Saturday, July 28, 2007

Backyard landscaping

Last week, we had the backyard re-landscaped. The most important (but not visible) installation was a French drain to deal with the standing water at the bottom of the hill. A trench was dug from the center-bottom of our yard, around the left side of the house, to a pile of small rocks - and a pipe was put in the trench which will carry any excess water out of the backyard. Then we had dirt put in to cover the trench and re-grade the yard, sod was put down over much of the yard, and seed over the rest. Finally, the overgrowth in the back along the fence was removed, and new plantings and mulch was put in. With all the growth removed, we were shocked to see how big our backyard really is!

I've put some before-and-after pictures up for everyone to see.

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