A little patch of land

A few weeks ago our neighbors decided it was about time we dealt with the disaster of weeds and ivy in the back of our houses. See the DC government is so generous that they tell you to put a fence in the back of your house six feet from the sidewalk, but then you still get to take care of the land between your fence and the sidewalk. It is such a great deal (smile :) We somewhat reluctantly agreed to tear everything up with them and attempt to plant grass. I was extremely hesitant to spend the money and plant the grass, but boy am I glad that we did. Living on a busy street in a city, we now have a great place for Ian to play out back and in a secure location. We need to replant the grass in our immediate backyard as it did not take that well, but will leave that for the fall. Also, we discovered that we had a grape vine wound around our peach tree. We have quite the orchard now if you count our pomegranate tree out front.





And...I mean...who has grass in the city without a lacrosse net? And a lawnmower? And a pool? And all the other goodies that we have now bought since taking back our land?