So here is our backyard as of last summer/fall virtually untouched from when we bought the house. We had major drought issues last year so the grass was super dry....plus it hadn't had any attention or fertilizer during the three plus years the house was empty. Needless to say it was in desperate need of some help!
Plus....we had the super ugly 'crop circle' from where the redneck pool sat. The small concrete pad was too small for all our furniture and everything was just generally ugly.
Wrigley's urine also does a number on the grass.
So we started work on a backyard transformation. We had plans drawn up for a new paver patio that we like to call 'the chopper pad'. Nathan and I about had a heart attack when we finally saw how big the patio was going to be.
As it turns out, the patio wasn't as big as the gravel that was initially laid down. Things are beginning to take shape.
We had 7 trees planted in the yard as well. Three evergreens, two tulip trees and two flowering crabapples.
Almost done!
So they didn't finish everything until late in the season last fall, so we had to wait until this spring to have the landscaping installed.
Finally, the finished project!! The landscaping was done a couple of weeks ago. We had to have sod placed over the areas where the skid loader drove through the back yard and where they dug up for some of the landscaping.
It was quite a chore getting the water feature set up and running....we had many electrical/landscaping communication issues.
My small hosta garden under the deck.
We decided that lawn crews move much faster in Texas than here in Iowa. Our crew in Texas would have had this done in less than a week.....not 6 months (but in their defense, the weather hasn't really been on their side this spring...it's been very cold and rainy)! But at least it's done....we still have to get our sprinkler system hooked back up....but beggars can't be choosers.
My goal this weekend is to get the redneck pool up!
Happy summer!
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