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We managed to entirely get rid of the tree. I did also get 2 gardens de-jungled and got the lawn cut.

The garden I showed the before of, now without the tractor cart.

The garden by the back door – the onlythings we decided to salvage were the flowering almond and some pretty rocks.

A shot of the progress that we had made on the tree from the “Befores”.

And finally, the tree completely gone from the front yard.

Just one more fallen tree in he front yard to clean up and we’ll be ready to fully cut the lawn.

Since we expect rain tomorrow I’ve been giving the outdoors a lot of attention today. Below are some before photos of our 3-5 year neglected gardens. Hopefully I will have some good after photos. Jamie is continuing his work on the coop after a brief break to help me with a driveway fire. I forgot to take a before of a couple of places but I figure you will be in enough awe from the few befores that you’ll get the impression of just how overgrown everything was/is.

This tree has been down since long before we took over the place.

The brush pile we needed to burn – because there is no yard waste pick up in the country.

This is actually a raised bed garden, the barely visible peony is the middle of the garden. This was after I cut down a tree.

After much huffing and puffing, a little man strength from Jamie and a trip into town for some penetrating oil, Ed has been revived. The new belt works like a charm, and I even know how to take the whole mowing deck off now. Just in time for the weekly mowing – although I don’t think the whole lawn needs it this week.

I am also going to share some photos of pretty things because it is Sunday, and I say so.

If you know the name of any of these things and want to share leave a message in the comments.

The bush that is like a snowball but is not…

The splendid peony that is the largest and prettiest of many…

One of three rose bushes in bloom right now…

A beautiful bush, which I have no idea what it is…

And the prettiest of all the things on our land, Ed 🙂

This is the first weekend since we moved that we don’t have people coming over or I’m at work. Although I was hoping to get going outside I’m feeling lazy and it is damp so instead I am sitting by the fire, cat on my lap reading Hobby Farm magazine.

Full disclosure those are angel cats on my pyjama pants.

– Siobhan