Renewing the Landscaping

 

West side walk

     We have been in our house for over 25 years now, the longest we have lived anywhere.  We put in a patio in the back yard and then years later added a built in grill.  We also added an addition to our front porch and put in stairs to the side yard.  After the years with the trees growing and all, it became just dirt or mud between the houses making it difficult to get from the back to the front.  This was the year we decided to put in a paver path to make things easier.  Of course one thing led to another and we wound up renewing most of the landscaping.  We wound up using Eubanks Environmental for the work.  They did a great job with everything.

     On the west side of the house is the semi-permeable paver path.  They also used the flagstones we had had there before and stood them on edge to create a bit of a retaining wall to keep the dirt and mulch off the path.  We transplanted some day lilies and irises from the other side of the house to fill in there.

New mulch path

Plantings along the fence

New planting area where another crabapple was removed

Along the house

     On the east side of the house I wanted to continue the stone lined mulch path that I had done closer to the front of the house.  I liked how it looked and functioned.  Lots of small boulders and mulch later I had a new path.  He planted LOTS of native plants and grasses.  We also transplanted some irises that had to be moved to make the path wide enough.

Metal edging

Path around the cherry tree

     In the back yard I had them install a metal edging.  I was tired of always digging the grass out of the planting bed.  The flagstones that had been on the east side of the house were repurposed to make a little path around the cherry tree and go from the patio to the grass.  That was mostly for the grandkids.  Lots of plants there also and fresh mulch everywhere.  

Vegetable garden

     There are also a bunch of new plants in the front of the house now that we no longer need the area to grow vegetables.  Last fall, John built a raised planting bed in the back by the driveway after we removed the crabapple tree that wasn't doing well.  They placed some pavers around that to keep the grass away.  Add to that, they power washed the patio and added new sand.  Everything looks fresh and new again.  Ready for another 25+ years I hope.