After five months of work here is our yard! I didn't realize what a process putting in a yard was! We were really making progress until about mid-July when our neighbors informed us our fence was 18 inches on their property and we needed to move it! My heart sank when we found that out! As if putting a yard in wasn't expensive enough we then had to pay to get our fence moved, which was no cheap expense! It's our fault. We should have done more research as to where our exact property lines were. That doesn't make it any less frustrating though! So we could have planted a while ago but we needed to get our fence moved and the sprinkler line that ran next to the fence needed to be moved as well! It took no time at all to get our sprinkler line moved but it took about a month to get the fence moved. To say the least it hasn't been a pleasant experience. You can see in the pictures holes in our fence. The fence guy moved the our fence posts and then we had a hard time getting a hold of him to finish putting the fence together. We got tired of waiting and wanted to get our seed down so Spencer and our brother-in-law Ben began to put the fence back together. In the pictures you will see holes in the fence because we didn't have a table saw to cut the other slats and place them in the fence and the front corner post needed a special cut so they couldn't put the fence back together there. However, they got the fence put back together enough that we could finally plant in our back yard! Happy Day! Labor Day the fence guy was able to make it out and finish putting our fence back together. The sad thing about that is that it was rainy and extremely muddy when he was putting the fence back together so our nicely graded front yard has foot prints and tracks ALL OVER! So now we get to re-grade our front yard before we can plant. We also need to have the curbing guy come and patch our curbing that we had to cut out so our fence could be moved! We should have waited to put our curbing in after the fence was moved! What were we thinking! I guess, we just like to do things multiple times! Our curbing guy is supposed to come this Saturday so hopefully we will be able to re-grade and plant by Monday! Cross your fingers!
We are getting green "peach fuzz" in our back and side yards! It's exciting to see our grass coming in! It will be even more exciting when we see that in our front yard!
In one of the pictures below, you will see a big pile of rock, cement, asphalt, re bar, and other fun treasures, which we found our yard. We are yet to get rid of it! That area next to our gravel where all the junk from our yard is, we are eventually going to pave and make a sport court!
6 comments:
It's great when you can finally see the fruits of all that hard work. I love having a nice green lawn for the kids to play in.
Wow! That's a lot of work and so much frustration! "Live and Learn," though right? (That's the story of my life) I'll make sure to never buy a house in which I have to put in the yard myself.
But everything will be so wonderful when it's done. Your backyard looks huge!
okay, can i marry your yard?? that thing is huge! i love it. go you guys.
and 18 inches...are you for real? that's awesome. slash not.
ps: in answer to your question...yep, myron is a miner at the morenci mine every other week. soon he can apply for an electrical apprenticeship & his goal is to become a utility lineman for SRP someday. life is good...this job has been a blessing in a very random disguise. (: thanks for the sweet comment! enjoy your weekend!
I think it is going to look great. I hope you have green grass soon. Your yard looks so big.
happy birthday bailey! i cant believe she is 3! life is crazy fast! and bri is so jealous of spencers fishing trip! so fun
It seems to take forever, but I figure that way we truly appreciate it as a blessing when it finally comes about!! You're going to love it!! Can't wait to see it!
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