Yeah, and I've already had carpenter ants! They were coming in from a river birch in my front yard - apparently carpenter ants loooove river birches. I love the tree, though; I had a man cut it back to keep it from touching my roof, but then he sprayed it all over with something deadly strong, so I've been avoiding it.
There's so much wood landscaping, though, that it would cost too much to have it pulled up and hauled away. I'm thinking about doing it little by little, starting with the wood closest to the house. At some point I will have to deal with my little 'wooden country bridge."
What's really sad about my considering all rock is that I have an incredibly green thumb, and I love gardening. But that area back there just frightens me. I think it's because I have so much to do in the house - painting, replacing a broken window, fixing the chimney, etc. :) I sometimes want to hang out at Menard's (the local village-sized hardware/home/garden store) and wait for those people from HGTV to show up and say "how would you like us to give you a fabulous backyard?"
I do appreciate all your thoughts, though... especially the pictures - some of those would be lovely to consider. The colors! ♥ I'd love to have some fruit trees, though I'd have to think about the yellowjacket problem-- they're really awful here unless you spray your fruit trees, but who wants sprayed fruit? How do you take care of them?
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Date: 2011-08-22 02:44 am (UTC)There's so much wood landscaping, though, that it would cost too much to have it pulled up and hauled away. I'm thinking about doing it little by little, starting with the wood closest to the house. At some point I will have to deal with my little 'wooden country bridge."
What's really sad about my considering all rock is that I have an incredibly green thumb, and I love gardening. But that area back there just frightens me. I think it's because I have so much to do in the house - painting, replacing a broken window, fixing the chimney, etc. :) I sometimes want to hang out at Menard's (the local village-sized hardware/home/garden store) and wait for those people from HGTV to show up and say "how would you like us to give you a fabulous backyard?"
I do appreciate all your thoughts, though... especially the pictures - some of those would be lovely to consider. The colors! ♥ I'd love to have some fruit trees, though I'd have to think about the yellowjacket problem-- they're really awful here unless you spray your fruit trees, but who wants sprayed fruit? How do you take care of them?