I have almost a clean slate now to work on, with the weeds and small aspen suckers and volunteer baby shrubs taken out of the east side big flower bed.
I have a nice old birdbath that has become concealed under some trees, so I may move that to this flower bed. The bed is large enough to mulch an area to create a bench area or something like that.
I dug out the Iris, left in the Poppy, left a few aspen suckers to grow up along the edge of the bed and lawn... now just need to figure out what to landscape in this 22 ft. x 8 ft. space without spending any money!
Janie, it sounds like you have a clean slate now to imagine something new where the oak tree was.