Landscaping Project

Well we finally put the finishing touches on our Backyard Landscaping project. We added 3 different types of shrubs to the back flower bed. Makes all the difference in the world back there! Now we can sit back and enjoy the backyard as the summer passes on through! I am glad we are done, what a lot of work!

Let the Landscaping Begin

Dave and I started our Backyard Landscaping project last weekend. Its gone well so far, we took this weekend off to recover. We were both still slightly sore and exhausted from the effort. Here are our plans, in the backyard we have a flower bed that outlines the entire fence. So we decided that we would put some stone edging all the way around the rock flower bed to give the yard some curve, design and structure. So we measured the yard and decided we needed about 575 stones to complete our project. So Saturday, Home Depot delivered 4 pallets of stone edging to the house. Well needless to say, 4 pallets is a LOT of stone. 4600 LBS to be exact, now you understand why we needed a full week to recover! Whether rain or shine we were getting this project finished, so about 5pm on Sunday night, the rain finally broke through. We had most of the edging wall completed, with the expection of a few feet. This we completed later in the week. We also planted a Weeping Cherry Tree in the front yard and a Kwanzan Cherry Tree in the back yard. Now all we have left is to plant the shrubs and flowers in the newly structured flower beds and one more big tree for the main part of the backyard. We are hoping the weather clears up next weekend so we can take a trip to the nursery. I have attached a few pictures of our brick wall in the back yard for everyone to see our progress. More pictures to come as we progress with the project! Hopefully our bodies hold out so we can actually enjoy the backyard this summer!