Spring Project – Front Lawn

When this house was purchased last August, the front lawn looked like this: The bush in the foreground is an invasive species that sends out underground tendrils. It would eventually overrun the yard.I dug that out. Started early Spring…. took a long while The...

Deer Names

  DEERDREThe matriarch of the group. She knows what’s safe and what’s not.   DOTDeerdre’s younger sister   DAPHNIEDeerdre’s fawn     DEANAThe loaner. Runs with the group but keeps to herself   GROUP...

New Year Deer

On New Year’s Day six deer meandered into the back yard. After they inspected my work in the yard,  they came right up to the dining room window.I was able to snap a few pix....

Forest Trail

There was an overgrown trail starting from the driveway. We widened it and laid down chips. It was fairly easy going until we got to the back property line. Where the trail used to turn left, there was a large alder tree laying on it’s side. We took a chainsaw...

Stage One, Cleanup

The plan is to first remove overgrowth to expose the original landscaping   I  mowed down the salal (weed like bushes) that were growing along the front. I removed a cluster of cedar saplings to expose a large landscape rock.   More salal removed and trimmed...