Looks smashing! So do you have trouble getting things to grow with that huge tree right in the front like that? I had a maple once and it was probably 25 feet from my house and I could not get anything to grow around my house the roots were so thick. We even cut some roots out with the chain saw that got around the foundation/crawl space. We finally cut the tree, it rooted up into my neighbors garage. The tree was just as much on her side than mine-in the fence-thank goodness. I just told her one day that we were going to cut OUR half
would you like us to cut your half too? A silver maple, those things I detest.