Flowers, Trees, and Lights Oh My!

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This weekend I've planted some flowers, a palm tree, and put my solar lights in the back. I had the solar lights out front when I first moved in, but a couple kept getting taken, or they just flew away??? So, I moved them in my garage for safe keeping. Now they are in their new home!

Oh, my grass is growing so good, thick and tall! I'm going to give it another week before I try to mow it. I really want to sod to be rooted! They said to give it 3 weeks, but I'm going to give it 4 ...just to be safe!

Here's my porch, all cleaned and organized. I think I'm going to get another cute chair, and of course a new BBQ! My BBQ was $2.50 at a yard sale, and it makes funny noises when it's on, so I got scared to use it. I love getting tax refunds! This is how I've been able to do everything in the back :)


This is our garden. We're getting some blooms and sprouts popping up! So excited. I put some of my extra solar lights around just for fun

This is my new cool shed. It took awhile for us to put together, but I love having it! It's housing all my yard stuff (tools, lawn mower, and yard decorations) It's nice having the extra storage. I also put some of the lights around :)




This is my cute little palm tree! It's only going to be about 3 feet to 6 feet :) I think it's so cute! Along with more solar lights!

Here are my new flowers. It's a really bad picture, but I have lilacs, lemon bottlebrush, and a honeysuckle :) And of course...more solar lights!

I wish everyone could come see it! It's awesome! I know I'm bragging, but I love it! Compared to what my house was like when I first saw it (I didn't even want to put an offer on it because it was so bad) I love it! The house was a diseaster and disgusting. The yard was horrible and full of crab weeds. I hated being out there...now Lucky and I like to be out there.

The only things I have left that I really WANT to do are 1) Paint the entire outside (this will be coming within the next 2 weeks and 2) Paint my laundry room (this won't be done until I have to get a new washer and dryer. I don't want to move everything out and back in. :)

Back Yard Transformation!

It's finally done! Kind of :) We have built an 8 X 4 garden, put a shed up, rototillered, leveled, dug trenches, laid sprinklers, leveled again, laid sod, put a border around the sod, put black plastic weed barrier, made a pathway of the old flagstones, and brought in gravel! I'm sure I've missed some of it, but the past 2 months have been work! But the work has paid off! I love the transformation! I love sitting outside now and enjoying my yard. Lucky hated being outside at first, but he loves to go out and lay on the grass too. I still have a sprinkler to fix, some flowers to plant, and the porch roof to fix (it leaks). Hopefully we can get that done in the morning before it rains, then it will be completed.

I want to thank my mom and dad so much for all they have done to help me with this! I couldn't have done it without them! They spared every weekend, weekdays and some nights over at my house and neglecting their house. But I hope they know it was worth it and I love it. Thank you so much!


Enjoy the picture overload of my back yard transformation!