Our Humble Abode: Front Yard

Oh, friends…I think we’ve recovered for the most part.  We’re still nursing sunburns and a few scabbed over blisters but other than that, we feel human again.

When we moved into our home three years ago there was no yard.  The “front yard” was basically just packed down dirt, which we then used as a driveway for a few years.

We had planned to lay sod the first year we were here but we got busy doing all sorts of other things outside like cutting down dead trees, building fence, removing old fence, etc. and it never got done.  The next summer, a handsome newborn slowed us down but this past weekend we made it a priority!

We started by leveling a place for a sidewalk that would lead from the driveway to the front door, as there never was one.  I wanted a cute, curvy sidewalk, but it was a little faster and easier to just make a straight one…and I’m all about fast and easy!

Thankfully, the ground was soft thanks to the inch of rain we’d had during the week so it made the weeding and leveling a little easier.

Our neighbor and his grandad came and helped us float and level the sidewalk and we were so grateful that they did!

We were really pleased with how the sidewalk turned out…it just kinda makes you want to rip out all of the old concrete around the place and start over!

Next, it was time to level the yard area and it get it ready for sod.  This took a while…a long while.  We finally finished about 6:00 on Sunday evening and got to actually lay the sod.  We’ve decided that laying sod is easy; prepping the ground for sod is not.

It looks soooooo nice (sans the seams, of course) and was totally worth feeling like we did on Monday.  😉  Sawyer has already taken advantage of a few barefoot walks and some sprinkler play.

We got flowers planted and our other lovely neighbor came down and bladed our driveway!  Seriously, the place is looking good…except for the rest of the acreage that needs mowed again since we were a little busy with this project…we’ll get there.

Bring on the summer…and all of the rest of the projects on our list!