This is our new yard! It was actually finished about a month ago. We
all love it!! Who knew you could love rocks and grass so much? You might notice the dirt patch in front of the porch. We are going to put in a brick patio. Hopefully, we can get it done soon. One day we will plant flowers, bushes and trees. There is a drip system installed in the flower beds for when we are ready to fill in the details.
We have a lot of rock... sorry Bryan and Lydia. They were not impressed with all of the rock that people use in landscaping around here. Our yard is big enough that, although we prefer grass, we did not feel that we had to fill the yard with it. Everybody asks, "is rock cheaper than grass?". The answer is no. However, water is not cheap and we do live in a desert. Look at us being earth friendly.
We had this great garden put in but it can't seem to grow anything. Maybe it is Tyler and I. We seem to have a black thumb. The two previous gardens we have attempted, our Lynden Basket and other various potted plants have all been failures. The hours and hours of TLC given to this garden have not yet paid off. Everything we have planted has died. We have our cherry tomatoes and zucchini remaining - and they don't look so good. If we loose the zucchini I will know that we have no hope. If you can't grow zucchini what can you grow?. You might also notice our nice new wall. Too bad this is the only side of the house that is fenced. It only got done because our neighbor really wanted to put it up and talked us in to it.
No more red dirt!! Yeah!!!
This summer has been really fun. One of my favorite things about summer is between about 8:00 and 10:00 at night. It is hard to see in this picture but the kids are playing at the end of the culdesac with their friends. It is funny to see all of the neighbor kids creep out of their houses at about 8:00. It is definitely a great time to play and enjoy the outdoors.
This is our new yard! It was actually finished about a month ago. We all love it!! Who knew you could love rocks and grass so much? You might notice the dirt patch in front of the porch. We are going to put in a brick patio. Hopefully, we can get it done soon. One day we will plant flowers, bushes and trees. There is a drip system installed in the flower beds for when we are ready to fill in the details.
We have a lot of rock... sorry Bryan and Lydia. They were not impressed with all of the rock that people use in landscaping around here. Our yard is big enough that, although we prefer grass, we did not feel that we had to fill the yard with it. Everybody asks, "is rock cheaper than grass?". The answer is no. However, water is not cheap and we do live in a desert. Look at us being earth friendly. 
We had this great garden put in but it can't seem to grow anything. Maybe it is Tyler and I. We seem to have a black thumb. The two previous gardens we have attempted, our Lynden Basket and other various potted plants have all been failures. The hours and hours of TLC given to this garden have not yet paid off. Everything we have planted has died. We have our cherry tomatoes and zucchini remaining - and they don't look so good. If we loose the zucchini I will know that we have no hope. If you can't grow zucchini what can you grow?. You might also notice our nice new wall. Too bad this is the only side of the house that is fenced. It only got done because our neighbor really wanted to put it up and talked us in to it. 
No more red dirt!! Yeah!!!
This summer has been really fun. One of my favorite things about summer is between about 8:00 and 10:00 at night. It is hard to see in this picture but the kids are playing at the end of the culdesac with their friends. It is funny to see all of the neighbor kids creep out of their houses at about 8:00. It is definitely a great time to play and enjoy the outdoors. 
7 comments:
wow, so very nice...i think it looks fabulous! And i'm super impressed with your earth friendliness. Landscape makes it look like a whole new house! Love it
Wow Jenni!! It looks soooo fab! I bet the kids looove it. Earth friendly my butt - That is just Tyler's ploy to get out of mowing as much grass as we do! Ha! Ha!
I can't believe that your baby is TWO!! I would love to photograph him.
It looks great!! I think you've balanced rock+grass nicely :o) Yay for the wall...one less you have to do later.
I'm terrible at keeping plants alive...hope your zuchini pull through!
Looks great! The wall especially is beautimous! : ) enjoy the fun green grass : )
Isn't it great to get projects done around the house? Have to say your yard looks rockin!! I love the look of brand spankin' new grass. PS don't feel bad about the black thumb, I've killed every plant I've ever own--even the ones that to be dry and supposedly flourish best if you forget to water them ;)
Looks very much like Palm Springs landscaping. The rocks ar just Tyler's ploy not to mow too much. Who would want to in the Utah summer heat. I'm sure people mow at 8:00 at night too. Looks great!!
I sympathize with the black thumb problem. If it can't grow on it's own outdoors, there is no hope. Plants commit suicide in the house! Your yard looks great!
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