The promised "before" and "after" pictures

So even though I'm sure you all agreed that the picture of the newly mulched hill looked great, I don't think you truly understood how horrible that hill looked before.   MY plan was to let it "go back to nature," a nice way of saying that I don't want to take care of it anymore.  DH persevered though and convinced me that mulch was the way to go.  So far, I totally think that he was right.

So... here it is!

Before:

And AFTER!!!!

What a difference, right??!?!  I love it!!!