Yardvaark said "Whatever you do ... whatever lines you make, you must make some simple, clean artistic geometry out of them. If you want more lawn on the west side, you can do it ... but adjust the lines to reflect simplicity, s m o o t h n e s s and the boundaries of nearby objects." I concur. Yard and bed edges that are squiggly remind me of group of people all talking over each other with no one saying anything of importance. It's confusing, distracting, and generally unpleasant. There is also the element of scale, the balance of area size for plants to that allotted for yard. I like to size the plant area to something no less than half the area of the sum of lawn and any hardscape devoted to people. And the plant area should not be more than twice the 'people' area. The size of landscape elements should be compatible with the overall size. For large areas use at least some larger shrubs, trees, walks. and decks. For smaller areas, scale down everything. To begin this discussion I selected a single objective you gave, that of making "the yard look deeper instead of a shallow and wide rectangle". There are an infinite number of desirable arrangements you might choose. In the end you may want to discard this idea in favor of developing some other idea. I admit I had my own motive in selecting that one goal for review. Landscaping is a blend of science and art. Years ago on this forum there were regular participants that made their living doing landscape design along with a host of others that had long studied the academic principles involved. I miss those discussions we had. The implementation of "making the yard look deeper instead of a shallow and wide rectangle" could have led to such a discussion even though it may of had limited benefit to the homeowner.

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Well, I got it finished, now I just have to do a final print. What I finally did was scan each page individually, then went into Word and inserted each page. Landscape, .5" margins, 2 columns, more columns-(changes spacing) 4.5" margins, & 1.5 inches between columns. Then inserted page 1 and page 3, the next was inserted as page 4 then 2. This way, when I print the front then the back, the pages end up where they are supposed to be! I worked on it all evening last night, then started again this morning at 6:30, and finished it at 7:30. As I said, now all I need to do is print it and bind it. I will also put a note in my notebook of tips and tricks I have aquired over the years on how I did it for future reference! Thanks again for all the help and suggestions Tami

Office supply stores will give you lots of options, since you need just a small amount. And what I think Lazy Gardens suggested will help the eye to NOT see what will not be there ---- and from what I know about drawing small things --- may be more effective.