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As many of you know, this house had been vacant for about 7 months. It's amazing what can happen to the little grass that I had in that time frame. It was really ugly. Now, keep in mind, that when I first moved in, I only had grass in the front yard. It seems as though my builder, who is from Vegas, loves rocks. And the previous owners had a love for rocks that I had never seen before. So much so that they put the entire backyard in rocks. Take a look at the before pictures of my front and backyard:
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Front Yard My mom and I pulled every weed in the front yard and sprayed weed killer in the holes. As for the backyard, that was more of a process. First, we had to get all of the rocks out of the swath where we wanted the grass. For those wondering why I didn't just pay someone to do it, the estimates ranged from 600 to 1000 dollars. All of this cost only around 100 dollars. So I saved a large amount of money. Once the rocks were removed, it was time to till the soil. Which was hard as a rock, so first we watered, then tilled ... by hand, with a rake. And we thought that was the hard work ... not so fast ... |
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| Spreading the Manure The next step was to fertilize the soil ... which meant we got to spread manure all over the yard. Wonderful, right? While that was a stinky job, it wasn't all that hard. The next steps were, however. The next step was to lay the sod ...   Jack was trying out the grass as we were laying it ...  Once we were complete, the whole project took us about a week, but I think it looks much better, don't you?? Here is the backyard:   And here is the front yard ...  Even though it is hard work, I recommend doing it yourself. Not only it is rewarding, but you save a boat load!! :-) |
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