Boxwood Massacre 2021
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Comments (29)I agree, that large lower branch on your side of the yard needs to be removed. I would wait on the other one, cutting both in one year would shock the tree. If you do it, make sure you do it in multiple cuts, otherwise the weight will rip the cut, making it look bad and prone to infection. Start like 5ft out the trunk and then make smaller cuts until it's properly pruned. This will open up your yard visible and for lighting...giving you a shot at growing some grass there. Otherwise, the main concern for me is the lack of terrain...it's just too flat and makes the view boring. This is why I like the island up at the front, to build depth...and I threw in a large landscaping rock for good measure. The white dogwood to the right should be pulled away from the house to avoid shading your window...this can be done once that large branch is gone. I wouldn't worry about the roots of that big tree, shouldn't be a problem at that distance. I would also like a wall of arbs or something to separate your neighbors house on the right. On the left, maybe a large red japanese maple (Bloodgood). The individual plants can be changed, but I think the main point is to build some layers to offset the perfectly flat yard. Shouldn't cost much if you buy smaller plants and let them develop. -Shawn...See MoreBought 8 months ago. Sell in 2021 or wait until the 2-year mark?
Comments (44)@k8cd I’ve actually been told by two locals now that the rental market is even more insane here than the home sales. One person suggested renting out our house because apparently SFH’s in this area are hard to come by. The only way I could make that argument with my husband would be to show that it would be extremely lucrative, though, because neither of us are interested in being landlords. @elcieg Why, yes, and I’m starting with my HOA’s parks and rec committee chair position! Ha! (I really have thought about joining the board, but it would be completely self-serving, so that doesn’t seem like a wise idea.) And thank you for bringing up misophonia. Although I was aware of it, I hadn’t really taken it seriously before now. I did more reading about it today, and I definitely plan to bring it up with my physician this week....See MoreNeighbor’s bathroom vent smell in our yard
Comments (32)I shouldn’t laugh, but growing up in the country, farms amd confinements could be miles away and you’d never get away from it. Then add in the manure spreaders working on every field in the entire Midwest, I don’t know if that vent would warrant a second glance. Maybe they’re pot smokers. Pot smells burny/plasticy at times, and talk about a smell that lingers. We’ve been driving down the street with the windows down and my husband will point at a house and say ”they’re smoking dope in there”. Or walking down the street, he can tell which house it’s coming from....See MoreBlooming August 2021
Comments (70)Woodyoak - it's surprising that your Heptacodium isn't blooming yet, mine started flowering this past weekend, lots of honeybees on it this evening. The recent dry weather is beginning to take a toll on some of my perennials, like the phlox (Bright Eyes) that has started to wilt/brown. Daylilies are about done but still a couple blooms/buds on Bitsy and Crimson Pirate. The 2 Rudbeckias I have (Henry Eilers and wild type Black-eyed Susans) are in full bloom (both tend to flop a bit). I have a large patch of Joe-Pye (Little Joe) that is in its prime and buzzing with bumblebees and the occasional Monarch. There is a patch of wild tall sunflower at the back of my property that really shines this time of year (also beloved by the bees). All photos taken within the last couple days (8/25-8/26)....See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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