Demo memo

On the weekend, first we did this:

We did 300 square feet of this, hubby is just in for the photo op. My son and I wheeled out most of the 30+ loads of this lovely soil. And it was all put to very good use in other parts of the yard.

Then we did this to the sidewalk: Little by little everything has been sacrificed in the demo - the lilac that was about to bloom, a long row of peonies with buds already opening, we have no mercy for anything that was.

All that's green is either ripped out or chewed up by this:

The problem is we keep planning parties in the midst of the yard madness. Most of the 10th grade class is coming over for a bonfire next weekend. And we scratch our heads wondering where in all this mud we could find somewhere green to have a party...


there is that field next door, only separated from us by a few strands of barb wire ...