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Outdoor Improvements

Published September 30, 2007 by Erin

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This post might not be very exciting for you but we are very excited that our house is starting to look more presentable from the outside. We got our front yard “installed” this spring. Kevin took down a bunch of trees not only out front but also in the back yard. Everything was so overgrown and old that it just needed to come down. There was poison ivy everywhere and ground cover took over half of the back yard and most of the front. And basically we just wanted grass for the boys to play in. So after putting in some of our own sweat and time we decided to hire out the back too. A few weeks ago they came out and “installed the back yard.

Over labor day I worked on planting bushes and Kevin surprised me one Saturday by spreading all the mulch. I think it’s finally looking pretty good.

Here are some before and after pictures.

The front yard when we moved in:
house before

The front yard this spring just after seeding:
house during

Currently:
house after

Close up of my cute plants

Back yard BEFORE:

back yard 2

AFTER:
back yard after

after

Now we have moles!!!!! Can you believe it! Can you see their runway?!
mole

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