Lots of land. You asked for it!

We wanted a lot more land after living in a townhouse for 5 years.  Well, we got it.  Our house sits on about .75 acres.  Continuing with our theme, the yard had also been neglected for years.  Luckily, it was professionally landscaped at one point.  Clean up was a long and labor intensive project.  Countless bags of yard waste, broken toys, garbage, old rabbit cages, an ugly interior fence and random junk all needed to be torn down and taken to the dump.   

Tons of trash waiting for the trash man.  Dead grass all over the front yard.

One of the many rabbit cages on the right side of the backyard.

Fencing and yard waste waiting for the dump.  See the random building in the back?

It never ends

 Just like Daddy :)

We were rewarded in the end.  Spring came and along with it some surprises.  We have gorgeous flowers popping up in the yard weekly.  There are about a dozen rose bushes, which always make me think of my Nana.  We replaced the broken slide on the play ground.  Little Man received and amazing outdoor play house for his 2nd birthday.  I'll be able to grow my own fruits and vegetables in my planters.  We built these out of the posts from the fence we tore down.  We accomplished a lot more out there than I thought we would.  This summer has been focused on cleaning up and trying to get the grass to grow again.

Play Set with new slide!

Huge Rose Bush/Tree along the path from the driveway to the deck.

My planters built from the posts of the fence.  We kept up part of the fence to plant the roses along.

Cutest little house ever.

Our next big step outside is to cut back all of the plants in the late fall.  I will also relocate all of the roses and some of smaller plants.  These were all planted along the fence we tore down.  They are currently sitting in a line right in the middle of our yard.  

 One of the dozen of roses growing in the middle of the yard.

These spring up out of nowhere and I love them.

All along the deck.