Busy Summer Series: Backyard

Last Summer Les spend a lot (A LOT) of hot hours ripping out nasty trees, bushes and other crap from our front and backyard - almost ripping the bumper off of the trunk in the process. He then built us a beautiful cedar fence. And at that point we were out of steam and out of money. So this year we have been finishing the job of creating an aesthetically pleasing front and backyard - and a place for Gus to play.

BEFORE:

Don't be fooled - that's not grass. Pure weeds.

Everything is overgrown

Our view of the neighbor's backyard

Here's one of the fence. This is after we had a bobcat level things out.

AFTER:

We killed (and pulled!) the weeds, leveled the ground, put in a sprinker system,

hydroseeded, planted trees, made a flagstone pathway, repaired the deck, bordered the

planting areas with pavers (thank you Addie)...

built this flagstone patio, painted the shed (still needs repairs)...

And even planted a garden! We love having a backyard!