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I slept badly last night for a variety of reasons and everything seems to have caught up with me today, resulting in my taking a sick day from work. I am still tired, despite a nap or two, but hope to get better sleep tonight and better digestion tomorrow.
In other news, the new landscapers that we hired came in today and started working on our spring cleanup, which is extensive (and not cheap!). The sickly and overgrown dwarf Alberta spruces on either side of the garage door have been removed, along with the ruins of the forsythia that I mostly cut down and reduced to wood chips with the help of the rest of the family last summer. The lilac bush has been trimmed back massively and will not bloom this year, but will next year with any luck. The weed trees that were growing up in its vicinity were also removed, along with the huge stump of the honeysuckle that was supposed to be removed by our landscaper two previous who never returned after COVID arrived, and the maple tree that was trying to grow up where it had been.
The front and side yards now look much better. It will be even nicer once the sod goes in, but that will be a bit later on the schedule when the weather improves. (We have been promised snow showers this weekend.)
I expect that tomorrow, they are going to make an assault on the back yard, including removing the maple that is trying to take down the fence that separates Ruby the Dog from the neighbor dogs that she would like to visit. *That* is going to be a spectacular lot of cleanup.
And worth every penny.
In other news, the new landscapers that we hired came in today and started working on our spring cleanup, which is extensive (and not cheap!). The sickly and overgrown dwarf Alberta spruces on either side of the garage door have been removed, along with the ruins of the forsythia that I mostly cut down and reduced to wood chips with the help of the rest of the family last summer. The lilac bush has been trimmed back massively and will not bloom this year, but will next year with any luck. The weed trees that were growing up in its vicinity were also removed, along with the huge stump of the honeysuckle that was supposed to be removed by our landscaper two previous who never returned after COVID arrived, and the maple tree that was trying to grow up where it had been.
The front and side yards now look much better. It will be even nicer once the sod goes in, but that will be a bit later on the schedule when the weather improves. (We have been promised snow showers this weekend.)
I expect that tomorrow, they are going to make an assault on the back yard, including removing the maple that is trying to take down the fence that separates Ruby the Dog from the neighbor dogs that she would like to visit. *That* is going to be a spectacular lot of cleanup.
And worth every penny.
