So while Dad was working on the deck in back, Mom and I decided to take on the front yard. To start the morning right, Mom decided we could just pull this small dead tree out of the ground with our bare hands... Surprisingly, after a little see-saw action, we got it out of the ground, roots and all! I didn't remember the before picture, but here is the hole, ready for the new tree next week!
Then we started on the front flower bed. So far it has looked like a random group of weeds. This is what it looked like last summer.
Then last August before my belated "open house" party, I cleared out all the weeds and grass and arranged a few flower baskets so that it wasn't an eye sore.
But by this time almost a year later it was looking pretty rough again...
Stay tuned for the new tree for the front yard next week!