Hi Guys! Last year I bought a new home and tackled the inside with lots of updates. Now I really want to tackle my front yard and while I have a ton of ideas for the landscaping right in front of the house, I am stumped (pun intended) on this massive circle landscape feature the previous own made. Obviously a tree was once there and removed which is just fine. I live alone alone and while I don't mind cutting grass every week (really I have no choice), I am not looking to add to the amount I have to cut because it is already a lot! Can you guys help shoot some ideas and pics of things you think would work here? I'm not in love with the random circle so feel free to act like that isn't even there and start from scratch. I am on a very limited budget with so many things i want to accomplish so I prefer something I can tackle myself or with a friend and again. Thanks!

ps. I did not put the barrel there, it came with the house lol