Spring Cleaning...(sort of)

Wish I would have thought to take some before pictures. Gabe and I started the process of "remodeling" our yard. We have some big dreams of what we'd like to do. Get the hot tub up and running again, gas fire pit, lots of native plants, new sod, steel raised beds for the veggie garden, taking out the rock front lawn and replace it with no-mow grass. Those are just the big things on the list. Well, this weekend all we really got done was a little trimming and some demolition. Gabe tore out a bunch of wild blackberries and was going to mow the lawn. That was the plan anyway. He worked for about half an hour trying to get the lawnmower working but with no luck. Leaving an old lawnmower out in the elements all winter is probably not the best idea. Guess I know what someone will be getting for Father's day.

I worked on removing a stupid flagstone path in the yard. I hated it. It just took space from what little yard we actually have. So, we'll need to lay some sod in the next month to give Levi a little more grass to play on. I also removed what was left of the previous owners water feature. They left the small "pond" of stagnant water but took the electric fountain. It was disgusting. The smell almost made me lose my breakfast. So, now we have a huge hole in our flower bed. Oh, I also removed at least 100 iris from the front yard. I'm giving some to my mom but if anyone else wants some let me know. We have no idea what color they are. I just don't like iris...unless they're of the native variety.

So, we don't really have much to show for all our hard work, other than our sore muscles. The yard actually looks worse right now. I guess I'll have to go at it alone next weekend. Gabe's off to play with his dad and his buddies for the weekend.

It was a very productive weekend. Got lots of other cleaning done around here that I've been avoiding. But in the mean time, also avoided the school work I brought home to do this weekend. Guess I can't do it all!