Yard Projects

We have put off doing any inside improvements on our house during the summer to focus on the yard. It needed a lot of attention when we moved in, but after 6 months it is in passable condition. The lawn came in pretty nicely by the end of summer. The front flower bed was planted, but I will probably always be tinkering with that. We also started our herb garden in the front as well (close to the kitchen).   We planted 9 trees in the spring and I hope to add more in a few years. Next summer I want to add a vegetable garden and continue landscaping the front with perennials. 

Here are some pictures of our bigger projects. 

Sam bought several tons of river rock for landscaping. So far we have put in an arroyo to help with drainage down one side of our lot. It is also a perfect play area for toddlers. We will be adding a few more of these river rock features where the lawn keeps washing out in heavy rain. 

We still need to do more landscaping around the arroyo, but that will have to wait for next spring.

The big project was building the sand set, brick patio. It is finally complete. Well, yard projects are never really complete, but all the bricks are installed and we just put the fire ring in tonight.

 See all the work left to do? Back fill edges, move dirt piles around yard to fill in low spots, plants things other than turf grass, etc.

 Sam built a little landing pad outside the other walk out door in the basement.

Enjoying our new patio and fire ring. Who wants to come over for a fire?