:: Backyard Demolition - Part Two ::

At the end of last year Mr LG and I bought the cutest little house. It was propped up on stilts and made entirely out of wood. The polished floorboards gleamed with possibilities and everywhere we looked we saw endless potential. After a few weeks the rose-tinted glasses came off and as we looked around we still saw the potential, but also the work we needed to put into the house so we could turn it into our home. We have made some minor changes here and there, but so far the biggest change has been our backyard.

About a month ago I told you all about our jungle. I'm so excited so show you what it looks like now!

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We finally have a blank canvas to work with! We can't get over how big our backyard actually is. The amount of sun that filters into the house now is incredible. Once again our rose coloured glasses are back on as we stand on our back deck and stare at the potential in front of us.

Obviously the first step is to fill in the holes left by the trees, and to attempt to flatten the yard a little (it slopes up on the sides), and then a fence on the right-hand side to even up the yard. We'd also like to cover the fence at the back because it's a little mismatched (some wood, some corrugated plastic, some big rocks to plug up holes). We also have plans for grass, and lots of it. I'd like a few raised planter boxes so I can start a vegie and herb garden, and we can now put up a clothesline and have the clothes dry without being covered by leaves!

What would your dream backyard have in it? We'd like an old pizza oven one day so we can have friends and family over to eat home-made wood-fired pizza on the back deck.

:: Backyard Demolition ::

This weekend was a busy one! Mr LG and I had our family and friends over to help us demolish our backyard. The previous owners of our house were a little ... free-range, shall we say. They let the backyard become a jungle. Observe exhibits A and B.

Mr LG and I have already had a good crack at cleaning up the backyard and we filled a huge skip full of debris, but we decided to call on a little help this time. The majority of my brothers and sisters came around with their partners (save for the ones that were unwell) and a few friends came 'round too. This is what our backyard looked like before everyone started venting their pent-up anger on it:

Some of our trees are quite tall and will need to be removed by professionals because they sit too close to the house, the fences, and our neighbours house! We can't afford to fix someone else's house right now! Here are the boys, hard at work.


Our backyard now looks like this:

There is still a lot of work to be done, but our backyard looks 100 times better than it did before. For starters, you can see our back fence from our back deck now! We plan to knock down all the trees and put proper grass down so we can start fresh, but that's a story for another day.