March was spent planning for our highly-anticipated yard demo. We did some preliminary work. Terry tore down the shed that was attached to the garage. We cut up the concrete sidewalk along the south side of the house into 2'x2' stepping stones.
The first week of April was our big project. The challenge was to demo the site, prep the soil, install the sod, and get the fence back up in a week by ourselves and on a tight budget. (It involved a 20 yard dumpster, 15 yards of Tagro compost, 5 yards of topsoil, 30 yards of bark, 10 yards of gravel, 32 fence posts, 30+ bags of concrete, 1100 sq. ft. of sod, a backhoe/front end loader, a bob cat, a hydraulic rototiller, 3 large pizzas, teriyaki, a large pot of spagetti, and lots of sweat and coffee.) A big thank you to my parents for babysittings the dogs. We met most of our goals. Since then we've been plant shopping and building a sturdier fence section by section. We have a ways to go to finish the landscaping off, but the change has been dramatic so far. Here's a few of photos. We'll post more as we get plants put in.
Before
Before (June 2005)
Before
Before (June 2004)- what it looked like when Terry moved in
Starting to Demo
South side yard before- 2ft wide concrete sidewalk
Cut concrete sidewalk into square pavers
During- graded soil after tilling
Laid out pavers
After Sod intall
Terry showing the dogs our handywork
Lots of bark!
Demo of back yard- I finally get to run the backhoe
Shed Before
During
Dogs trying to help me with the weed cloth
Flinging Gravel
Back Before (bare dirt- thanks to dogs)
After
The dogs love the new grass!
1 comment:
wow it looks fantastic!!
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