This year we were determined to tackle the encroaching brush.   So in May we armed ourselves with a chainsaw and clippers and roundup.

5/2/2010   This is what we were confronting.

5/2/2010  Another view – tall honeysuckle bushes and baby cherry trees

5/2/2010  We worked for a few hours and got a pretty big space cleared.

5/2/2010

11/20/2010  The cleared space on the far right is the one Mike did in 2004.  The cleared space just to the left of that is the one we did this spring.

11/20/2010  A closer look at the hillside with the two cleared areas.