It's A Jungle Out There! Or It Used To Be!

When we bought our house almost 2 years ago, our backyard was a jungle. It took Austin 2 months to get trees cut down, clear out all the trash, vines, leaves (that had fallen since the trees began growing!), and kill all the creepy crawly bugs and animals that lived back there-yuck! Not to mention built the fence and added a deck off of our screened-in porch. By the time he had all that finished, year 2 of law school began. That put the rest of the backyard on hold.

Now that we both are both out of school for the summer, we're back at work on the yard. It's amazing the transformation that has taken place! We've just finished getting sod put in. It is a brand new yard! I think if the old owners of the house came back, they would drop dead! I am so fortunate to have such a handy husband around. He basically did all of this without much help. Now that the grass and flower beds are in, I'll start what I do best. I've really gotten in to gardening and taking trips to Lowes. I can always go to Lowes and find something worth buying and bringing home. That equals trouble on a teacher's salary!

This weekend we'll stain the deck and plant some plants. We hope to have everything finished in time for the British Open to have some friends over and (hopefully) watch Lucas Glover bring home another major to Clemson!! Then it's on to the next project- hardwood floors on the first floor. :-)