More Yard Cleanup!

Frank, Tyson and I were all busy this past weekend out in the yard!  We did some more cleanup.  First, Tyson and I tackled some BIG weeds growing by our walkway and front garden area.  Here are some before and after pictures of our handy work...

 The photos on the left are "before" and the ones on the right are "after."

The other thing we took care of was bundling up branches and small logs from the tree that fell during that big storm we had a few weeks back. Each Wednesday they'll take up to 10 bundles.  Here's our lot for this week...

  

We have a few more weeks worth of branches and bush limbs to go, but we're making progress! 

While we were out in the yard working, Tyson was busy having a ball rolling around the ground - probably in something stinky!  Between his fun rolling around and the mud/dirt he was definitely in for a bath after we went in that day.

 

This weekend I also had some time to re-pot my herb plants and my peace plant for the breezeway.  Here's how those turned out...

Tyson helped with those too, of course. All in all it was a very productive weekend in the yard.  We got lots done and all felt very accomplished!  More updates to come soon...

- Jess

De-bushing the Front Yard

As you've seen before in our Yard Tour, the front of our house was extremely over grown when we moved in.  There were a ton of huge bushes with no shape to them.  We also had lots of azalea bushes, that the deer like to eat.  The problem there is that the deer would trample everything in their path to get to those azaleas (like my peonies!). 

So, this past weekend Frank and crew decided to clear out the front a bit... or maybe I should say ALOT!  It looks so much more open, and you can actually see the house now!  We're already envisioning all the possibilities for a new porch and some more manageable landscaping. 

Here's a reminder of what things looked like before when we moved in:

And here's what it looks like now!!

The bushes you see left will all be transplanted this fall.  We spoke to a landscaper who takes care of our neighbor's yard, and he recommended waiting until the fall to move them.  We'll relocate them to the side yard tree line, so they can grow as big as they'd like.  They'll also help add some privacy in the more sparse tree line on the one side.

Once we have all the bushes moved, we'll start re-landscaping with new plants, rock, etc.  We're also looking to change our curb appeal - or lack there of.  The white shutters on tan brick are just not doing it for us.  That will be getting an update as well down the line...

More to come soon!