Out is four dead Laurel Oaks to be replaced possibly with two Bismarck Palms.
OUT is the old cannonball style waterfall my DH surprized me with and in is a new Larger more natural waterfall built by us with a bit of help from SIL.
Out are my pots of blueberry bushes replaced by a nice raised bed!

Out is the last of the privet hedge. Finally!!! Next is to get rid of all the thistles that were growing in the hedge. Future plans for the area is a blueberry/gooseberry hedge.

Also in is the bog and waterfall for the pond. Some shrubs nearby for the birds and a new island bed in a spot I hate to mow.

Out... are the weeds, sand burs and mexican burs.
In... is the new lawn!

Out... is all the crap piled in and around the garage.
In... is a new flower bed around the garage with a pink Fairy climbing rose to grow up and over the top.

Out... is the mountain of cow manure piled on the side of the house.
In... is a walking path and more garden space.

Send me the unwanted privets and blueberries please! lol

MeMo

Out are 11 tall 70' damaged/diseased pines before Hurricane season takes them

In will be Japanese Maples to replace them....

Lynne

What's in:

1) More TX natives and/or plants that are both heat and drought tolerant, plus attract hummers and butterflies. My current favorite: Esperanza

2) Garden paths

3) New patio furniture

Whats Out:

1) Grass! I'm trying to eliminate as much as possible.

2) Overgrown red tip photonias. They need a good pruning.

3) Anything that is too fussy or not thriving. I've shovel pruned a couple things already!

Marilyn

Out: hundreds of plant babies I dug and gave to others. Met some new gardeners and found a kindred gardener.

Sadly out: my orange echinacea : ( and Jacob Cline Monarda, lost I suppose to the dry winter.

Wishing it were out: the dying peach tree that was slated to go two years ago.

Happily in: Blackberry wine corydalis that was nipped off by something as it first started to grow and I thought lost.

In: not much, this is a watch and evaluate year.

Out: the block retaining wall outside my kitchen window
In: a new 30 ft. area for a semi-shade garden

Out: a good chunk of the hillside behind the potager
In: corn!

Out: hollies in front of the deck that were getting too much sun
In: six new Outta the Blue roses : )

Out: the bed in the middle of the potager; too big, couldn't get the wheel barrow around it comfortably
In: the stock tank turned pond that I put there originally.

Out: mahonia, really dislike it
In: Therese Bugnet roses and various perennials I grew from cuttings

In: more shrubs and plants in varied landscaping, popping up all over the neighborhood - replacing the standard postage stamp weed-filled lawn with a row of stiff shrubs crammed up against the perimeter of the house.

Out: lawns, thank goodness. I like well tended lawns, mind you, but most of them are serious water wasters in our dry summer climate. Those photos of endless Palm Springs golf courses in a desert environment make me literally ill.

In: trying to stake my trees and standards properly; I'm very bad at keeping up with it and have some weirdly curved trunks developing! My bad....

Out: Anything that can't fight off the bugs (see below), takes too much water, or can't compete with the huge number of evergreen perennials that form the mainstay of a year-round California coastal garden. The latter would include some lovely dahlias that simply couldn't fight for enough sun to come back, darn it.

In: as few sprays as possible, although some have proven unavoidable. Bermudagrass, for instance, keeps trying to creep into our yard courtesy of BOTH neighbors on either side, and one of them also cultivates ivy as well (sigh). I tried a non-toxic spray of rubbing alcohol with a few drops of DW soap on the aphids this year, and it did seem to work pretty well.

Out: Any systemics. My yard is full of hummers and butterflies, and I'd rather not poison them off.

In: White painted arbors for climbing old garden roses. Lots of old garden roses - climbers and bushes. Stacked stone edging my flower beds. Flagstone patio in my front yard behind a white picket fence (since the grass won't grow in the shade of my dogwoods). Brick house painted white with black shutters on ALL the windows so it looks more like a cottage. More of what grows well - irises of all kinds, early blooming peonies, lots of daylilies, salvias, hostas and shasta daisies. Ivy and boxwood topiaries in pots. Clematis growing up into my roses. Organic fertilizers. Some evergreens to give structure in the winter. Mulch and more mulch. Intentional color combinations :-)

Out: Unremarkable azaleas, free to good homes. Anything that looks like it's constantly struggling to survive. Large overgrown hedges of privet (I think that's what it was) that were covered in powdery mildew most of the year. (Hopefully) some of my tall pine trees that worry me in a storm - if one falls, I could be toast. As much lawn as I can get rid of. Ivy as a groundcover that grows up the trees and harbors all kinds of bugs & critters. "Low maintenance" plantings that are boring that came with the house. Hydrangeas - some of them might have to go since they look so pitiful in the winter. Any plant that I find I just don't like for no good reason at all - life is too short.

bloominganne

OUT!!!!! We sprayed and systemically killed the blackerry bramble that was 15 feet tall that out naturalist neighboor calls, "creature habitat." They do not cut or restrain this bramble in any way, they're house and yard are being engulfed by it. We are out on acreage, so there are acres of this we are trying to fight!!!!

Anyway, we killed the most we could, and we planted Cedar Trees, and Native Rugosa Roses. The Rugosas are own root, so they will sucker and make a very nice hedge. Plus they smell incredible! Now there will be a screen against the bramble, and it will be pretty. The neighbors can keep getting engulfed by their, "creature habitat" all they want. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

Out- a blackberry infested corner tween the drive and the propertyline- about 100'x 100'

In- in its place- the trees limbed up, new small trees planted and shrubs, the wet ''valley floor'' dug up to form a stream and a pond, and all my plant budget(yeah, like there's a limited budget--- I can eat rice) going towards a woodland understorey garden with meandering paths and a bridge.

Next job--- the actual creek- 400 metres long from the road to the house- the plan is to deblackberry it, make paths and bridges and plant it up as a Himalayan Ravine...

... Don