Texas Gardening: Need Advice Re: Adding (Native?) Evergreens to Old Treeline, 1 by dsmorris

dsmorris wrote:
Here's another view of the treeline, taking from about the N-S midpoint of the lot, facing south. The treeline we want to "winterize" with evergreens is the one to the left.

The long-term plan for the rest of the lot (and the new house) will be to make it look like the rest of the neighborhood... lots of cottages and houses from the early 1900s. No formal gardens. It's a very old-fashioned, "homey" type neighborhood with a mix of very old people (90s and 100s) and young families, including both my daughters and their families. :) Most of the lots of tiny .12 - .15 acre city lots, which is why this odd-shaped but larger lot was so appealing. We want to eventually turn the narrow part of the triangle (shown in this picture) into a shady park-like area for the neighborhood kids, including our grandsons.