Back Yard Before

With still lots to do inside the house, of course we spent today working in our yard. Better to make progress before it gets too damn hot, which it will.

Here, some of the before pictures taken from atop a ladder.


Leaves. Lots and lots and lots of leaves. Our camphor tree drops lots and lots and lots of leaves. Notice, if you will, how there is ABSOLUTELY NO GRASS in this yard. I'll be an optimist and say that we've got a "blank slate" instead of a "dirt pile."


Piles of the stone and brick rescued from the renovation. Those will be used to make our outdoor cooking area.


Craig in the background, doing what Craig does.

Our biggest thing now is to plan what we're actually going to do. We know this: we need a shed, we need a sprinkler system, and we need more dirt. Which is why instead of bagging all those leaves we've decided to do something pretty ambitious for a couple of apartment-dwellers-turned-homeowners. We're going to compost. After all, why toss away all that possible new dirt? We'll see how it goes. Should be interesting.