Ivy

So, the fence between our backyard and the old man next door's back yard is all ivy. When we bought the house the ivy wasn't that bad - we could actually shut the gate to the backyard. Well, in the course of two years the ivy has grown astronomically! We haven't been able to shut the gate for about a year and a half. The old man next door has been cutting some of the ivy back on his side of the fence (which is actually just chicken wire to make the ivy grow up). While Chris was mowing the lawn today he noticed that there weren't any bees swarming the ivy, so he took that opportunity to cut back what ivy he could cut back. This was the end result. It may look kind of retarded, but we gained about 3 feet of backyard with all Chris cut back. He ALMOST got the gate all the way shut, too!


Chris also had a little helper while cutting back the ivy. Jaden was helping by picking the leaves off the ivy.