Last weekend I was working in the yard pulling up all the summer flowers that froze during the last cold snap. After I had finished I wandered into the backyard and started picking away at the magnolia tree.
Here's a little background...When we first moved in we had a huge pecan tree to the right of this view and another magnolia tree right to the left of this one. There was no sun at all back here. The grass would hardly grow. After we had the two trees removed we never really did anything else back there. I concentrated on the front yard and Scott's been working on all the remodeling we've been doing. So the backyard, including the huge weed that had turned into a tree, sat as the neglected step-child.
I couldn't stand it any longer. I took to trimming the uneven magnolia that's been casting it's shadows on the "flower" beds below it. I finally trimmed as much as I could without a ladder and using only my pruning shears. Scott came out of the garage...he was about to leave on a business trip, and saw what I was doing. I guess he had finally had enough of the tree too because next thing I know he pulls out the ladder and the saw. We hacked away at the tree for about 45 minutes creating a huge pile of branches. It's not perfectly shaped now but it looks soooo much better than before. Now at least I can get to the beds underneath. I want to clean them out this spring and start over.
