#Back yard landscape pictures full

To save money, they offered to do only as much as we wanted, and we could do the rest. I went with Rick’s Fencing in Gresham and was thrilled with the job they did. Which gets a lot of use, mind you.Īfter looking at the ivy all winter, I started gathering bids for a cedar fence. It was horrible, and there was a big piece missing next to the neighbor kids’ trampoline. I cannot believe I actually thought at one point that I could shape up this hedge and live with it. I plan on having the stump ground out and planting a new tree in that spot, but for now, I’m content to work on the rest of the garden. We burned half of it in the fireplace over the winter.

#Back yard landscape pictures full

It was crazy to do it all by hand, but I was full of pent-up energy at the idea of starting a new garden from scratch. We got over a cord of wood from that sacrificial tree, and after only one summer it was seasoned enough to burn. Then I composted the leaves, cut all the brush up by hand for kindling, and split the logs with a maul and wedge. I had a tree service take it down and cut it into manageable-sized logs. And on the other side, the neighbor’s blackberries were growing through the fence, looking to swallow up even more real estate.īut with a year’s worth of DIY labor and some professional help, the backyard is transformed. Johnson grass had taken over the back side. A monstrous, misshapen hedge of English ivy had engulfed the chain link fence on one side. The only tree, a 50-plus year old Norway maple, had been topped and had a big chunk of bark missing. Years of neglect had left the backyard in a sorry state. When we bought our current house a year ago, it wasn’t any of those things.

Your backyard should be your sanctuary, your playground, your own intimate connection to natural beauty and the rhythms of life.