Here's a direct comparison from X-TREEEME DEEFOLIAGE to today.
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...for those playing along at home. The ye olde tyme sepia-tone version is the post procedure one from the way back (Saturday) and the one that looks like it could have been taken today is taken today. Most of the growth is the few developing green that the scythe missed during the operation.
I still hold out a few weeks or longer to say whether this was worth doing or not and whether this turns into a full fledged donkey show or not.