Fall is here. And we are so excited to enjoy it in our newly renovated backyard space. Since we are spending so much more time at home, we decided to invest in our outdoor living space. It was a complete transformation.
This serviceberry tree is one of my favorite additions. In a year or two it will provide us some much needed shade in the summer months.
Before, with old door on garage.
Before, with an old metal pole used for a laundry line in a previous life.
Before, with the coop in the middle of the yard.
After, using the full width of the little yard.
After, with new new blue stone around the pedestrian garage door and relocated coop.
After, with coop next to the house and the yard opened up.
Although we usually do the work ourselves, we’d done sections of concrete removal before and were not looking forward to doing more. So we hired a crew. They took out a ton of old and broken concrete, and then laid a bluestone patio. There is now a raised bed along the north fence, which will be perfect for veggies in the spring. And since we are now using the full width of the yard, there is so much more lawn for soccer games and running through the sprinkler.
A big viburnum makes the transition from the raised bed to the spiral stairs, and offers great fall color. Surrounded by Amsonia (Blue Star) which will become little butterfly-attracting bushes.
Looking forward to this bayberry growing up to block the air conditioning unit from view. There are also several milkweeds that will hopefully attract butterflies next year!
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
