Our backyard neighbors are cutting down their fir trees. Literally at this moment they are coming down. While this is sad in general, as cutting down any tree is a bit sad, we are mostly very happy. The trees are huge and during Snowmaggedon 2016 they dropped several huge branches due to the weight of the snow and ice. They cover the ground in a thick carpet of needles which prevents anything from growing, including weeds! You know that's a pretty rough spot if even the dandelions won't grow. And the squirrels and crows hang out in them. We're hoping that they may move a few lots down without the trees to hang out in!
However, this also means that we will not have any trees to screen the back of our house and yard from the evening, setting sun. The chickens will also lose their shelter from sun and rain. And it will likely be very hot and exposed during the dry months here (July and August). We're debating what we should do with the space and how to maximize our enjoyment of the yard.
Ideas:
new trees! Deciduous, shorter, and less annoying than the firs. Current ideas are pink dogwood or a japanese maple (I'm partial to the red ones, bot not the short droopy ones).
new patio: PErhaps in combination with trees. We actually had a patio guy out for a quote and to talk ideas. Of course, patio is $$ and so we'll see what makes sense to do. We did move the table over to that spot to try it out. It gives the kids a nice open play space and makes the table a bit more secluded which is nice.
shades: We bought a shade cloth for the chickens since they will get hot. We could also have one for ourselves to replace the umbrella stand
Arbor: we could build an arbor for grapes or vines or something
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