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Summer Project

Yes, these are different beds......


Our goal for the summer has been to tackle our weeds! We have these great beds in our yard but the weeds grow like crazy! The top picture is a small example of what a bed looks like before and the 2nd picture is the after. It is very tedious work but I am so proud of my kiddos. We go out early in the morning to try and beat the heat or before the rain as the case has been, and work for 2 to 3 hours. Some days are more productive than others, some days we even got to throw in an extra 1/2 hour for discipline!!!!! We are getting there. The weeds will never be gone for good, they keep coming back....darn weeds....but we are all reaping the rewards of hard work!
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Starrs In Denver said…
Yeah, our weeds grow up through our layer of small rocks! Weeds are so determined...if only I could be that determined in areas of my life! Great work McNeills!
~Rose
11:55 PM
The Dulaney Family said…
can you send them over to pull our weeds? we have some outragious weeds... they are so tall! there is a couple outside our living room window that we cant get to because they are on the side of the house... they are taller than me!!! lol
11:08 AM
Paul and Kameron Morton said…
Nice job on the yard... it is the time for home improvement and I don't know why we wait for summer!! :) I've been repotting plants, we've been moving some stuff to storage, getting new beds set up... pretty hectic few months for us (thus no posts). I'm really impressed the kids are such good helpers.
11:50 AM
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