Alll in a Day's Work, Part 1

I have decided (with the help of J) to try to do some landscaping in my yard. I have never in my entire life done landscaping. I've only mowed and weed-eated. So, I'm posting a few posts about my attempts. This post is in regards to my backyard. I had to have a new well dug last year. Also, I had a gopher/mole/something that Sophi was chasing and she dug up the other part of my yard. I bought some dirt and tried to level the ground out and then I planted grasseed. I already have some good grass growing in parts, but I haven't taken any pictures of that yet. I'll post "after" pics later. Enjoy!

The day started out rough...we tackled my rose bush first (which needed a lot of help)! The first pic is all the stuff we cut out of it. The next pic is the "after" pic, and I forgot to take a "before" pic. The last pic is the first battlewound of the project. Hopefully it'll be the only battlewound!

The next pics are some before pics of the holes in my yard.

Some of the tools we used...

Some "after" pics...

I'm not sure what this plant is, but I think it's soooo pretty so I wanted to show you!

The tradition has been deer burgers to celebrate a hard day's work!

Lesson learned...if you rake your leaves in the fall, you don't have to worry about them in the spring!