Backyard Editing

This is our "backyard" as I consider the gardens the front yard.  The Moulin where we live has extensive gardens but this little corner is all ours.  Well, not really.  You see, it belongs to our neighbor who doesn't give a fig about it.  Ergo the weeds, the garbage, the rotting figs, the dying elderberry trees.

For the first time since 2008, we are here long enough to work on our backyard as well as the gardens.  I have bought a jasmine vine to plant along Manu's dry stone wall which we look on all the time.

Climbing ivy

To the right is a large weed

Next to the weed is an olive tree

The olive tree bears no olives. Right of the olive tree is a fig tree.

Bay tree

Bay tree and stream bed

Dying elderberry tree on Manu's land

Pink Oleander not bushy because it lacks sunshine

Oleander and view of river valley

The jasmine vine is to replace the large  weed growing on Manu's land.  I have permission to plant something else in its place. My friend Corey recommended jasmine because it's pretty, fragrant and not too messy.

I would definitely like the dying elderberry cut down.  That would give us more sunshine (a good thing when it's not 35 degrees).  Then I would consider cutting down the bay tree.

I would really like to trim the Oleander to about 3 feet tall, then, with more sunshine, it might grow straight and grow more flowers.  Now it grows horizontally looking for the light.

What do you think?

Bisous,

Stella