This is "the hill" in the backyard as seen from my sunroom in March.
Well, there's nowhere to go but up, as they say! There is a lot of work to do here. On the right I have taken out two large spruce trees, and I am going to replace them with shrubs this year. We have 5 giant spruce in the (small) front yard and there were 10 in the back when we moved in. Apparently when someone landscaped the backyard about 30 (?) years ago, the only trees and shrubs available were spruce, pine, cotoneasters and junipers. Ugh. Boring.
The hose shows were I am going to extend the garden to this year. I also want to build in some fun stuff for the kids. They like to climb up to the back of the hill so I was planning to put in a mulch pathway for them (easy to remove later). But today we had friends over and had 3 4-year-olds and 2 2-year-olds chasing each other up and down the hill, and I realized I needed a circular path!! In a sudden flash of brilliance, I realized that one of the pathways could eventually be turned into a waterfall for the pond I'd like to put in in a few more years. Once I finish getting rid of those spruce trees...
(by the way, those are spruce cones, not doggie do's!)
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