Native Front Yard

The project of converting my front yard from turf grass with Asian shrubs to all native plants.

A little sapling with a lot of branches

A little sapling that is all stem.

These babies are American plum trees. You need two in order to get fruit. I planted these last fall. The second one was run over by a lawn mower but came back beautifully this spring.

July 01, 2023

Let's talk a minute about wild strawberries. These are not wild strawberries.

Wee weensy strawberry looking things among leaves.

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The heat and humidity have been killer lately. I've decided to make a commitment to move 5 logs per day until they are all where they need to be. That's not much effort and it's still progress.

June 29, 2023

Couple of weeks ago I hired a professional to come bring my oak tree down. From the street it looked great, but from behind it was plain that lightning, bugs, and/or parasites were sucking the life right out. One of the major limbs was splitting and hollow. It looked dangerous.

A big tree with a thick trunk and two thick main branches. There is a knothole, above which dangle a pair of monster eyes.

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A closeup of a four petaled white flower among blade-like leaves.

This is one of my favorite native ground covers.

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