This is the current side yard sorry state.
This is sort of in perspective.
It's just impossible to represent the landscape using this
method and maintain correct perspective. For instance the back fence in the
collage below is shorter than in the photograph. However, I see now that the
house doesn't even look the same so I distorted it or didn't use that picture?
The weeping willow, sigh... I've gone back and forth trying to
decide if that's a good or bad idea. If I was to put one anywhere that's the
most logical spot. It's the lowest point of our yard and the neighbor has had
trouble with water in his basement. I
suspect the water drains from our yard or did before. We have re-graded it and
before the entire backyard sloped toward him. Good for our water level bad for
his. Now I notice we have standing water where the pool was last year. It
doesn't help that the grading was done for the ground but we haven't added back
the gravel, patio, pool, etc. that will bring that back up. However, I think
there is still going to be some water heading toward that corner so what better
than a willow to soak it up. But I'll have to prune it every year to keep it
fairly manageable. My understanding is they grow fast.
So there's the
meandering dry stream bed. I would rather have more uniform sets of plants in
groups so it'll be neater still not so random. Since repetition would be
soothing. Hopefully I can start to put this in after we get the pool back in.
If I get too carried away it'll be trampled by the frontloader.
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