Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Thinking about the front yard

The big Douglas Fir next to the driveway is acting up. The roots are pushing up the crumbling asphaltic concrete driveway. Peggy suggests routing the driveway around the tree more, which would (generally speaking) cause the driveway to overlap the drainage swale.
The Douglas fir is pushing up the driveway
So, I'm thinking--what if I just make the swale a pipe and provide off-street parking there?

Imagine this paved

The cedar's roots are already causing a problem



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