Mulch Magic

I spent my Friday in the sexiest way possible (which, if you don't know, is spreading mulch.) 

We were delighted to learn that the Lake Bluff Public Works department uses all the yard waste it picks up from around town to make mulch that is free for residents to take and use.

The mulch pile is impressively high...

We scooped up three - count 'em - three - truckloads of mulch to spread around our yard. It was such hard work but the yard looks so much better.

It turns out that mulch is preferable to patches of dirt with scraggly weeds. Who knew.