New Landscape

Paul and I have never been crazy about the landscape at our house. It was very "wild," which is not our style. We decided to change it this summer. We took almost everything out of the planters in the front and back yard, and put new sod in the backyard. It took months of work.

Those bushes were a beast to get out!

We had quite the pile of everything we removed throughout this process!

We decided to do rocks with more sparse plants and flowers, since we loved that in Eagle Mountain. After removing all the plants and bushes, and digging up the stepping stones from the planters, we went to some nurseries to choose our plants.

We laid down weed tarp everywhere, and then cut spots for the plants and planted them.


Then the rocks were delivered. We shoveled the rocks into wheelbarrows and spread them throughout all the planters.

  

Al came over and helped with the rocks two days in a row. She was a huge help!!! That was so nice of her, especially since it was 100 degrees! The work went so much faster with her help, plus it was so much more fun with her there. Some guy was driving past and stopped to tell us how tough we were doing all that in the heat, and then played Eye of the Tiger for us to pump us up. :) 

Our neighbor, Ray, came and helped Paul finish the rocks up one night too, after I had fractured my rib while surfing and couldn't help anymore. Those Loosli's are sure good people. :)

Rockwell loved helping any time he could. I loved hearing him say how good it feels to work hard every night when he would head inside for bedtime.

Keith and Ben came and helped Paul lay the sod in the back yard. That was so nice of them to spend their Saturday helping us! It was great to cover up all that dirt! The last part was power washing the stepping stones in the backyard, building a barrier around the stairs and hot tub pad, and laying the last of the rocks in that spot.

Rockwell was a huge help with that part. He worked so hard that day, helping Paul power wash the hot tub pad and deck too.

Then he wanted to help mow the lawn too. I love that he's such a hard worker.

We love the new landscape!



The backyard sod is still struggling. It's very frustrating! I'm not sure what the solution is.

We've had a few flowers bloom, but we're excited for when the flowers and grasses bloom and fill in over the next couple years.
  

I also planted a succulent garden in a garden box that's on our deck. I put all the heart rocks I've collected over the past couple years in too. It's fun to remember all the places we've been to collect all those rocks. I'd look for them whenever we went up the canyon, on a hike, to the coast, or to the ocean.