clearing the front yard

Last weekend, we had 3 cords of wood delivered, most of which fits in our garage:

We marked off where a car would need to go so there is room for both car and wood. 

We started clearing away the awful ferns and weeds near the house... Pippa helped by eating them:

Some of the greenery is nice perennial flowers, so yesterday I pruned those and dug up anything else that looked overgrown/ugly. Maybe it wasn't a great idea digging up stuff now versus weeding throughout the summer. That was the original plan! Oh well. We'll see if we have as many pretty flowers next spring...

in the process of clearing:

And after:

Newly mowed lawn, where the awful weeds lived all summer:

Jesse's 'man barn'...

No more prickers in front of the barn! We'll plant grass seed for next spring:

This was last weekend, yesterday I continued demolishing the front.