Before, without an After just yet

No, that is not an enormous carrot. It is a weed!!! A giant man-sized weed!

Although we have spent hours and hours on our yard, we have avoided the dreaded side of the house. To our dismay, this is what it has become, which would be awesome if those were vegetables instead of weeds:

Our goal over the next couple of weeks is to clean this out and plant something a bit more inviting. My husband is beginning the project as we speak, and I, doing my part, am blogging about it.