Landscaping

One of the projects we've decided to work on is landscaping the front garden area, as well as cleaning up and organizing the patio and porch. We've attempted to landscape the front garden, but with little planning it didn't turn out quite the way we wanted to..

While at work this past week I called Patrick on his day off. He was out mowing the lawn and decided to clean up under our loquat tree as the weeds had taken over. It was during that conversation that we decided to start fresh. 

He tore everything out and roto tilled the entire area. That night we discussed how we would like to proceed.

It's going to take some time to get the sprinklers set up, the area prepared and the plants planted, but we have the supplies and we are ready to begin the process. 

Until we are ready to start planting, I am working on the patio and porch area. I want to move a lot of the decor to the back area once that's paved and ready to go, so my plan for now is to move the items I want to use back there back to the garage for easy access once we're ready to complete that section. 

As for the patio, we're going to be moving the patio table to the back to go on the pavers, under a nice shaded gazebo, leaving the patio to be more of a hang out area rather than a dining area. 

We just need a small coffee table for the middle of the seats and we'll be ready to entertain! We even have a nice little dresser piece which holds some glasses for wine and other beverages. 

It's coming along and is feeling more inviting every day.. Hopefully sometime soon we can actually throw a party of some sort and have people over to show them what we've accomplished!