With the arrival of Spring comes the return to yard work. It is amazing how it is never finished. We have a corner of our backyard where we had a huge pine tree taken out a year ago. We wanted to move one of our garden boxes to this area because of the direct sunlight. However, the root below was a major obstacle. Michael spent two Saturdays removing other extensions of the root and finally worked at the one below. I asked him, "How long do you think it will take to get it out?" Michael responded, "About 2 hours." Well about 7-8 hours later and with help from Richard, it was finally out. They were extremely sore and tired and so was I. While they worked on the root, I pulled weeds and planted our other garden areas for 7-8 hours straight. Amazingly, the work goes on and on, but with the help of lots of rain we are seeing our garden grow. The work that started last year with the addition of the playground, removal of the cherry tree, and lots of wood chips, the backyard is starting to come back together. Maybe someday we will have it just how we want it or maybe that's not possible.
The happy workers are overjoyed to finally have this root out. This was definitely back breaking work.
