Now that Spring has arrived, we are ready to start working on our backyard. When we first bought the house in 10/09, we did a lot of clean up in the back. Recently, we had one of the Oak trees removed from the planter box - as much as I hate to remove trees, the two trees were competing for sunlight and one was growing over our neighbor's yard. Now the back corner has more light and the neighbor is happy!
Funny story - We had a low-hanging wire in the far right corner of the yard, which PG&E told us was a "dead" phone line. It was literally three feet from the ground so George decided to cut it a couple of weeks ago. Two days later, AT&T was at our door asking for access to our yard. Apparently, the neighbor behind us was having phone trouble. George cut their phone line! Whoops!
After the heavy storms in February and March, our pool fence is falling over. Now, we are working on removing the brick planter box and replacing the pool fence. We are also building a garden - we are constructing 4 - 8 ft x 3 ft raised beds to grow veggies and flowers.
Brick Planter Before
Orange Tree & Oleander Before & After Pruning