This weekend was pretty awesome! A lot got accomplished outside Saturday and Sunday! Andrew's parents headed down early Saturday morning to begin helping us with our "Backyard Make-over". I am going to write this in two separate sections...one, because I can and two, because it will just be easier that way.
Backyard Before:
Front Bed Before:
I am just assuming that this is all typical stuff that you would find in new houses. I think this stuff is just cheap and hardy. Well, I know for sure those spiky things low down front are hardy. Those are the things I hated the most and they NEVER WENT AWAY. Woe is me.
Earlier last week I ordered 3 yards of Garden Mix to be delivered to the house Saturday morning.
Holy Batman! That's a whole lot of dirt!
Once the dirt was spread along the fence in the backyard, the next step was picking out rock. We couldn't be more lucky to have both a Houston Garden Center and Wayne's Landscaping just around the corner. Off to Wayne's we went. We picked out this rock....
It is Moss Rock. Moss grows on it....I figured that out all by myself. Seriously.
Anyway.
This rock was on some kinda major special. I believe it was 25 cents a pound originally but we got it for 10 cents a pound. **Fist Pump** We got right around 1000 lbs of this beautiful rock. :)
Okay, enough suspense. Or boredom. Are you still awake? Oh, you're just humoring me? I'll take it. Onward!
Flowers/Veggies/Trees/Bushes Planted:
Plumbago in bloom
(via Google Images)
(What blooming Crinum Lillies look like, via Google)
Sun is going down on Day Number One!!
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BUTTERFLY!
There are never any around in our neighborhood since all that is here is baby trees. Guess who stopped by to check out our Mexican LIME tree!
Now Mr. Monarch is just hanging out....
Oh yah... remember the "Before Front"?
Here's the after:
Little yellow and orange Marigolds instead of the hideous spiky hair grass looking thingy's! :)
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Deck timeeeeeee!
Piecing it together!
One more board needs to be layed on top and then the side cap on the left!
We had a ton of help and definitely couldn't have accomplished NEAR what we did without Mom and Dad O'D! Thank you!!!
Had to... it was irresistible!
:)
Looks great! I love your choice of plants. My dream is to have my backyard filled with fruit and berry plants. That way the kids can eat their snacks as they play!
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