Trimming the Tree

No, not the Christmas tree... the mulberry tree in our backyard. It needs to be trimmed back to the nubbins every year. Last year Greg did it by himself and was pretty sore the next day. However, this year because of his shoulder injury following his bicycle accident, he was unable to do the trimming himself. He hired a teenager from our church to come and take care of it.

It created a huge pile of leaves on the ground which Kyler had a ball jumping and playing in! Unfortunately I was not at home when the trimming took place and I was unable to get a “before” picture. But you can see the “after” picture below. Our tree is now naked. :)

Kyler in mid-air leaping off our deck into the pile of leaves

Look at the sheer joy on his face

The trimmed tree creates quite a pile of leaves and branches on the ground

Here's our naked tree - amazing that by next summer it will be completely filled in again, providing great shade for our yard