Grass Update

Well, it's been about a month since Jerry tilled up the backyard and layed seed down.  For awhile, I thought it was a lost cause.  No grass was growing and it was so frustrating!  Then finally one day.... GRASSS!!!!!! Here are some pictures... I know it's not much, but hey it's a start!

Close up:

Hopefully all the grass will end looking this full:

A couple of weekends ago, Jerry decided to put in a french drain.  I was very nervous about this, but Jerry assured me that we had to have it.  So we dug a trench, put the tarp thing down, put a sock around a pipe, and put some rocks on top of the pipe.  And what do you know we have a french drain!  It sounds a lot easier describing it, but it was ALOT of work.  On Wednesday it rained really bad.  Instead of the water pooling, it went down the french drain!  It was a miracle!  Usually we have nasty mudwater in our back yard for at least a week.  Which is a huge pain because the dogs track in a ton of mud into the house. 

The next weekend we decided to beautify the house.  We cleaned out the "flower beds."  It's hard for me to even call it that because it was just so awful looking.  Here is one picture of just how awful one of our flower bed looked:

After working ALL DAY Saturday and Sunday we have the end result.  Drum roll please....

Side of the house:  We took out the wood planks and replaced it with beautiful stones.  We also trimmed the trees, put down some bushes, and topped it with black mulch. 

This is the front of the house.  We put in 3 little bushes in front of the window, planted red and white germaniums, and topped it all with black mulch. 

This is the walkway.  We planted red and white germaniums and put down black mulch.  I love th black mulch!  It looks like dirt.

This is a cute welcome sign I got at Hobby Lobby.  I love that store!

I never realized how rewarding a pretty yard can make you feel.  Everytime I drive up to our house I have so much pride!  I used to hate when my parents would make me help plant flowers and I never understood why they cared so much.  It makes me so happy to drive up to our house now. 

Here is the end result of a long hard weekend.  As you can see Lucy was tired from just watching Jerry and I.