[Marco]

I have VERY tall old growth cedar trees in my beautiful Seattle back yard. The tress are all healthy and pruned up to about the 25-30 ft area, as to allow good sunlight exposure thru the day on the areas of lawn and flower beds below & adjacent to them. (the back yard is big, about ¼ acre) The Problem: as spring turns into summer, no matter how much I water, the lawn around the base of each tree in about 10 ft diameter does really bad: brown & super-dry. (I know this is because the high root system of the big tress takes all the water I give in those areas) What I need is suggestions to “beautify” this unsightly area around the base of the big trees during the summer months. Entertaining in our wonderful Pacific NW backyard is always like pulling teeth for me because I don’t want guests to see those areas around the base of our big trees......what can we do to dress those areas up and make that lawn less unsightly? THANKS !!!