Backyard Project 2009

We decided on New Years Eve that on New Years Day we would start making some changes to the back yard, and slowly start fixing up the house. In 4 weeks I think we have come a long way, though there is still a long way to go. But here is the progress so far.

Before

After

You can kind of see the old oval garden and where everything used to be in this picture. What a huge difference 4 weeks has made.

Overgrown Trees Before Trimming

After

Our Christmas Tree (now named Tyson

after the guinea pig buried under it)

Notice the pile of dirt in the lower right corner of the picture...

That used to be the big oval garden in the middle of the yard

Our new Fire Pit...the pile of dirt to the left was all

that remained of the oval garden

All signs of oval garden are now gone.

I wonder what will pop up next!?!

The new path begins...

The bricks are outlining the new path, they will be moved,

dug down a little and put back into place.

The trees came down real easy, but the roots were another story.

Where did all the bricks go????


There they are!!! This will be like a raised patio with bricks
built around the fire pit so we can entertain year round.


The new garden for Jessica will have drippers,
like "Tyson" the tree and the fruit tree behind it do now.
But the shape will change just a little bit to
match the flow of the walkway better.

Those are the roots to the trees that were behind the sheds.
They each took anywhere from 4 hours to 2 days to remove.



Once the last stump is removed and the dirt is leveled out,

the small shed will be moved to this corner. This last

stump has taken 3 days so far and I suspect it will be

another day or 2 before it is added to the fire pit.