Does it ever end?

Last weekend Joe and I finally decided to tackle the other side of our front yard so it matches the other side.

I was thrilled to have help this year and Joe actually started Friday when he got home from work. I had borrowed "the claw" from a friend last year and Joe used that to start. However, by Saturday morning, Joe had rented a tiller which made life oh so much easier.

Not only did we "rip up" the front yard, we also ripped up some of the backyard. When we bought the house 2 years ago (I can't believe it has been 2 years!!) there was a kennel in the back that we haven't done anything with. We've debated about what to do with that area and finally decided to rip it up and lay rock (similar to mom and dad's backyard). However, that is still a work in progress.

Here are some before pictures:

Front yard before

Front yard before

Old kennel area

Kennel area minus the super heavy brick

Joe and Tony working hard

After

Yes, this is still what that area looks like. We wanted to get the front accomplished and this will be our next project. Right now it is covered with tarp and has now turned into a little swimming pool because we finally got rain. Now for the "after" shots of the front yard!!

View from front door

View from sidewalk

After lots of bags of mulch, rock, more mulch and more rock we finally finished around 3 pm on Saturday afternoon. We were both ready to do nothing and nothing is what we did for the rest of the night. I woke up Sunday, surprisingly, not as sore as I thought which meant I must have spent more time supervising this year.

Anyway, Joe and I love our front yard now, although he does have to grow some grass along the rock. Hopefully if it stops raining, we'll be able to tackle the back this weekend and then no more yard projects until next year.