No joy in mudville

We've reached the end of March, and things don't look a whole lot different than several months ago. The main things you will notice are that the tarp is getting gradually more shredded, and recent rains have left the ground significantly muddy. Our backyard is beginning to look like the aftermath of some terrible war. But some progress has been made, and Henry hopes to work on the roof this week, and perhaps put in the glass walls in the following week. After that the tarp can come down, which will be a significant improvement, and may help towards thawing relationships with some of the neighbors.


And we should also be able to start some of the landscaping soon. Most of the following photos were taken at the landscapers farm last weekend. The picture below is an example of the horsetails that will be used to the left of the tea house, to hide the compressor for the air conditioner.


Then in the left most corner of the yard will be several Holly trees like this one.

These will be interspersed with winter berry bushes:


And we picked out several boulders to be placed in front of the tea house.