I actually love my yard - lots of trees, and I'd like to plant more. Maple, Japanese Maple, oak, ash, sassafrass, pear, HUGE pines, cedar, northern magnolia, dogwood, plum...we mulch the grass (its not quite an acre), but the oak leaves are terrible - like cardboard! And I think it is the tallest tree in the yard. The front yard is lined with forsynthia bushes, which look very nice when trimmed (and bloom a bright yellow early in the spring) - but they grow like weeds and have to be trimmed 3x/year; an expensive job. Hope son has a growth-spurt soon, so he can reach! I don't have so much moss, as this flat plantain-stuff. The dogs running around and the shade make the grass wither (although I try every year with seed!) Hey - it's green! 'Nuff said.
Kerry - I will keep your Plan B in the back of my head, though. I was tempted when I started to realize how much work the house needed!
