this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

We've lived in this house for a little over two and a half years. In that time, we've slowly transformed our backyard from this

to this



Now it's just how we want it (except for the fact that we'd really like the grass to fill in some more!). A large grassy area, a nice garden and a retaining wall of sorts separating the two. There's also some fruit trees, a sandbox, and we've extended the patio a bit.

It wasn't really an inexpensive project, but we spread out the work over such a long period of time that we spread the cost out too. We also did the work ourselves (with some help from friends, but they're cheap labor - they work for donuts).

Now we just sit back, relax, and enjoy (oh, and keep trying to fill in the empty patches with grass)