From the Northeast corner
Sorry, Still can’t find the camera- this angle makes the back yard look bigger than it is. Brian’s been mowing/weed wacking for 2 days and it looks much better. This yard is 30% thistle.
We have a dip? I guess you could call it? I’m going to call the City we live in and see what we can do to level it out- there is a drainage thing at the bottom of the dip.
Looking up from the dip in the yard. At the random wysteria planted in the middle of the yard?
My yard looks bigger in pictures.
The drainage thingy- which the neighbors all tell us has NEVER had any water in it.
I don’t know why I couldn’t build a retaining wall around it- so that it could still function if needed- and then level out the rest of the yard? Note the fence up top- yet another reason why a dog will have to wait for a few more months…. between that beauty of a fence and the thistles 
From the back porch- that's my man! You can see the damned trees that must die. We actually have a really pretty little pine struggling for life between those monsters.
We can’t find his clippers either. His hair is getting a wee bit long. 
Brian’s been slaving in this yard. He was fussing last night that he wasn’t making more progress.
“Honey, were you not listening on Sunday when your friends were telling you it took them YEARS to tame thier yards?”
“…No…”
“Well START LISTENING! Unless you want to hire someone to come in and do the work for us, its’ not going to happen in a couple of weeks. So CHILL OUT!”
I love him:)
#1 by Kate on May 28, 2009 - 10:36 am
Oh…dear.
#2 by nothingwitty on May 28, 2009 - 10:53 am
I TOLD YOU! LOL!
It could be worse
Monday-Me- “We need to get some serious weedkiller for that back yard”
Him”No chemicals, we’ll use all natural etc etc”
Thursday – Him- “We need LOTS of round up!”
I mean, I don’t want to use chemicals either,but dear GOD, as I’ve said, it’s a third thistle, a third other weeds. I don’t see that we have any other choice than to do a complete KILL. And then lay down some sod.