Our New Backyard

Once upon a time, this was our backyard.

There were 25 trees, on just the back 1/3 of our 0.33 acre property. The previous owners didn't do any kind of maintenance back there, so it truly became a forest- brush and branches everywhere, layers upon layers of decomposing leaves, the whole nine yards. And this spring, we are in the process of changing that.

We did a bit of raking. Hi H!

Someone from craigslist is coming to pick up the swing set.

That pile of sticks and branches was from before we even cut any trees down. They were all JUST on the ground everywhere, buried amongst leaves.

As much as it pains me, we needed to cut down some trees. Please note the two terribly awkwardly placed islands at the bottom of the picture. Seriously!

After the tree guys did their thing. Wow, what a difference! The yard looks SO much bigger. And those bags of leaves weren't even one third of what we cleared out.

We disassembled the two islands in the middle of the yard, and are reassembling them on the sides. The first one is done.

The second one is in progress.

I am thrilled that our new backyard is coming along so well. I am excited to put down grass seed and have space to enjoy it this summer. Our future dog is going to love it too :)