gardening progress

Last Thursday we worked in our new yard all day. Jen bought a sawzall and with help from our friend Mo we cut down the huge wall of juniper.  While she and Mo worked on that I worked on pruning the plants around the front porch - cut down 3 rhododendrons to 6-12" so that they can grow back better next year.  They were about 8' tall without any lower branches.  The grapes were also cut down to a framework for next spring and I did some more work on the rockery.  Jen & Mo did amazing work on the juniper and we now have a very large space ready for the new chicken run and a large pile of brush to mulch or burn.  It feels awesome to finally get going on it!