Yard Work

Here is some pictures of our front yard, since we hadn't shared them yet. Much like the backyard, the front yard needs a lot of work too. The plants are overgrown and snuffing out each other and the lawn itself is a sandy patchy paradise. We aren't going to do much to the yard in the short term, besides minimal maintenance and pruning until after we are moved in. The inside renovations are the priority right now. We did spend an evening mowing, pruning, and moving brush around; since it was looking really shaggy and we couldn't stand it anymore.

Here is Zachary pulling up one of the many shotty DIY irrigation pipes that are poking around the yard. It was poorly installed originally and not buried very deep, so they are popping out of the ground in pieces.

Brush pile and shaggy lawn.

View after trimming the small palms around the driveway and moving the brush pile by the road for the city to retrieve. Mowed the "lawn". At least the clumps and patches of "grass" is even now.

Our broken lamppost by the end of the driveway.

This is the creek/ditch/canal we have been referencing. We plan to do a lot of pruning between the driveway and canal. Maybe plant some hostas and small shrubs under the trees? I don't know, that is yet to be explored and an after we are moved in project.

The big dumpster is leaving us next week and we get our driveway back. Yay!

We have 3 of these cactus things in our yard. Cool looking but very sharp.

There is a tiny pond  by the garage that used to be a some sort of water feature before it was overgrown and forgotten. You wouldn't even notice the pond part besides the small patch of water lilies in the sand, like a mini desert oasis. Pretty right now though, the lilies are blossoming.