Well as I said in the spring there is a lot that I wanted to get done this summer and it turns out I am getting it done. I was able to split up some root balls in the main garden. I was a bit earlier for some and others I think I was too late, but next spring will decide what survives and what doesn't.
The garage project is currently underway. It took most of the summer to finalize what I wanted to do and how much it is going to cost me. Which by the way will be a few arms and legs, but it will for the most part be what I want. I will be going from a small single car garage to a larger 26' x 26' two car garage. I will admit I really don't need a two car garage, but figured if I am going to replace what I have and I have the space for it I am going to build it to size. In the process I was able to get my yard surveyed and it turns out I have a bigger yard than I originally thought. There were a few places where things get cut off but for the most part it is a good size considering it is a double lot. So far I haven't had complaints from the neighbors where the marks were put. My one side neighbor seems to still wants to mow a corridor between our houses, I am not sure if I should let him do it or step in, and I don't want to lose it to some dumb "abandonment" rules. Time will tell I guess.
For the garage I am hoping to chronicle the garage project a bit more in a page which I will have a link under the house menu. Most of it was torn down today, there is still some work that needs to be done to get things removed, but that will be Monday. As I get home in the evenings I hope to take pictures of the site and see as things get built. Most of those will be posted in that page.