A lot has happened since my last yard update and I have the blisters and bad tan lines to prove it. The backyard is still in the tearing out process but I will have an update on that shortly. Today is all about the front yard.

Here’s a look at the difference between March (when I wrote the original post) and now.

As you can see, we have finished clearing out all the flower beds and put bark in all of them. That has made the biggest difference! I took down the flower boxes completely because no flower boxes looked way better than the crappy ones that were barely hanging on.

Here’s our list of to-do’s for the front yard and crossed off is what we have already done:

• Shutters
• Flower boxes
• Put up fence in right corner
• Put bark in flower beds
• Kill the weeds, feed the grass
• Pergola over garage

I finally smile as I drive up to the house. I have spent a lot of time clearing weeds and grass out so it’s very rewarding to see it almost finished!