Spring Cleaning

A quick post today to show what I've been doing for the past couple of days. I waged the war of the roses again yesterday to clean up around a Hickory and Maple (?) tree in the side yard. Being me, I forgot to take a "before" picture, but I found this one from a little over a year ago. Even though there is snow, I think you can make out the multiflora and grape vine going half-way up the (?) tree.



This is what it looks like now. My hands are full of holes!



Speaking of holes, I staked out where I want to put the pears. I underestimated how many I needed by 2. Big Lots is out already, so I'll have to wait until next year. Dad bought a post-hole digger and 12" auger for the tractor today, so I won't have to dig all those holes manually...whew!



The hex house is unwrapped this week, so I took a picture of the hex lookout room.



This is the view towards our house and the North...



...and this is the view South towards our neighbor's field. Pretty nice, wouldn't you say?



I need to get ready for my last Landscaping class. We are going on a field trip today, to look at a garden that our instructor did recently. He keeps hinting about wine and cheese being involved...sounds good to me!