My yard at the street was just blah. It needed some curb appeal. I knew that I wanted to put a decorative tree of some sort in a mulched bed with some small bushes but had no idea where to start. Step one was tearing out the grass. It wasn’t nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. Step two was digging a very large hole for the tree.
I found a flowering cherry tree that was a size that made it affordable but also a size I thought would fit the space nicely. I paid a guy $20 to deliver it from the greenhouse to my house. All you have to do is ask and someone will usually help (for a nominal fee)! After adding some additional soil I had purchased to the hole I inserted the tree. As I added the soil around the tree roots I packed it every six inches or so to be sure there were no air pockets. Once the hole was full I put three metal stakes in the ground with wire that was attached to the tree. This is so the wind will not blow the tree over until the roots have had time to spread. Three years later this is what I have. . . .
One more project I have for this bed is to put that flexible rubber edging around it to keep the grass from creeping into the mulch. Another pretty easy project that really paid off!
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