Cleaning up

Since mom has a bit of an obsession with trimming, I didn't mind at all that she took advantage of this weeks' warm weather to prune a bit...

I did however, mind the clean up.

It needed done, it had to be done.  Overgrown roses, peonies that were suffering under 2 years of old growth and not enough light getting through, and remnants of some sort of woody, reed type plant which escapes me.

I filled dad's truck and a few lawn bags before Eric got there.  G'ma and g'pa Young kept watch over the girls at home for a bit so we could pick up the dangerous stuff.

The afternoon wasn't complete without a bit of drama too.  After not heeding the warnings from Eric, I attempted to drive through the yard and got dad's truck stuck--to the point he LITERALLY had to drive out and save us (uh oh.)

Garhett helped me load up a few bags too--and in a matter of a few hours, we had 2 trucks and half a dozen lawn bags full and ready for the burn pile.

Mind you--we still have a back yard full of sticks and leaves, and we realized that under all that, the grass is non-existant and consists of mostly moss...but we'll get there.  Plenty of sunlight pours through that tree canopy and we just need to get it some air.