We have slowly been opening up this corner of our lot after removing some unsafe play structures, and have just had a large stand of bamboo removed (I have a rockstar arborist recc if you are looking!).
What can I do in the short term to make this less post-apocalyptic? What would you do with a sudden 200 sq ft of yard?
Big complications will be keeping the bamboo from coming back (I’m familiar from removing another patch a couple of years ago) and the fact that the soil has a ton of sand in it (another gift from previous owners).
Should I keep the volunteer redbud and chile pequins? Try to seed thunderturf in the fall? We try only to put in new things that are native but don’t have a ton of spare time with a toddler keeping us busy.
by Meejhan