Love, Soil, Sweat and Beers

 Saturday. February 14. Valentine's Day.
The day represented by four little letters: L-O-V-E.
Make that, Y-A-R-D.
Or, W-O-R-K.
We made ruining the day of love a family affair, asking Uncle Bill and Aunt Patty to come down and help us with the next stage of the project.

Stace and Bill used his handy pickup truck to bring over three loads of topsoil and another of bark.

Stace finished grading the areas that need grass seed, and we spread the bark over the newly planted areas.

When the day's work was finished, we celebrated together with a grilled steak dinner, cake, wine and beer. It was a fitting meal for Valentine's Day, after all.

 The trees have settled in very nicely, with both growing and producing new leaves and blossoms.

We'll get another few bags of mulch for the area on the right side, near the living room window.

It's fantastic seeing the progress. Next step, grass seed!