Backyard - Then & Now

Progress — (still only about 25% complete)

Memorial Day 2016

Memorial Day Weekend 2015 - the beginning

October 2015

Weekend 1 - digging the path

Weekend 2 - more digging

Weekend 2 - 5 MORE DIGGING

more digging

more digging

more digging

Weekend 6 - plantings - added for soil retention on the slope

Weekend 9 - french drain time!

Weekend 7 - 2" bed of traprock

combination closed and perf pipe - to drain from future gutters, and overall slope of the hill

Weekend 10-11 PEA STONE!

Weekend 12 - stone steps - cut with concrete saw on site, and moved into place with pry bars and elbow grease NOTHING BUT WHEELBARROWS

August 2015 - dirt ruts worn into the side yard

Memorial Day 2016 - grass has grown back in!

Memorial Day 2016 - what a difference a year makes!

Memorial Day 2016

Year 2 - planting beds, PH 1