Bits about the Bitzes: Adventures in Landscaping....part 2

Today we redid some of the landscaping in our front yard. This post is called "Part 2" because in 2009, we did the landscaping in our front yard for the first time. However, we didn't have the best idea of what we liked and what to do so what we had done in 2009 had not aged well. Instead of using stones or mulch, we used soil pep. Which is just another way of saying soil. Which means that even with weed cloth underneath it, it really is still just chunky soil so when seeds land on top of it, they grow. Also, our grass was encroaching on our flower beds, helped by the soil pep.

So we decided to take up the soil pep and old weed cloth (which we hadn't done the best job with) and re-line the beds with brick instead of that black plastic tubing. We also had a big gap between our deck and the ground that looked scary and liked to grow weeds so we closed that off as well.

I forgot to take before pictures so I just have during and after but I'll try to explain it as best as I can.

This picture is during. We had taken up the soil pep and weed cloth. So for a before picture, imagine more dirt and weeds.

Here is my handsome husband building the brick wall for under the deck.

Also during. The brick border and wall being put in place.

I had to make a quick run to the store when we pulled up some weed cloth and found an ant's nest. It was icky. I was very excited that I found this all natural bug killer though. It actually worked really well! And it was made from lemon seed oil so it smelled really good after we sprayed it. And it is totally safe to use around animals. Unless they are bugs. Ha!

We are dog sitting Rowdy this weekend and he was exhausted by all the yard work!

Siri was also quite helpful.

We had to make a quick run back to the store because we needed more rocks.

And done! Here is the left side.

Here is the right side!

The whole project.

And from the other side so you can see the wall better.

Then we celebrated the completion of our hard work!

And then we took those two adorable dogs to the park! They swam for well over an hour and we tuckered them right out. It was their reward for being so patient and well behaved while we worked all day. And it was our reward to have two exhausted dogs that wouldn't cause us any trouble after a long day's work!