Bob & Esther Burroughs moved into 5055 Stratford Road on December 21, 2001--facing a multitude of renovation tasks, both inside our new home...and most certainly, outside. After finishing up the inside in six weeks (which, of course, turned into 6 months), we began working on the outside. Most obvious in the back of the house were large vines that had been allowed to grow into tall trees and they had begun to pull the trees over. Spending about two months in this area, it was finally cleaned, pruned, cleared and ready for new scrubs, plants, trees, and flowers. We have perennials that flower at various times of the year and have planted about 400 bulbs that appear ever so briefly each Spring.