Brush Clearance Inspection

Summer inspects the brush clearance around her house.

Remember how disappointed I was in the work the gardener did the other week? Well, now we had brush clearance done. It’s required in our area, because we live in a dangerous fire zone. The gardener doesn’t do this — my human hires a different company for that. But considering the job the gardener does, I figured I’d better see how this went.

somali cat examining the formerly weed-riddled rose garden

One thing my human did was tell these guys to clear out the areas that the gardener neglected, like remove the weeds around the roses and in the built in planters. So they did!

somali cat next to cleared out planter area

See? It’s much cleaner than it was before.

somali cat inspecting the pack part of the yard

Even though those areas looked good, I still had to check the back part of the backyard.

Somali cat examining brush clearance in backyard

That looked good too, if brown. When the brush clearance happens, that means it’s the start of the brown season here. That’s what we’ve got in southern California — the green season (November through April), and the brown season (May through October).

close up of somali cat in backyard