The big dead circle in the grass was where the previous owners had an above ground pool. And of course we couldnt see it until all the snow melted. You know what else we couldnt see until the snow melted - the half finished stair project on the side yard.
So in order to get the yard whipped back into shape, we started by clearing out all the dead stuff out of the garden area. I am not very familiar with types of plants or how to care for them so I just started chopping down dead stuff with the hope that it wouldn’t kill the plant. And I think I got pretty lucky as this is what we ended up getting a couple weeks later.