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Bill Oliver wrote:
Thanks for the advice. Yes, I am looking for something to line a driveway, but am also looking for creative ways of making relatively high sight borders to separate small areas of the yard. Lots of similarities between our situations Bill, right down to the spouse who is reactive to poison ivy and the background in biology (mine's molec. genetics, actually) and medicine. Of course, your yard sounds a whole lot more interesting than mine, especially with the interesting ruins. Perhaps you can learn from some of my experiences, especially the mistakes. Brush clearing is a slow, difficult, and painstaking process, unless you enlist help. Every year, I go around and start cutting down the stuff closest to the clearing. If you can get a mower in there at that point, it is easy to maintain control. Otherwise, it becomes an ongoing battle. The one exception to this approach has been what I've done with the vines that were strangling the trees. Some of these things were a good 50 or 60 ft. tall with trunks as big around as my arm, and they had to go so the trees could be salvaged. Although I am not a big fan of herbicides, I've resorted to them, in order to keep the vines from regrowing as if nothing has happened. After 4 years of doing this, it still looks like a jungle in there, but it is becoming more passable. Unless you are really handy with the chainsaw, get someone to come in and take out the dead/diseased trees. You'll have a better sense of how much space you're dealing with. Although I have approached gardening on this property in a piecemeal fashion, my one regret is that I didn't get around to putting in the backbones (trees and shrubs) sooner. I am just now getting to it, after 4 years of being here and of course, doing this while brood X is about to emerge may not be the smartest idea. I am holding out on some of the major ornamental trees, and probably won't plant them until after the cicadas are gone, or maybe next year. Although the brush you have is supporting a lot of wildlife, you can add ornamental shrubs that will also be able to support them, and won't attempt to run away with the property. Have a master plan in mind, and work towards putting in all the high impact elements first. Your plan will most likely evolve, but if your initial choices are well researched, you will still be able to work with/around them. Take time to do things right. Amend the soil if you have to, for your perennial beds (if any). It may mean that you won't do much by the way of planting this year, but you won't regret it later. Good luck, Suja |
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