As promised, here are some before and after pics of our landscaping which is totally done except for us trying to keep the sod watered during this heat wave....suppose to break by Thursday we hope! There are little cone thingies you can see in some pics, they are our termite traps that the termite guy will come out and re-install....The plants that don't have any border wall behind them will keep that run off from eroding as soon as they mature a little.......We planted the little Japanese maple that I dug up and brought from Illinois as I grew this from a 3 inch twig. We planted a Sunset Maple in the back yard and the Crepe Myrtles out front were here and totally established so of course we kept them.......