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We rolled up our backyard yesterday. Literally. And it looks better already.

I know I said we were going to do this whole yard thing over the weekend, but something came up. We have new neighbors across the street. Wednesday Steve and Dana (new neighbors) were cutting up their front yard with a handy dandy sod cutter. Well, Sarah and I went for a little walk, they said “hi,” we introducted ourselves and set about small talk.

“Looks like fun,” I said. “Funny thing, we were going to do the same thing to our backyard on Saturday. Were’d you rent the cutter?”

Steve replied, “Well, I work at a golf course — I just borrowed it from work.”

“That’s handy. We called around a couple of places to rent them….”

“When were you going to do it? This weekend? I could probably bring the cutter back for you,” Steve offered.

Then we looked at each other and said, “Of course, we could just do it right now.”

A few short minutes later, voila! One cut up backyard. And while Steve was slicing our turf, Sarah helped Dana pick up their front yard.

Now ours is in neat little rolls, stacked along the driveway. The yard waste disposal company is going to love us as they haul away a ton of dirt and grass over the next few weeks.

Tomorrow, we just need to clean up the bits of yard that didn’t get cut, rent a tiller and turn everything over. That should give me a few inches of loose dirt with which to regrade. Ah, home ownership.

They only other mini project I have - that I’ve almost forgotten about - is my bansai. Sarah bought me a little seed-starter kit for my birthday, but I don’t really know what to do with it. Kristen? Help? Anyone?