Shade Gardening: Tour of my backyard, 1 by lupinelover

lupinelover wrote:
Poppysue, it has been an adventure! The yard was covered with English ivy for years, but it is marginally hardy here, and many years would look terrible until August when the new growth would finally cover up the dead stuff.

After I discovered what nasty things it has done to the soil through the years, it made me even more determined to eliminate it, and in the process, make all the beautiful trees healthier! We have lost so many through the years that it just breaks my heart to see any more go...

The stumps that you see in all the photos are mostly logs from our ancient majestic white ash that had to be cut down a few years ago because of soil depletion.

The first photo didn't come through (I guess) so here it is again. This is what I describe in the first frame.