Mulch for Mother's Day

Eighty wheelbarrow loads.

Eighty.

8-0.

That's how many were there in the end - 480 cubic feet or 18 cubic yards. Eric moved it by himself and with a little extra motivation from the city code enforcement people, did the majority of it on Saturday and woke up early on Sunday to finish it off. It's now all resting...waiting...lurking! in the backyard waiting for me to relocate it around assorted flower beds. And it's composting away, too. Eric dug into it and waves of heat came off of it - some of the sections were so hot that the green leaves had turned to ash. It will compost happily in 3" deep piles around my plants, but not as quickly as it does in one giant pile.

Whee!
Here's Eric somewhere between load #45-60. He got the last 20 loads in on Mother's Day.

Yay Eric!

Oh, and I also got a fabulous breakfast of French crepes with strawberries, raspberries, bananas, blintz cheese sauce and Suzette sauce. Yum! Caitlin helped to prep the fruit and made me a pair of cards and a bookmark (at school). I helped to prep the batter the night before, since I knew Eric would be busy for awhile first thing in the morning. Yay for yummy breakfasts!