The Yard

I am sitting on my Patio and listening to the game. I can't help but reflect back on what we have done to get ready for the summer. Checkout the before pic!

Large areas of dirt and the original patio that was cracking severely.













So, last fall, I think it was, I built a raised vegetable garden using redwood and a vegetable mix soil. I put down a small patio made out of cement pavers to move our hot tub on. Moving the hot tub gave us mor room on the patio. A few weeks ago we hired a guy to take out the old patio and put down a larger stamped concrete patio.

After the patio was down I preped the dirt area for Sod.

Now I went old school. I raked the area by hand, which is normal. But, I tilled the dirt by hand! Using a shovel and a "Garden Claw" I turned the dirt over. And of course put down the top soil.

Next was the Sod. Now my wife says it was the fun part. . . well she did not do it so she doesn't know. 305 sqft of Dwarf Fescue. Each roll is 1ft by 3ft. Sounds easy enough. NO! Those suckers are heavy! Even worse as your working the dryest lightest rolls are on top and the wettest heaviest rolls are on the bottom. So as you get more tired from carrying the sod, the heavier the sod gets. But, it was all worth it. Checkout the after photo.


So the next steps are to put down some decrative gravel, a drip system and two more vegetable gardens. . . all whle listening to the Giants game!