Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening continuation May 2014, 0 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
well, I guess I am going to have quite a lot of bugs come June! :-o

Speedie, I used my regular pointy-ended shovel to cut initial holes in the turf. Then I used the same shovel to pry it up a little. Then I found I could tear the turf up with my hands. I found the flat shovel difficult to work with--hands were easiest. :-o I'm sure there's a trick to using it that I haven't discovered.

The location I ended up with is much closer to the back of the house than I had originally anticipated, but that's where the soil was workable. I just went outside and took two photos:

1) From back of the tree looking out towards the neighbor's yard
2) From the yard looking towards the tree.

Maybe this location is better because it will help cover up the ugly back of the house, including the AC unit. I hope it is far enough from the house?