Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The tree dilemma

This is what our backyard looked liked before we moved in.  There were so many plants and bushes growing everywhere.  Notice the trees near the back of this picture.  There were 10 cedar trees lining our parking area at the time.  

This picture also shows those trees near the van.

Well those trees were looking worse all of the time so we did eight of them in one summer.  We were thinking if there weren't so many they might do better.  Last summer we ended up getting rid of the one nearest the fence.  

This left one lonely tree but it still wasn't doing well so Saturday it fell.  I was looking back at these old pictures and thought about how much change our place has gone through.  I so miss the shade of those trees but in other ways its nice to have it more open.   The other reason we did it was that we will have two new neighbors soon. It was going to be easier to do it now than later with them around.  


No more trees.

This porch area is still a work in progress.  

This is our backyard now.  

1 comment:

Amy said...

You are brave to cut down trees - I always have a had time getting rid of a tree. Your yard looks GREAT though! The after pictures look so much better than the "befores".

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