Spring Cleanup

This is what the path up the side of our backyard has looked like every fall...you can barely tell that we have actual steps that go up this side.

Well, some of these leaves haven't been raked in years...and there are at least 5 inches of packed in acorns from seasons and seasons of neglect.

I have been working on cleaning up this whole area for some time...three 45 gallon yard bin pickups just to get all the leaves out. There were so many acorns that had roots on them, I couldn't even keep count anymore.

I also trimmed the junipers at the top, and raked up some rock areas to the side of the walk way that probably haven't been noticable in ages.

You can see in the two pics below how the walkway up the side now looks and also how clean the rocks off to the side are as well. It is a very good feeling to have knocked out this task but it just means one checkmark in a list that is never ending. I am now working on getting all the grass out of the rock areas.

We have a couple of bamboos in the ground near the top that need to be cleaned up since lots of oak leaves fall in there and look like they are suffocating the poor bamboos.

There are also some bushes up around the pool that need to be trimmed as well. I am thinking with all this rain, the pool might be pretty full and it would behoove me to spend some time up there cleaning it up along with cleaning up the plants, and the furniture. All in due time, I guess....there is only so much time in the day.