We’ve got trees!

These are the landscaping plans.  The picture isn’t great, sorry!  Eric and I are so excited, though.  We are doing the project in ‘parts’.  It’s been a beautiful fall, so I’m itching to do more, but we need to spread it out for a variety of reasons.  So, we gave the go-ahead for dirt work and leveling of the yard, tree planting, and grass seeding.  The crew came out last Thursday and today was their second day.  The men on this crew are the best workers I’ve seen in some time.  I’m very impressed with their work, speed, and quality thus far.  Below are a few pics of what’s been done up to now.  

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Last Thursday, a two-man crew came out to start the project.  A Bobcat skid steer was used to scrape off all the weeds.  We had 10-12ft tall piles of brown weeds in about four locations.  The second man dug around the house and removed small pavers from a previous project (it just didn’t fit the scale of the house and needed to go). 

Today, a three-man crew worked on removing the weed piles, leveling, planting trees (I cannot remember the species … and I forgot to write them down), downspout extensions, and seeding.  It is soooo very cool to see trees in our yard!  It’s been a great day.


In front, near the driveway and garage (cement) pad.

 
In front, just to the right of the front door.

 
Left front corner of the house.  This is a tree lilac.

 
 
Back of the house, off the northeastern corner.

 
Backyard, to right of the kitchen window.

 
Backyard, north of the kitchen window.

I apologize for the barrage of posts in one day and with so many blank days in between.  Life has been a little crazy, but you probably knew that!  My time for blogging is very sparse, but I so enjoy sharing what I am able.  I hope winter is less hectic.  The kids and I still need to clear a bit of the garden and we haven’t merged our chicken flocks.  So much to do; so little time!  School ends up taking up a whole lot of time.  Some students just can’t figure out that fewer subjects means we should be able to get done early (ie. it’s a reward) and schoolwork shouldn’t take as long or longer than other days.  I’m am about ready to pull my hair out on that one.  However, the work does get done and we’ve been able to start our day with the rosary each morning.  That is good.  As I told IRL friends earlier, I believe that our days have gone better than they would have otherwise because of this prayer.