- Give away the rocks and boulders.
- Clean up the yard by keeping it mowed and trimmed.
- Hide compost.
- Water dry spots to keep them as green as possible.
- Keep roses watered and neat.
After a brutal summer and drought, we sold the house and bought another (pictures pending). It has a number of the same issues as the last, but complicated by its own unique situation.
Here goes:
- The foundation has been repaired. Parts of the exterior (the porches) sag a little.
- The very back part of the backyard slopes steeply.
- On the bright side, we moved into a cul-de-sac so the overall back yard is huge.
- Water drains from the front of the house - and the houses across the street - into our front yard which drains under the door of our fence, which sits there since the soil is full of clay. The clay causes the water in that area to pool when its wet and the dirt forms large cracks when it's been dry for a while.
- Much of the back yard was dead (when we bought the house).
- The large tree in the front yard is almost completely dead.
- The front yard has several different bushes that are connected in a jagged line that doesn't make much sense to me.
- The remaining, smaller trees are overgrown and in need of pruning.
- Two rose bushes in the back are overgrown and in need of pruning.
- Most of the back yard and some of the front yard is covered in a lettuce-looking weed.
- The walkway and driveway encompass an area that is mostly dirt, probably from a foundation repair.
So follow me as my family and I improve our new home!
