I love our house. I mean I really LOVE my house. What I don't love as much is our yard. Well, the yard itself isn't horrible, but there are a few overgrown spots that I would like to clean up and LOTS of landscaping. Parts of our yard literally look like a forest.
So yea, it makes me sad sometimes to see all the overgrown parts because I feel overwhelmed. Well today I decided I would make a dent in our yard and DO something. That's right. Do or Do NOT!!! There is no try. ( We have been on a Star Wars kick in our house.) So earlier in the summer, before it got crazy hot, I mulched half of one side of our house. I know super impressive. I meant to mulch around the entire rest of the house in the days that followed but for some reason (laaaaaaaaaaaaazyness.) I never finished. So today I finished the side I started about two months ago. Here are some before and after shots (Don't you love before and afters!?):
Before: YUCK!!! Have I really let it look this bad since April?! Yes. I have. :(
After: Yes, the bush is still hideous, but with about half of it chopped off, it looks much better I think.
Before: I usually don't leave hoses laying around in my yard btw.
After: SOOOOO PRETTY!!!!!
It looks sooooooooooo much better. The entire clean up took me about four hours with three trips to the green dump in between. Also, there is no way I could have done this without the unlimited amount of free mulch I can get at the green dump. Thank goodness for that because there is no way I would pay $7 for a bag that only covers three feet.
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