Since spring has arrived and the weekends have been nice Eric and I have been working on the yard. While the inside of the house doesn't need a whole lot of work...the property has some issues. The first major issue is BAMBOO!!! We have lots of it and the only way to get rid of it is to dig it up.
The second issue is ivy.
This is the mound of Ivy up by the top of the driveway. I felt so bad for the trees that were being chocked by the ivy that I convinced Eric to get rid of this patch first. It took him two days to do it (He is amazing and is my hero!). We were very surprised by what we found underneath.
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| Decomposing logs |
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| Inch thick Ivy roots |
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So underneath all that Ivy was old logs that were slowly rotting. We just didn't understand it...why would you do that. One of our neighbors helped enlighten us. I guess there use to be huge cottonwoods there and they were cut down. Then I assume left there and since the previous owner didn't see yard maintenance as a huge priority the ivy just took over. Once we move all the logs and get things cleaned up we are planning to plant heather around the trees.
Eventually we plan to tackle the bigger mound of ivy (Which we suspect also has logs under it) next year....now on to Bamboo!!! We need to rent a Panda!
