The carnage continues

One of the advantages of having my father-in-law living with us is that the yardwork is getting done a lot quicker than it otherwise would. We've had a warm - almost hot! - week here, and my father-in-law likes to keep busy, so he's been getting a lot done.

I don't seem to have a "before" photo from the same viewpoint, but here is the "before" picture of the huge laurels in the backyard (left side of the photo):

And here is the "after" picture, the laurels are now those piles of leaves on the ground. (Don't mind the toddling boy in the picture!) Now the other hedge (light green one) can breathe a little better!

All of the hedges that have been reduced so far have now been mulched, and tomorrow Frederic and his dad will be putting them into leaf bags and taking them to the dump. Then they'll need to cut a few more feet off of the hedge at the front and side of the house, remove the stumps from the bushes we're removing entirely, and start the vegetable garden! I think they only plan on putting in tomatoes this year.

And this is how Benjamin was "helping" his Papy (grandad) the other day in the yard.

He can't be bothered to play in the grass, but he loves the piles of dirt that are left where the hedges were. I think we need to get the child a sandbox!