Our front yard is about 10,000 sq. ft. in size and is planted in St. Augustine grass. Since we are having such a drought now and water has become such a scarce resource I plan to replace much of the grass with beds of native and adapted plants. Many of the plants show in the cold frame pictures will be used to plant out the garden areas. There are 32 trees in the front, two live oaks and the remainder are elm. The first picture is of the front yard as you walk out the front door and look to the west toward the street.
This next view shows the front yard as you look from the street back to the east toward the house. As you can see there are patchy green areas and very dry dead areas. The leech field for our septic system is in the front yard. That is going to mean I will need to be very careful as I dig and add plants in the yard. The field is only about 1 foot deep.
This final view is from the southwest corner of the yard and show the drainage and slope of the front yard.
