Hi GG and Cheryl,

Thanks for the advice Cheryl. My biggest goal for this weekend is to get the sod removed, and lay down mulch in its place. The rest can wait a day, or a week. DH thinks it will take several hours for the sod, but I think with the sod cutter it will go fast.

My serviceberry shrub/tree is huge. I keep trimming it back but it's easily over ten feet high when I go at it.

DH would love it if I would just transplant it. He doesn't like having it in the front yard. I personally, love it, but it might be happier in the back and I know the birds would still enjoy it back there.

My goal is to have a couple of sun gardens and shade gardens as well as some mixed. It will be next spring until I really start to coordinate and fill things in, but at least this weekend will be a start!