A Yard's Work is Never Done

I. Am. Sore. After avoiding yard work for the past few months, we finally went out yesterday and did some major clean-up. I cleared out the entire side yard, which had succumbed to "the vine" over the summer and left all the bushes dead in its path. (not our yard, but a good example of how it once looked). Now it's just sandy dirt and a few stumps until the weather turns a bit nicer to replant. We cut back the crate myrtles, too, though I am not sure if it was time yet...I guess we'll know if they grow back in the spring!

I always feel so ambitious when we start and really thought I could do the entire front and back (weeding, trimming, etc.) but only got the side done yesterday. Then, waking up this morning and thinking I couldn't move, I forced myself to go out again and tackled the beds around our front walk. Ryan spent the day inside working, so I was on my own to weed and rake up years worth of old mulch and leaves. Once that was all cleared, everything got a good spraying of Round-up. It took a good 4 hours or so, but I finally finished the front.

Now we just need to re-mulch and potentially re-plant a few things to spruce it up. Oh, yeah...and tackle the backyard. Yikes! I just hope I can get out of bed tomorrow for work.