Saturday, July 31, 2010

Our New Yard

This has been in the works in Dave's mind since we moved in (five years ago) but it was good to sit on it awhile and wait to make sure it all came together, including the vegetable gardens in the backyard.

BEFORE:










AFTER:







So while a landscaping company came to clear out the scrub oak, lay automated sprinklers on both sides of the driveway and down to the gardens, and lay sod, Dave did all the other improvements. He spent one of his weeks off this summer gardening and landscaping every waking moment it seemed. I felt like I had a full-time gardener. He's awesome and now our yard is too. (Don't mention the deer or the bears to him unless you want an earful...He's feeling a bit put out with their presence in his territory.)

3 comments:

Rebecca Irvine said...

Looks great!!

Annee said...

It was the first thing I noticed when I drove up to your house this summer. It's so beautiful! I love a vision realized, even if it takes five years.

Laura said...

He did such a nice job. We're all about projects that take years to finish ... we're still in the middle of ours. Hehe.