Insidious Ivy

Dad is out of town for the weekend so it's just Mom and me.  We started the morning by going shopping to get some needed items with a coupon that had to be used this weekend.  We had a list of plans for the weekend, but they got changed when we were at the store.  There were several varieties of the ground cover I was planning on getting - and for less than we had seen previously!  I bought them and that became the new project for the weekend.  It'll be nice to work outside after being inside for so long.

After our walk to lunch and back, we got to work preparing the yard for the ground cover.  Tons of ivy had to go.  It was covering the fence separating my yard from the neighbor's and all over the big tree in the front.  Mom and I removed it all from the fence and to our height on the tree.  Someone will have to climb up in the tree to get  the rest of it.  Got a fun surprise when I was removing ivy from the tree:

Alas, I forgot to take before photos, so you'll have to imagine.  Here's the new fence line:

You used to not be able to see the fence from the tree to the right.  Now the ivy is all contained in the neighbor's yard.  That's exactly where it needs to stay!

Our work on the tree:

You can see the trunk!  This morning, that was an impossibility.  Tomorrow, we'll turn over the little remaining grass and plant the ground cover.  Yay!  Excited for a change that you can notice from the outside.