AT TWILIGHT YESTERDAY, I surveyed my 4/10 of an acre. Now that the bulk of the wisteria and weeds have been cleared away, I can see what I’ve got here, though I can’t identify all of it.
There’s a lot of damage; what the wisteria didn’t strangle, the deer ate.
You were so generous with your cottage color suggestions, I thought I’d pick your collective brains once more. If anyone has thoughts on what I can do about these garden challenges (on a shoestring budget, remember), please let ’em rip.
Normally I avoid photographing unsightly automobiles, wires, disarray or ugliness of any sort. But in this post I’m going to show you the crappiest areas of my garden, just begging to be transformed.
![IMG_0686 Arborvitae (?) with a large chunk taken out of it - can it be pruned?](https://casacara.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0686.jpg?w=584&h=779)
Arborvitae(?) with a large chunk taken out of it. Anyone know if it can it be pruned into something more shapely?
And if anyone can ID any of the many plants I can’t (plain English is fine), I’d be very grateful.
![IMG_0690 The circle around the cherry tree in the area where the demolished shed used to be, is 30 feet wide. How to transform bare dirt into a circular garden room on a mini budget? Wood chips for starters?](https://casacara.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0690.jpg?w=584&h=438)
The circle around the cherry tree in the area where the demolished shed used to be is 30 feet wide. How to transform bare dirt into a circular garden room on a mini budget? Wood chips for starters?