Landscape upkeep: Backyard

So far, we've just begun with what needs to be done in the backyard. 

Over grown flower bed, uneven fire pit, a lot
of over growth

 HELLO WEEDS AND LAYERED TREES!

We are very slowly getting there... I've redone our one flower bed back there so it's not overgrown and full of weeds, we've taken a tree out (thanks Tyler!!) and have been doing a lot of trimming and removal of small trees - for some reason, people previous to us had planted tree, on top of tree, on top of tree so they're all growing on top of each other and there's no space between them... Needless to say, we're getting there.

Here's a few of our photos of progress:

Overgrowth being trimmed...

Progress!

Filed with rock from other beds, pavers
are leveled out, weeds and sticks
thrown INTO fire pit

Existing flowers moved, new flowers planted,
mulch thrown down

Rocks and weeds removed, dirt cleaned up,
will rearrange existing flowers

Landscape upkeep

When we moved in, all of our flower beds were overgrown and not in real good shape... I don't have any photos on the "before" for the front yard but have a preview of what it looked like in the back - which is all very similar. 

We did a lot of weeding, rock picking, paver leveling, and planting. Used different sprays, preen to prevent more weeds, mulch, and bought  A LOT of perennials so we just need to take care of the up keep each year - hopefully next spring isn't so time consuming :)

Front yard: 

The front isn't quiet done as you can see - a lot of overgrowth also meant a lot of weeds. Currently tackling those, filling weed spots bit by bit, and doing a lot of fertilizing. The two trees in front are slowly dying, so next year we will be taking those out, replacing, and redesigning some of the pavers/replacing them with something a little more nice than cinder block pavers. 

Enjoy!

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