Landscaping Part 1

With the warmer weather finally here we have started to turn our attention to the outside of our new house. We have started planning and tackling quite a few projects - more than we anticipated I think - and are starting to get a better of idea of what we're looking for long-term. We've spent quite a few afternoons on our first project - clearing back the brush in the woods behind our house. Our first goal in doing this is to push back the tick line a bit but it has turned out that it's actually going to end up being a nice extension of our yard... after having some trees cut down, leaves and branches cleared, ground leveled, and grass planted! We're making progress though and have been happy with each step that is completed. For today I have pictures of my clearing efforts:

 The piles were eventually MUCH bigger! And while I did most of the digging and pulling, Andrew had what I considered the most arduous task - cutting and bundling it all. Pictures of that to come!