Landscaping can be fun!

Newly Mulched and Bricked, originally uploaded by Geis.

A small section behind the swing set got a make-over this weekend. This is the area the Geislers use to visit the Resslers, the Resslers use to visit the Geislers, and the dogs use to transition from one dog heaven to the next. A section of mesh wire fencing divided our yard from the Resslers. It covered about 3/4 of the property line, running from the back of our yards towards the road. Right after moving in, we joined the Resslers in cutting a section of the fence out. Unfortunately, we had only removed the green wire fence, leaving the skeleton of the fence as a bit of a potential hazard to clothes-line any unsuspecting persons transitioning between the yards after dusk.

Saturday afternoon, we finally took down this section of fence. It was a pain in the ass. About half of the posts had cement footers, so the removal process included hacking at concrete with a mattock.

While Mike and I were working on the fence, Heather dug up the brick line displayed in the picture above. The grass and weeds had been so overgrown in this section, that we weren't aware of the existence of this brick border until sometime last week. It was exciting to find since all the hard work had pretty much been done, and Heather was left to dig them out and clean them off.

Here's another shot of the completed section, with the pond in the right of the frame: