Greening Our House

DG posted about our new front yard with before and after pictures on flickr. It is amazing what a little bit of grass will do. It is also suprisingly easy to sit inside and watch the magic happen. First a dump truck delivered manure and dumped it on the lawn. Then a man we hired on Craigslist came and tilled the entire yard and then tilled in the manure. On Saturday morning the sod truck showed up and thanks to Shaun's help, we had a new lawn by 1pm. I was in charge of setting the sprinkler system. Yes I think that's enough exercise for me.


On Sunday, we went to our local garden center and purchased trees at 50% off. We got a white ash for the front yard, and a Redbud and Serviceberry for the back yard. The ash will get to be about 50' tall in about 15 years, but the flowering trees for the back will only be about 20' tall and gorgeous.