We have finally gotten around to doing some yard work in the front of the house! We moved in back in December, so it seemed silly to do anything then, plus we have been pretty busy with indoor projects. So now that the weather is consistently warm, and not too hot yet, we decided to start with some landscaping and planting grass seeds. The previous owners didn't do ANYTHING at all -- it was all just bare and over-run with weeds, so we knew we would have our work cut our for us!
So some of the things we have done so far... (I say "we" but honestly, Robert has done the bulk of the hard work, I have just helped along the way, and the boys try to pitch in and help too!)
- Robert sprayed weed/plant killer to everything first -- there really wasn't anything worth saving!
- We brought in 7 truck loads of compost and raked it on the ground.
- We marked out a "flower/shrub" bed around the house -- front and side.
- We planted several shrubs -- abelias, boxwoods, Texas sage, esperanzas, and crape myrtles.
- We brought in 3 truck load of mulch for the flower/shrub area.
- Robert planted seeds in the compost dirt.
- Oh, and down the hill from here, we planted 2 "baby" pecan trees -- it will probably take 5-7 years before they are big enough to even start producing any pecans, but they are set to be ~50-70 feet tall!!! Maybe our grandchildren and great-grandchildren can enjoy them!
So overall in the past 1-1.5 weeks our yard has had a major face lift!!! It already looks SO MUCH better, and as everything starts to grow and fill in and bloom it will look amazing! I am excited to watch it all progress! It is hard work doing landscaping -- now I know why they charge an arm and a leg to have it done by the pros! Thankfully the area that we are concentrating on is relatively small!
Here are some pics of the progress so far...
compost
Front of the house, from the bottom of the steps
Flower/Shrub beds (pre-mulch): Left Side
Right Side
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