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With the warm weather that we had at the beginning of the year, Tara & I were able to get a head start on doing some of the yard work (as opposed to waiting until mid-July, like we usually do). We tackled the back yard first, because it had been the longest since it was last cleaned up. Besides, most of the front yard was completed last year and doesn't look too bad - it is mainly in need of some maintenance weeding. We started out with the section at the bottom of the deck stairs. This area had become overgrown with some type of spreading plant, so basically we just cleaned it out and spread the mulch. We also moved on to the opposite side of the deck, but we ran out of our first truck load of mulch partway through that section. On to our second load of mulch, we completed the back yard mulching. I also salvaged some of the old low-voltage lights from the front yard to use in the back. We also got a new hose reel, since we had a hard time keeping it organized (especially when we are trying to mow - we'd just rush to get it out of the grass and it would end up all over the flowerbed). I started this corner last year, but this is the first time it has been mulched. This corner is Tahoe's final resting place, in addition to our old hamster Mickey. I have the rock to put Tahoe's name and dates on, but I am still looking for a good solution to that project. The south side of our house has been weeded and mulched recently, but it was still overgrown with weeds at the southwest corner of the house. Over the Memorial Day weekend we managed to get it back to that state. Now we are just waiting to get the rock laid to finish the driveway. We relocated the Wisteria tree on the north east corner of the house, which necessitated enlarging the flowerbeds in that area.
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