Project: Front Yard!

Once upon a time Matthew and I went on a vacation to SanFran and Lake Tahoe. When we arrived home all our landscaping rocks in the front yard were gone and our front yard was covered in tractor ruts! Matt's father volunteered them to a co-worker, and unbeknownst to me, Matt agreed to give them away. Our front yard was now the ugliest yard in the neighborhood! Unfortunately, it stayed that way for quite sometime. This project began with the rock removal in July, and ended when the last piece of sod was layed in the first week of October. I must say that it turned out quite nice. I LOVE my new front yard... Especially my new flower bed. Hopefully I will take better care of it than in years past. I plan to plant and weed it this coming year. I am so excited!

This was day one of the actual work. I had to run out and snap a few pics before too much digging began... Good thing I did. 10 minutes later the trees were gone, and my barely visible Tiger Lilies (by the white pillar) were in a Rubbermaid box.

Notice my trees in the back of the truck. I really think Matthew starts these projects just so he can rent equipment to destroy things. :)

Do you think it is too late to turn back at this point? Amazingly, to my knowledge, the mailbox was never disturbed!


Now it's taking shape!

Oh yay! That is my new front yard! Oh, how I love it. Oh, how I hope the sod takes and grows in lush and beautiful next year. Oh, how I am excited for Matthew to set up the electric fence around the flower bed so Copper will stop digging... Haha! I will have to post some more pictures of it next summer to show how it's doing, and HOPEFULLY my beautiful flowers!

P.S. My Tiger Lilies dried up and died from sitting in the hot sun for 3 months. :( However... I went to throw them away and noticed there were new starts growing!!! We planted them along the back of the flower bed and (fingers crossed) they will be back next spring.