HGTV

We finally got my brother Will, our resident landscaping guru, over to our house on Saturday. He and Jonathan performed a minor miracle on our yard. We went from being an embarrassment to our neighbors (well except for the ones beside us- we always looked good compared to them) to contender for Yard of the Month (except we don't really have that competition in this neighborhood but my parents' neighborhood does! But we can't compete because we don't live there.).

Uncle Will with his favorite helper

Will told me I should come out and take before pictures....but I didn't. They trimmed bushes and trees and cut grass and spread mulch and pretty much made our house look good.

the side bed- it was a mess of weeds and overgrown bushes before

Will said it was just like an episode on HGTV. Except it took way longer than 30 minutes. And they had to do all the work themselves. And we were on a strict budget.

The front corner bed- you couldn't see the house for the overgrown tree

My job was to hydrate the workers and keep the kids out of the way. And buy popsicles for when they finished.

Ta-da! Our beautifully landscaped home. We can hear the neighbors' sighs of relief.