Landscaping

When we bought our house and agreed to put in the yard ourselves (though with a lot of help from family!), we knew that it would occur in many stages. Last fall, we put in the edging and planted the grass, trees, and shrubs. By early spring, everything was still growing and doing well--including the weeds that we didn't plant! Unfortunately, we don't have any "before" pictures that document how bad the weeds became--out house almost looked like a foreclosure! But we were eventually able to put down barrier fabric and stones to help keep those weeds at bay--hopefully for many years to come. We also planted some flowers, put up a small retaining wall by the AC unit, and had gutters put onto the house. We still have a lot of work to do in the backyard, but that will probably be next years project.

Helping Daddy put some mulch in the backyard

It's always time for a wheelbarrow ride!

Making sure that the grass level :)

Side of the garage

Front of the house

Corner with Kyler's redbud tree and the small area for planting flowers

Side of the house with the small retaining wall Ryan built

It looks pretty good!