Before and After is Fun for Everyone (Part III)

Damn, two posts in two days. I'm on fire! Someone stop me! Seriously.

Backyard before:

Backyard After:

Overgrown trees & bushes look so much better when you have grass leading up to them. We were amazed with the improvement!

And, you know what the punchline is to the backyard after picture?

Wait for it...

The dogs aren't allowed to step foot on it.

I know, right?

Dick has already filed several complaints with his union representative. Don't worry, the pups being banned from the yard is not permanent. We just need the sod to take root before we let them loose. (Mom let them "walk" on it after the guys were done and Dick took of running and kicking up some of the strips of sod. We were able to put all of it back, but it was a good lesson in appropriate sod behavior.) In the interim they have access to the patio and they get about 4 walks a day.

In addition, we left "Dick's alley" without sprinklers or sod so that he will still have an area to dig and get dirty and just be a bad boy dog generally. Dick's alley is the area of the yard that parallels the patio. Its one strip (not seen in the picture) that has never had grass or sprinklers and yet a few bushes have lived on. In fact, it was a favorite haunt of our retriever Maggie. She would clear out a spot under the bushes for a cool place in summer. Dick has decided to revive this tradition and not only has hiding spots for toys under the bushes but has a few digging holes he likes to nap in.

With all this evidence, the union has declined to press formal charges against us.