Getting the Hang of It
If you’ve ever visited our place it goes without saying that there is an above-average level of upkeep required to keep things in order. We’re into our fourth year on our horse farm and – with respect to landscaping chores – I’m almost to the point where I think I might actually know what I’m doing. Before we moved here the only piece of landscape equipment I owned was a push mower. I barely even knew how to use that. Today, I think I’m actually getting the hang of landscape maintenance and improvement.
We’ve got three purple plumb trees that are struggling to survive. You might be able to make them out behind the parked van. Originally there were purple plumbs snaking all the way to the foreground of this photo. In all likelihood they died of old age and/or neglect long before we bought the place. Nancy and I are not sure what trees we will plant to replace them. At this point our short list includes apple trees (I’m becoming interested in the edible landscape movement), purple plumbs, or crepe myrtles. We love the idea of apples and plumbs but we’re pretty heavy already on spring flowers. Crepe Myrtles are attractive and would provide more summer flowers but would otherwise be useless. We’ll see.