Over grown bushes, no flowers to be seen, and you couldn't see all the beautiful rock work around the chimney.
The plan was to attack it that spring but the plan changed when we found out we were expecting Tanner. Our focus turned back into fixing up and painting the remaining rooms in our home before the baby arrived. We also wanted to spend our money on baby things. We did manage however to change out the screen door, paint the front door white, and change the light fixture over the door.
Since the inside of our home is finished, this spring we were determined to fix the landscaping. It started in March with Nate and some guys from working pulling out everything. Mind you the bushes were 60+ years old and had deep roots so they had to bring out the big guns.....a bobcat. After all their hard work the yard looked like this:
Then several weeks later after the spring rain had let up for a few days we roto-tilled and then made a plan with plants and planted. After all our hard work the house now looks like this:
Everything has taken well to their new home and is growing like crazy. Watering out here is so different than Utah, you hardly have to water with all the rain and the humidity in the air. My front yard is in the shade about 80% of the day so I water once a week if it hasn't rained. And I have to admit I don't miss dragging the hose around our yard in Layton watering the lawn; I don't have to be bothered with that here.
Here are a few more close ups.
We are trying to decided what kind of iron railing to put up on the front stoop and if we should paint/stain or recover with stone the concrete. Hopefully by next summer we will have made a decision.
We also fixed up the landscaping in the backyard and are toying with the idea of building a deck and perhaps a parking pad on the west side of the garage. I guess we will see.
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It looks wonderful. Such a cute house.
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