Landscape progress

I recently posted about my landscape plans and how horrible things were looking. Things are coming along now though. I no longer feel like the king of white trashville when I pull into my driveway. In fact I've become something of a celebrity in my neighborhood. People have been coming by to tell me how good it looks. Of course, they were comparing it to this! It wasn't hard to look good..

This walkway gives room for visitors to get to the porch when cars are parked in the driveway. There was no space for that before.

I've had a lot fun doing all of this. The work was enjoyable, believe it or not. Cost a lot more than I anticipated, and included a contractor nightmare that I wasn't expecting. Maybe hiring the cheapest joe on craigslist.com to remove the ivy wasn't the best idea...


I installed my very first sprinkler system, complete with manifold and timer system. Then, instead of planting seed, which was the original plan, I caved and laid sod. It was soooo worth the extra expense (which was only around $150).





This area next to the porch is going to be a garden area with tall plants and flowers. The plants that you see there now are survivors from the original yard. I thought I would see if I could keep them alive.









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The cool part for me is that it came out looking pretty much like I designed it. This is the design plan I submitted to our homeowner's association. Yes, they actually required me to submit a property improvement proposal. Dorks.