I'm thinking about enhancing the landscaping in my back yard with a couple of small trees or large shrubs that are xeriscape in nature to survive our dry spells. When I finish the fence it will be time to look at moving compost bins and working around the big hackberry in the middle of the yard. If I start trimming it back I can put in better trees to make it look more like there was some design intended. In two or three years if I want to sell, they'll be established. I also have one tree that has died in the front, but there's a big project there first (removing the earth-filled tires from the berm in front - meant to keep cars from rolling into the yard and hitting the house). My handyman friend will probably do these projects with me - we'll dig out one side of the berm and replace the tires with big chunks of concrete that otherwise need to be discarded, and in back start low with the large branches and raise up the crown to let more light in.

This morning eBay; later, outside. Today is the day to stabilize the footer at the end post on my fence. The root is cut, just needs to be pulled away and the post straightened. I have a bag of concrete to mix in the wheelbarrow then scoop into each side of the new larger hole around the post. Once it's stable, the rest of the work will continue.