Ever since we moved in over 10 months ago we have been doing some major changes to the landscaping in the front and back. Before the previous owners moved out they really let everything get very overgrown, so to start off our project we (I should really say Josef) tore out 85-90% of the previous landscaping minus the grass of course.
In the front of the house Josef took out everything except for a lone crape myrtle tree. This was a huge project especially because it involved chopping down a very large Bradford Pear tree (almost entirely with a hand saw) that was damaged in storm a week or two before we moved in.
Here is a before picture that was actually used to list the house. I only wish we had a picture with the big tree in it to get the full effect of the transformation.
This next picture is after Josef took everything out and lined the beds with stone.
And here are the after pictures. In the last pic you can see the huge crater in the middle of our yard where the tree used to be (and where we plan to plant a new one soon). You can also see that our lawn is eroding and we aren't sure why. The bushes my seem small but they are supposed to grow to be rather large.
Our lawn reminds me of a cow with green spots. Once Josef finishes the garden in the back we plan to aerate, fertilize, and seed the grass which will hopefully help it fill in. Oh and just so you know, I HATE TEXAS GRASS!!Now that I got that off my chest, on to some flower bed close ups. Unfortunately, all the rain we've had has beaten down our flowers so they aren't very visible from the curb, but they look pretty from the window!
We only have two more things to do to the front: spread the mulch that's been sitting in our backyard for I don't know how long, and plant a new tree (we're thinking oak). The yellow/green curly looking plant is pretty cool. When we first bought it, it was so small, but with all the rain it has really grown like a weed. The cool part is that it is so easy to divide and plant elsewhere. All you do is snip some off and just plant. Its that easy! Its getting so big they we need to give some to our neighbors. So if you want some green squigely plant with yellow flowers (I don't know the name) let me know!
This post is longer then I planned so I will blog about our backyard (a.k.a. the work in progress) tomorrow!
3 comments:
I love all the color in your flower beds! Josef is Mr. Demolition :) I would like a light green squiggly plant!! I could use one that grows fast.
yeah I'm so happy to see pictures! I saw the name of the post and thought, oh that's for me, then you put it underneath! Preston said the lawn is eroding because the concrete is sinking which makes the grass heave up and then its gonna start to sluff off. So what you can do is either scrape a layer of dirt off the entire lawn and pack it down better or build a rock wall around the concrete stuff where it's eroding.
That is A LOT of work! AWESOME job:) Thanks for the advice on Dairy:)
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