Through the BackyardsOne of the many benefits of having moms and or dads in the house is that they all love landscaping. While I've been closing the next issue of Wax Poetics all week, among other projects, my mom has spent some of her vacation time in the yard, mowing, edging, and raking. It's looking great.Our yard has come a long way since we moved in over four years ago, and I hauled out several gigantic bags of trash—including several dead rats and a fully intact rat skeleton—plus chunks of concrete, fence remnants, and rotten lumber. More on the yard in a future post.