Front Yard Landscaping Project

It all started with John cutting and installing slate tile on our front porch



Goodbye Blue Spruce -- No more lights on the tree at Christmas!

Goodbye green lawn



Goodbye bushes by our front windows --

jack hammer and pick-up were needed to complete the job.


After letting the lawn die out over the summer, John rented a machine to strip the dead sod out, then had to take the strips to the dump


Lots of rototilling, making mounds, and digging for the new sidewalk


The first of many deliveries


After the bottom soil was delivered for the walkway, John rented another machine to tamp it down.



Gayle had fun trying to figure out how to fit all those slate sandstone pieces in the walkway. After she put in the grout, she had to fix the mistakes with a drill and grinder



The good soil was delivered -- lots of shoveling work



Boulder rocks delivered to add aesthetic appeal.

Did we mention this was back-breaking manual labor?


John bought a roll of cardboard to put on top of the soil to serve as a weed barrier.
It needed lots of wetting down to get it to mold to the landscape.



Finally -- planting the drought-resistant plants!



John installing the drip irrigation lines -- not an easy thing to figure out!


We had to finish up in the rain, but finish we did!!!!

We can't wait to see what our baby plants will look like when they grow up!