Transforming the Yard

Try to contain your jealousy, but this was the state of our backyard when we bought our house a year ago.

This is the view of the yard when looking out from our screened in porch – just bushes and expanses of red brick.
And this is the view from the back of our yard. You couldn’t even see the sidewalk because the boxwoods were so big.

Then in the summer of 2013 we laid a patio of concrete pavers and did major bush removal and transplant with the help of my mom and dad.

Here we are again looking out from the screened in porch and now there is a flower bed in front of the shed. And the rest of the boxwoods will get moved.
And now looking from the back gate, the new patio is laid in front of the screened in porch and all the boxwoods are pulled out and relocated. And this is how it’s been for a good 10 months.

Now spring has sprung and I have a new vision for the yard. So Saturday, we made the patio we laid smaller (yes in less than a year my husband agreed to help me pull up what we worked so hard to put down). We made the small skinny flower bed a hardscape bed that I am going to put potted plants on and we pulled up all that brick and laid sod. We also laid sod where we pulled up some of the concrete pavers. Up next, taking out the flower bed in front of the shed and making another concrete paver patio, purchasing pots for an herb garden, and garden decor for the long wall of the garage. And Scott wants to string lights up. I hope we get it all done this summer and that I don’t have a new idea next summer! 🙂

Now looking from the patio, you see the sod we laid in front of the concrete pavers and the sod we put down when we pulled up the bricks. And you see my almost straight concrete pavers ready for my potted herb garden. It just feels nice to see more green.
Here’s how it looks from the back gate. My plants under the diamond window have not quite come back yet, but I’m sure the autumn sage, mexican yucca, and lantana bloom soon.

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