Saturday, July 23, 2011

Yard Crashers

Potential, not perfection.  That's what we looked for on our house hunt.  Can you envision it with me now, all that potential hiding in there?


Hooray for potential!!!





Taming the jungle.  Matt's parents were crazy for volunteering, but they knew we couldn't have done it without help. 
Welcome to the jungle!


And voila!

Elves came to assemble a new lawnmower and clean out the garage. 


Trash from garage
Those elves hard at work again. 

A quick visit with part of the Robinson family tree.
A gazillion bottles of Gatorade later... it was a phenomenal and fulfilling transformation.  Hiding in the rough were crepe myrtles, dogwoods, azaleas, day lilies, peonies, iris bulbs, a rose bush and a hydrangea bush.  And once the mowing and edging was done we unearthed a brick border along the front walk.  It was a miserable week in the middle of July, but payoff was worth it!

2 comments:

Peg said...

I had tried to block that week out of my scorched mind! But it was quite a transformation now wasn't it? We have officially retired from Maryland lawn care.

Halie said...

your house and yard look great! Hope you guys are doing well, we heard about your little one that is on the way, so excited for you! when are you due?