the Amur Maples in their new bed. Of course now I wish we had planted them five or seven years ago so they’d be a good screen by now between us and the neighbors. (Not that we don’t like our neighbors; it’s just that we’re all jammed together in suburbia here.) Can you see the grass covered stump in the next yard? That was a nasty Cottonwood that nevertheless provided some separation and privacy in the past. Damn thing sent lots of surface roots and suckers in to our yard, so can’t say that I miss it. It made us less motivated to plant our own hedge until it was gone.

Hard work. Hot. Humid. Today the sun was beating down on us (we had cloud cover on Monday). Feels great to be (almost) done, though. Just need to get some more shredded mulch to spread around. Was even ambitious enough to move a sprinkler head in from the corner. It’s satisfying to be able to take care of some jobs yourself, and I really enjoy doing manual labor to balance all the time I spend geeking out at this computer.

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