30 Square Yards of Mulch

Visually not terribly interesting, but to update the progress in the backyard demolition, yesterday Matt and his guys finished laying down more than 30 square yards of Mulch in the backyard.  That's more than one heaping truckload. 

    This is the view from the back corner of the backyard looking at the garage.

   This is the view in the opposite direction, from the house looking toward the back.

I'm a little skeptical about putting down the  mulch before grading, but here is how Matt sees it:

"I recommend applying a heavy mulching after the sod-cutting. Then after 4-6 weeks rotor-tilling in the decomposing roots and newly decomposed mulch bits. This approach will have superior results. "

So we will see how that goes.

As an aside here are a few photos of what's maturing on the trees and veg plants:

That's red pepper, grapes and peach. And here's Salty sunbathing:

I'm concerned the honey bees were disturbed or harmed by removal of some much vegetation back there (and the laying of the mulch as well) so I'm going to get some honey today to put on the new hive to see if that helps to attract them to move house.