Thank you very mulch

Kristie covers up the salt and fast-food wrappers and other detritus of winter (and fall) with five bags of mulch:

... Making the whole yard look as if I actually care.

Mulch. The miracle landscaper.

Bob, meanwhile, enjoys a glorious spring day and marvels at the way tulips grow through old oak leaves, instead of pushing them aside:

... Probably 20% of the tulips I've looked at around the house are growing through oak leaves. The tulip leaves expand until their growth forces the oak leaf to rip open under the pressure.