Trees up by your neck of the woods are impressive . I'd love your kind of privacy. I've recently successfully planted a Cali Redwood, a Monkey Pine, a few Eastern Red Cedars, pear and peach tree, Elephant Ears, red bark Japanese maple, two redbuds, trimmed for the first time the crepe myrtles and the rain predictor Texas Sage with it's purple flowers . All four magnolias are doing good, Southern, sweet bay, Japanese with the purple flowers and another with yellow flowers , I've spread a few rose of Sharons around with various flower colors, two Texas Lilacs (vitrex). Recently added a yellow queen Elizabeth rose and a bay leaf tree . For some reason the azaleas are taking their sweet time , as are the camelias. My hydrangeas finally settled down. They're merely the white ones , however . We're on the process of filling in with smaller stuff underneath. Two blue berries , 3 above ground planters currently giving us some fresh tomatoes and other fresh legumes . Street side we have about 4-5 of the soon to be large Agave cactus. Requires no watering .

Grandkids love the green space . Precisely why I built it as such . And we get to enjoy BnG from the back covered porch.

Tonight fixing smoked tuna atop Boursin cheese over avocado and cucumbers . Searing some Alaskan sable fish adorned with homemade Pico de gayo... And adult beverages of course .