This is what our yard looked like when we first moved in.
About a month ago we decided to do something about it and went to work.
This little cutie supervised - when he wasn't trying to eat dirt.
Colin was a big help. It was more work than we thought but got most of it done in a day. Then we seeded it and waited for the grass to grow. And while we were waiting I kept hearing from our neighbors how hard it was to grow grass under these trees (most people have these old trees - except one family and we've been told never to cut down our tree by everyone else or we'll be blacklisted! haha!) But apparently 4 previous owners couldn't grow grass under this tree. Hence the ugly red mulch. So I was a little worried about all our hard work but figured if it didn't grow we'd try again in the fall and then just let Colin dig in the dirt all summer.
This is what it looked like today. It might all die soon but we have proof that we can grow grass. We still have to fill in that circle around the tree with dirt and add some plants there but we're still trying to figure out what would grow best there. Its fun and still a work in progress but makes us smile every time we drive up. Colin is also proud of his grass and says we were good worker guys.
4 comments:
yay the grass grew!! way to go!
oh my goodness, it looks awesome! Now brent has to mow the yard :)
beautiful grass! isn't it amazing what a little seed can do for a yard?? i think hosta or lillies would be beautiful in the ring around the tree (and especially hosta would do well under the shade of the tree). maybe throw in some tulip or daffodil bulbs for next spring, while you're at it - and a few bleeding hearts? oh the inspiration from a bare spot needing perennials!!
don't put dirt inside the tree ring...you will kill the tree. just plant some plants...bleeding hearts do well in the spring and then put impatiens there for the rest of the summer into fall.
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