Landscaping Before and After Shots

As many of you know, we have been spending A LOT of time outside doing some much needed landscaping! I thought you could use some before and after photos to show some of our sweat equity.

Here are some BEFORE photos of the house:

Here is Brad workin' his tail off! We borrowed a tiller older than we are from our neighbor. I wish I had this on video because Brad looked like he was seriously riding a bronco until he got the hang of things!

And here are the AFTER shots:

(You'll notice the little ornamental trees are gone, but it will take a little while for the grass to fill in, despite our efforts of transplanting.)

We bumped out the western side of the front bed, and of course lined it with rock. It also has all perennial plants now, which will look gorgeous once they all fill in. I couldn't afford to buy them full grown, so you will have to use your imagination for now!

The eastern side of the front bed was bumped out a little toward the driveway, lined with rock as well, and we added a much needed pathway to the driveway. No more cutting through the grass! We also transplanted our Japanese Bloodgood Maple to a shadier location in hopes that it won't look so crispy come August. It has a gatorbag on it right now, so please forgive the tacky picture.

Now we are working with our neighbor, Chad, to get the west side of the house in working order. Here the boys are putting rock down to create an extended walking area for our very narrow driveways. I don't think the bulbs are going to stay long term, but they are there for now. I am hoping to put some creeping euonymus there in the spring.

And, it wouldn't be a proper blog entry without a picture of Evelynn.