One of our biggest summer projects has been landscaping our yard. Fortunately, the front yard was landscaped with a sprinkling system and grass when we moved in last September, so we did not have to completely start from scratch. Even so, it has been a big project.
We decided to have someone grade and install sprinklers into our backyard. There is no way we could have done that on our own - there is some crazy type of weed that grows in this area, and it is huge! Some of the weeds were as tall as me, so it felt like you were walking through a jungle. Mike ended up burning out our weed-whacker trying to chop them down. We had curbing poured in the front and back yard to mark off some flower beds, and that looks really good. The curbing is the color of the brick on our house, so it really matches nicely. Last week, both of our families came and helped us lay sod. We still have quite a bit of work left, but the yard is looking better and it is nice to see how different it is from when we first started.
We decided to have someone grade and install sprinklers into our backyard. There is no way we could have done that on our own - there is some crazy type of weed that grows in this area, and it is huge! Some of the weeds were as tall as me, so it felt like you were walking through a jungle. Mike ended up burning out our weed-whacker trying to chop them down. We had curbing poured in the front and back yard to mark off some flower beds, and that looks really good. The curbing is the color of the brick on our house, so it really matches nicely. Last week, both of our families came and helped us lay sod. We still have quite a bit of work left, but the yard is looking better and it is nice to see how different it is from when we first started.
The front yard before
The backyard before
The front yard after. I was able to plant a few flowers, but I will have to wait to plant the rest next season.
The backyard after. We planted two quaking aspens, a maple tree, and a douglas fir. I haven't been able to plant any flowers in the backyard at all. The selection is horrible since it is so late in the season.
Mike attempting to use the 4-wheeler to pull out our fence post. We had to take out the front part of our fence so that the landscaper could get his trailer into our backyard. Needless to say, his plan did not work, and we had to pull it out by hand.
Also...a BIG THANKS to both of our families for helping with the sod. We couldn't have done it without you!!!
4 comments:
Wow! That looks so much better. Good work. I am very impressed.
I LOVE the curbing! We are going to do ours next summer. What company did you go with? I really like it!
We used a company called Big Reds Curbing. The owner lives down the street from us and he did a great job, plus the price was pretty good. I would definately recommend them. Let me know when you are ready and I can get the phone number for you.
Thats pretty funny, I guess you can say you "might" have multiple uses for his toys one of these days...
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