The Hedge gets a haircut

One thing we have come to learn over the years is how wonderful our friends and family are. Especially friends that own power tools :)

This week our friend Ed came over with some snazzy gas-powered hedge cutting devices and the boys went to work. It went from a hippy look to a buzz cut.

Before/During:


look how high and uneven it is....





"After": All even and quite a bit smaller! looks great...




We also got most of the weeds/grass in the front yard cleared, and the maple tree and creeping jenny are doing great:

The Front Yard Project

We are slowly taking on the 'front yard project'.
It is slowly morphing. Here is the history:

Because of our neglect of it last summer (when we were focusing on the inside of the house), weeds had taken over. So this weekend we are working on clearing out the space again, and spend some time and resources on the yard in the next couple of months.

Today we started clearing weeds and planted a new weeping willow.