I'm not good at tree identification yet, so this is how I find out that there must be an elm tree around here. I used an app to identify this potential weed.
This is winged elm. I don't want it in my flower bed obviously.
I went outside to do a little mowing and weed eating instead of moving my daily 5 logs. But I got aesthetically distracted and wound up moving many more than 5 logs. And not doing either of the other things. Why do logs look so much better standing up than lying down? Anyway, I straightened up the Little Free Library area, giving it more structure. The plan is to put vining or screening plants alongside the tall stump to help screen this area from the house. Some LFL patrons have reported feeling like they are being watched from the host's house and I don't want that. People should take all the time they want choosing a book. People should be free to sit down and read awhile. Two of the logs are about right for sitting on. They lean, though, so I've placed them to lean together. I may want to more firmly attach them, but so far they don't even wiggle.
I think of these as hedge skeletons. When I started pulling the Asian plants out of the yard, I wasn't able to remove the hedges. At the time I didn't have any saws equal to the task. So I pruned them down as far as I could with the yard tools I had. And that left skeletons. I rather like them. They're creepy. A few of them continue to sprout so I have to keep pruning the new leaves off. But most of them are truly dead now.
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