Replacing the Leylands

Yesterday was another great day. When we get out from under the daily grind of school (him) and the daily grind of care giving (me), we focus on things that bring us joy. Aside from all the little outings we made on just another warm and sunny Saturday in Seattle, we drove out to Nursery Trees in Snohomish and placed our order for a bank of Leyland cypress to replace the beauties we lost two years ago.

D and I have been eying the fence line in our backyard for the past week, resurrecting plans to replace the evergreen beauties that once graced the south side of our yard. Two years ago when our neighbors had their way with nature and mercilessly felled the decades old Leylands that created a living green border between our properties, we planned to replace them rather immediately. We consulted with Mike from Nursery Trees, got the estimate and were just about to say "GO" when all hell broke loose. That was September 2006 and plans got filed away.

We've been looking at the neighbor's fence way too long and despairing over the "hole" that just won't "green in" towards the back corner of the yard. We now have a plan and it's a real "GO" this time. Mike's crew will be on site within the next week to plant Leylands, smaller ones along the fence line and one big Mama in the far back corner. We know it'll take years before these young trees grow up and out to touch one another in a green embrace but the first step is exhilarating. We're happy to get moving on a project that has been on hold for a long time and one that will bring us considerable joy for the money spent. That's what we call value.

Make way for green and the sound of breeze whispering through branches.