One of the things we loved about our house when we looked at it last spring was how big the backyard is. A big, flat rectangle with almost no landscaping to personalize it, unless you count weeds!
We've spent our first 9 months here talking about all the possibilities for our backyard. We have a fairly large playstructure in boxes in the garage, waiting to be built. Otherwise, we have done very little with the yard to this point.
All that changes in the next few days! Plans are being made. We are going to be expanding the landscaped edges of the yard, putting down mulch, maybe adding a few plants and trees. Eric's mom, landscape designer extraordinaire has drawn us a few plans to look at as an end goal. It will take time for us to get there. But I am really excited that we are at least starting!!
Today the kids and I hit Walmart, Home Depot and a local nursery to price out some of the items we are going to need for our big backyard project. By the end of the week, we should have an estimate for concrete edging for the borders. (Who knows if we can afford it? We like what it looks like and more than half of the homes in our neighborhood have it, so it would put us "on level" with the rest of the yards around us.)
Here is a sneak peak of our two plans/options.
So excited, and ready to do some hard work!
How's the project going? It looks like it will be a wonderful little world. I think Linnea needs a little secret garden, too. :)
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