The tree comes down!

Ok, so it was a while ago... We finally decided to cut down the half dead pine tree in the front yard. Wow - what a project! I got to meet alot of the neighbors who came out to see what all the racket was. I even found out that the reason the tree had no top and was half dead was it had been hit by lightning 5 years earlier...

It took 2 guys almost 4 hours to cut the tree down - but they cleaned up everything and even chopped the wood and stacked it under our deck for us to use as firewood!!!

After much research and prep work - we decided to plant a new Maple tree, and some drought tolerant plants. Of course, it has been over 100 degrees lately (see post below) - so the plants don't look too happy. We're hoping with alot of watering and a little love they'll continue to grow and will look beautiful next year!