tree less in summer
in the post titled "fencing for privacy", there is a photo of the backyard in may 07. Well, this year things have lighted up a litte more because the power company got rid of the chinese walnut in the corner (on the outside of the fence, on the burm), not to mention the aforementioned pine which is also now missing. well, for the most part anyway.
july 2008
this again is a work in progress as you can see from the scraggly grass. i am having that area paved with patio stones (i.e., another patio extension). the grass got that way thanks again largely to the pine and its acidic needles which have been everywhere through all seasons as long as i have lived in this house. now, it's a different story though.
so for comparison here is before:
an overgrown bit of woodland right in my backyard, august 2005
the patio stone cost about $.18 per pound and has a nice reddish tone (most likely called blue rose but don't quote me on it) bought it at guthrie stone, a local place that delivered for $95. Altogether, stone alone cost $350+$95. labor was extra. had a couple of former students work on it at $30/hr each. Both on the fresh sod ($27) and the patio. They took about 5 hours on the first day and 6 hours on the second to bring it up to this point. what a total turn around. but you need big strong boys to do that kind of thing in two days. that's for sure. labor for the backyard - cleanup, compost, sod and patio was $400 even. i am almost at a $2000 mark for this summer and have decided to stop.
this again is a work in progress as you can see from the scraggly grass. i am having that area paved with patio stones (i.e., another patio extension). the grass got that way thanks again largely to the pine and its acidic needles which have been everywhere through all seasons as long as i have lived in this house. now, it's a different story though.
so for comparison here is before:
the patio stone cost about $.18 per pound and has a nice reddish tone (most likely called blue rose but don't quote me on it) bought it at guthrie stone, a local place that delivered for $95. Altogether, stone alone cost $350+$95. labor was extra. had a couple of former students work on it at $30/hr each. Both on the fresh sod ($27) and the patio. They took about 5 hours on the first day and 6 hours on the second to bring it up to this point. what a total turn around. but you need big strong boys to do that kind of thing in two days. that's for sure. labor for the backyard - cleanup, compost, sod and patio was $400 even. i am almost at a $2000 mark for this summer and have decided to stop.
