The previous owner's idea of landscaping was to encircle the house with boxwoods, and the mailbox, an Eastern Redbud tree, several utility poles, and oak trees. Our first order of business in our first spring(last year) was to clear out half of them and plant more attractive plants and flowers in their place.
You better hang on to that boxwood puller ... you’re gonna need it for the okra. lol
I like your approach. Would you like to swing by my house? I have 6-8 I need to nuke.