More backyard updates!

On Friday, I was nannying all day (I'm nannying part-time this summer) and when I stopped by Harvard around 5:15, the back of the backyard had gotten a make-over!  Here are some before & after pictures:  :)

Before

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After  :)

Isaac

Crape Myrtles along the right side... and a finished fence!

Some privacy trees

Finishing up.  Side note:  Check out Aaron's saweeeet jorts!

My vegetable garden!   So excited about this!

Aaron's birthday present... fits perfectly in this spot on the deck!

Jeff, Aaron, Matt, & Isaac had been working hard on the back of the backyard & it looks really good!  Now we just have to finish up the side of the house, and I think (??) the yard will be done!  Oh, and I have to install my flower boxes & plant flowers in them, too.  What a fun thing to come home to after work!  :) 

Progress in the back yard!

Over the weekend, Jeff Riddle got started on our backyard and it looks great so far!  Actually, Aaron & I didn't help very much at all since we had friends in town that morning & we went to a wedding in the afternoon, so Jeff & Matt did almost all the work themselves!  I must say, I married into a great family.  :)

This was the backyard before

Before

Before

Aaron sprayed round up (doesn't he look like a Ghost Buster?!) 

Eliza gave moral support from the deck.  :)

Then Jeff & Matt got there and started tilling dirt, forming
the natural areas, & placing plants in the right places. 

Matt

Jeff

Aaron

After:  Looks a lot better!

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After

After

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After:  This is the new water spicket Aaron installed so we can
finally hook a hose up in the backyard!

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Plants & veggies that still need a home.  :)

Our pile of dirt is shrinking.  

So happy with how the yard is looking!  :)

Mission : Curb Appeal

My father-in-law, Jeff, has a green thumb & always has an amazing looking yard.  Last weekend he was generous enough to buy us a bunch of dirt & plants and come over and give our house a little curb appeal.  What a huge blessing!!  :)  I didn't really have to make any decisions...just watch it take shape!  Here are some pictures of what's been done so far:

This is what the  yard looked like before.

Before: Nothing much going on in the natural areas.

Before

Before

The ingredients were a pile of dirt in the backyard...

...and some flowers/plants.

Matt, Aaron, Jamie, Jeff, & the truck all had to work together to get this stump out.

This was an ordeal.

Finally got it out!

Jeff Riddle - who we have to thank for our landscaping!

Working on the front beds

This is what they look like now.   :) 

Hydrangea bush  :)

And a butterfly bush

The other bed

Hard workers

The finished product (for now at least!)   :) 

A well-deserved ice cream break!!  :) 

So grateful for my father-in-law & my pretty new flowers!  Next project = backyard  :)