AFTER..... 
We spent our weekend clearing out the overgrowth you see in the first picture. All that remains are three satsuma trees. We'll move those in the winter when they have a better chance of surviving. There were several banana trees, a kumquat tree, an old fish pond, etc... There was even an old fence or trellis of some kind burried in a sea of honeysuckle. We only know it was there from the wreckage after Willem plowed it down with the tractor. Of all of the stuff we removed though our favorite was the two layer thick pathway of bricks. Yep, bricks tons and tons of brick buried just below the surface of weeds and dirt. We placed them in our horse stall for the time being. Take a look!
We got tired of stacking them after a while. And by the way there are more in the front yard! The pic on the right is the beginnings of the girls club house. Maddy had two friends over to spend the night and they decided to help by finding good use for the bricks. I'm told you're looking at Aubrey and McKenzie's room, Maddy and Savannah's rooms will be completed at the next sleep over. The girls were actually a ton of help. They hauled branches to the trash pile and helped us by catching every earth worm that was under the 
brick pathway. Those pesky earthworms!Willem also found time to bush-hog the front three acres. Maddy rode along and Savannah and I watched, until she got bored and went back to playing with the earth worms. Anyways, here are some more pics of the weekend, including one of Maddy with a surprise we found in the dirt. Savannah named it "Cristy" since I found it. She keeps telling me I need to find Cristy's legs.
Maddy doing a little dirt work
Maddy and "Cristy" the alligator
Savannah taking a ride with daddy 
Willem and Maddy bush-hogging
The after shot of the front three from the house
We've got blackberries!!!Anyways, I promise to post some interior photos soon. I'm sore and tired so I'm off to rest but I'll leave you with our "aww sha!!" shot of the weekend.
2 comments:
You guys are doing tonnes of work on this place! It looks like it's really shaping up. We're looking forward to seeing the interior pics and then seeing it and the fam in person in July!
Love to all! love janelle
Its incredible the difference there is!! You guys are really working hard and its paying off! Looking forward to more interior pictures. I really like how you can click on them and they enlarge. Love from up north...where its starting to actually warm up!!! wooohaaa!!
Love, Marissa and Dena
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