jmk3482
Chillin' In The Garden
Ok everyone,
I live in an earth home, (not really by choice) and the side of my house faces the road and the septic tank in in the front yard. Like this:
________________
| |
| |Front door
| House |
|_______________|
Tree
Front Yard
with Septic
_________________________
_______Road______________
I have a tree near the house that gives nice shade but there is absolutly nothing but crappy looking grass in the front yard.
I would love to put some big shade trees in the front yard for a wind block and shade but that's not possible because I can't have something with an extensive root system on top of my septic tank. The front yard is on the west side of my house so that's where all the storms come from and I'm in Missouri which is zone 6. I'm thinking of putting some shrubs close to the house as a wind block since it's an earth home and the eaves of the roof are at most, 7 feet above the ground.
My question to all of you is, what shrubs would you reccommend? And how far away from the house should they be planted? I'd like shrubs that grow no taller than 10 feet and something that would have some color or blooms would be great. I'd really like to attract butterflies and humming birds to my yard.
And any other ideas to ad interest to a yard with a septic tank in the ground? Thanks.
I live in an earth home, (not really by choice) and the side of my house faces the road and the septic tank in in the front yard. Like this:
________________
| |
| |Front door
| House |
|_______________|
Tree
Front Yard
with Septic
_________________________
_______Road______________
I have a tree near the house that gives nice shade but there is absolutly nothing but crappy looking grass in the front yard.
I would love to put some big shade trees in the front yard for a wind block and shade but that's not possible because I can't have something with an extensive root system on top of my septic tank. The front yard is on the west side of my house so that's where all the storms come from and I'm in Missouri which is zone 6. I'm thinking of putting some shrubs close to the house as a wind block since it's an earth home and the eaves of the roof are at most, 7 feet above the ground.
My question to all of you is, what shrubs would you reccommend? And how far away from the house should they be planted? I'd like shrubs that grow no taller than 10 feet and something that would have some color or blooms would be great. I'd really like to attract butterflies and humming birds to my yard.
And any other ideas to ad interest to a yard with a septic tank in the ground? Thanks.