Pacific Northwest Gardening: 50 Trees or so for Murmur, 1 by Murmur

Murmur wrote:
Picture #1 of Annie's pet tree - it's on a little mound that at one time (before we bought the house) had apparently been someone's compost pile (strictly grass clippings, I believe). Anyway, after the clear cutting and all the junk moved in - ie stinging nettles (billions of them), horsetail, blackberry vines, etc., I hadn't kept it mowed or anything in that back area. Now, after weed whacking, I decided it was the ideal spot for the 'star' of the garden. The dirt under the grass (which wasn't rooted very deep), was gorgeous and crumbled at my touch. I'll be cleaning the rest of the mound up as well and doing some underplanting - can you tell I am excited about all this???