After three years in this house, and after tackling the serious problems out front, I think it's now time to focus on the back. This is something that is likely done best with pictures, so here goes...
This is what the back looked like upon my arrival. I thought it was a good place for a new garden. You are looking Northeast. The house and lots of oak trees are at your back.
So I gave it a go. I dug out the grass and planted a garden. The soil was almost like playing at the beach. I abut woods, a natural habitat. Lots of wildlife, including lots of deer. I thought "maybe."
The lack of growth on the bottom of the evergreens is because of the deer. Many of the "deer resistant" growers are not. They eat.
The notion is that I'd like this to be a "long view garden." Here's the fuller picture
And I was hopeful.
