In Progress

Starting in September, our yard has been going through a bit of a makeover . . .

Phase 1
Old driveway



No driveway



New driveway



Phase 2
It was a sad day. Our 2 backyard trees, which have provided shade for us these past 7 years, had to be put to sleep. One was dead already, and the other would have been completely dead a year or 2 from now. I miss them so much, but it needed to be done. (and it's been a lot less raking this fall!) Plus, my dad was able to haul the wood away to use this winter.


No more trees *sob*. When we had the old driveway broken up, we only repaved it to the garage, so we could seed over the part that cut through our back yard.



Phase 3
Killing the grass with industrial strength weed killer. It took about 2 weeks to die a slow, painful, depressing death.


Phase 4
Tilling & Re-seeding
Danny & his dad spent the better part of an afternoon tearing up the back yard and spreading seed.



Waiting . . .


And then, this week . . . .


Hallelujah! Now all that's left to do is maybe some over-seeding and a fence when spring comes. Thanks be to God, we've had great weather this fall for our grass to come in. Can't wait to use our much larger, fenced-in backyard next spring & summer!