Each year we get one more thing done that makes our backyard our backyard. It’s a lot of hard work for us but worth the aching muscles. This year I will tackle the mess in the south-east corner of our yard so that we can put a nice flower bed there. Here’s what it looks like right now.

South-East Corner of Our Backyard Yard

Last year I cleaned up a section of our property fence that had suffered ice kill from a couple of rain storms that turned to ice. The ice was thick and then the snow turned back to heavy snow and the weight was just too much for most of the bushes.

It was a painful job as there are so many thorny bushes. Getting bundled up so no open skin shows helped but then the thorns grab your clothing as if they were trying to drag you into to some freaky alternate world.

We didn’t buy a chainsaw like I was going to, instead I will borrow Geoff’s chainsaw as he told me all I have to do is ask. It will make the job much easier and faster.

We are not sure what we will put there so I think for this year we will do a bit of container gardening in that spot just to try some plants to see what pleases us.

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