As I mentioned in my previous post, our yard is a wreck. (Well, it isn't now, but this is almost 7 months later.) As we were moving in, a friend stopped by to say hello. Since the yard clearing process began, we haven't seen him again, but we've spotted a turtle and a fox. The fox keeps coming back and tormenting Heidi through the sliding glass door.
This is what we started with:
The first thing we did was have two of the trees professionally removed. See photo one- that was an accident waiting to happen. Next, my parents and Jonathan cut down more trees. Then we had some hack come and cut some down but leave before actually cutting up the trees and removing the pieces. And then finally we had two more professionally taken down. I think about 18 total had to go. We definitely learned some lessons about hiring people to do work for you. We had some problems with the second and third people, but we've found someone now, who may take a while to come and do a project, he'll come eventually and he gives you a fair price. As a result of all this tree cutting, Jonathan now has two chain saws. I think he secretly loves it.
As you can see from the last picture, the previous owners left trash in the yard. A LOT of trash. We keep finding tiles and glass. Over the last six months, I have found soy sauce packets, Styrofoam food containers, fireworks, a bikini bottom, a bed frame, a fully intact Christmas mug, Mylar balloon pieces, and the list goes on and on. It was a joke at the beginning because I would say that I was going to work until I filled one trash bag completely full of trash and then I would take a break. Usually, it would only take about 5 minutes to fill up the bags.
And our visitor:
