OK, so after the sidewalk strip was complete, the rest of the yard looked especially terrible by comparison! We had to fix the back yard due to my husband's grad party that is coming up that we are hosting here, but after that was complete, our focus turned again to the front yard. Our front yard had a slight slope to it. I wanted to level it out by putting in some sort of low retaining wall and filing it with dirt. I want to make the retaining wall out of brick, but that process will take a long time. We still have sod left over from the backyard and so we needed to get the foundation in ASAP so that the sod did not die on us. I didn't snap a before pic, but pieces of our small yard can be seen in previous posts. Here is the temporary wood retaining wall pre-sod:
But when it came time to lay the sod, there was a problem. We waited too long! The sod had turned yellow! Half the yard was covered, just to give the idea, but we are going to have to re-do it with fresh sod :( Here is the progress so far:
Obviously, we have decided to put in another path down the middle of our yard to the sidewalk. We will be putting in pavers after the sod is laid. One day it will lead to a new porch!
The box in the lower corner is access to the sewer line...I am going to have to get creative in that area.
So that's what's new in the R household, temporary progress!
