Ceriano:
I did this all by myself! A while back we had a huge evergreen fall across the front
yard, they took 8 cords of wood away and I had a landscaper tell me it would take a year to get it back to normal. The landscaper about die when he came back in less than a month and it was back to normal. Type karma 'Happy Toes' Garden in google and you can see the rest of the yard.
I wouldn't live in a house that has a HOA if you gave me
the house for free. Just do a half circle in this area first. Then slowly do other areas and you should be fine. Or run for head of the HOA??