Northeast Gardening: Help!!! Where's "Victor's List"?, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Definitely a "bummer" - Rick's description of what he did with the field - "he raped the landscape" :((( The view of the Blue Ridge Mtns is beautiful with the sun setting on them at the end of the day and hopefully I'll enjoy many relaxing moments here at the end of the day. Our planting will include several evergreens for blocking the "view" all year and Japanese Maples, etc. which will help during the summer. Unfortunately the deciduous trees and shrubs won't help much during the winter but I don't intend to be spending much time "relaxing" in this area when the cold winds blow! LOL The evergreen in the first picture is a new Leyland Cypress 'Gold Rider' we picked up in January - a fast grower! I had selected the spot behind the bamboo fence but yesterday we chose another spot to plant it on the other side of the grass you see in the second picture so it will provide a better block of that monstrosity. We have some regular Leyland Cypress we're planning to plant a hedge of just behind the 'Gold Rider' because they grow so fast here, that is if we can keep the deer away from them!

I dragged Rick to the water pond seminar yesterday and I'm happy to report that he's no longer giving me the "evil eye" when I discuss my intentions for this area :) He is, however, still attempting to curb my enthusiasm - I want it done and I want it done NOW! There are so many other unfinished "projects" and I do tend to jump ahead of myself LOL This picture shows one of the unfinished projects - this is the "sitting deck" we built last year where I'll be relaxing at the end of the day. I sketched in the copper arbor I started building last month which has all been cut and just waiting for me to put it together and install. Dragging my feet because I'm hesitant to try my hand at soldering and would rather just put it together with epoxy glue but hopefully one way or the other it will be done soon.