I've decided (discovered?) that I am a bad blogger. We tuck into big transformative projects in the yard, and I hardly ever remember to document the process, especially the 'before'. Obviously, this feeling to need to document everything is a little self-aggrandizing and silly, and I recognize that.
I have always struggled with 'living in the moment', but at the risk of turning this into a one way therapy session, I will say that I think a lot of us do.
That being said, I was able to remember from time to time, to document our transformation, or at least the start of the transformation, of our north facing side yard.
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| Google streetview of our house from at least 2021, maybe older. The section we bit off this time was the blue marked area (see below also). It faces N and is sandwiched between two houses, and also deals with agressively rooting large maples. That is to say, not prime gardening land. |
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Google imaging from above for the section of yard in focus
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| Challenge #1: 5 huge yews against the house. The hose hanger and electrical outlet show that the previous owner did not plan this out so well |
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| Yew view 2 |
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| We used a come-along winch with straps tied off to the neighbor's large maples (see below). This was definitely a learning curve, but by the third one we were pretty efficient |
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Strap tied off to neighbor's maple
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| Some serious roots on these things... |
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...and presto!
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| Next challenge is to find a way to hide the A/C |
Part 2 coming soon!
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