Knock me to the floor kind of amazement!

When we first walked into this house 7 years ago during our attempt to buy a new home, I remember walking out onto the deck and saying "What is going ON in this backyard?" There were vines and all kind of vegetation madness growing up the semi steep hill that made up much of the property. The realtor tells us that the homeowner was going to rip it all out and put down sod. Phew, I think. It'll be done before we move in. It was a relief to know it wasn't my headache.

Fast forward a few months later, and the work still hadn't been done. So I asked the realtor "umm, whatever happened to the sod in the backyard? When is that going to be done?" Oh, no - they were only going to do THAT if no one wanted to buy the house, he says to me in a slightly "duh you dummy" tone. Silly me for thinking realtors never stretched the truth!

And here we sit today, with enough lush vegetation in our backyard to hide at least 1,000 small children. Or I should say SAT. Because our hill is consumed with vegetation no more! The Mister's parents have been working their tails off cutting it all down and digging it all up. And today, for the first time in 7 years, I can see what my hill looks like. "I've never seen you in this light before, you're stunning!" I tell it. Oh, and no I'm not lazy....I did help the first time they came out to conquer the hill. But after a vicious case of poison ivy that forced me onto steroids to get rid of it....I wasn't touching that place with a 10 foot pole.

So today, I took some pictures. Because I can't get over how amazing it's going to look once it's all finally cleared away!

For those of you that have actually been to my house, this is a never before seen sight! There used to be a bush there on the corner that was overcome with honeysuckle. Which we found the root ball for, by the way. Someone obviously planted it there on purpose for ground cover. Way to go in that brilliant move, who ever you are! This was an all summer long project getting this mess taken care of.

A better shot of down that part of the hill, can you believe it? I can't. And all that gorgeous dark soil....I so can't wait to get a garden started back there.

Another spot on my property that I had never seen before. I can't believe it! It's obviously still a work in progress, but we have come oh so far this summer. In my dreams I've already got loads of strawberries, spinach and lettuce, beans galore and rows of carrots, beets, peppers and potatoes. And a few beautiful fruit trees dripping with goodies and a lovely stone path leading down to it. Expect to see hard evidence of this dream in oh, say 2020.