Beginner Gardening: Progress...., 1 by SalmonMe

SalmonMe wrote:
Well, by now I think many of you know that we are in a brand new subdivision and my yard is a blank slate. That's daunting and inspiring at the same time :) We have a full schedule for the next 2 months, especially... getting beds ready, planting, building up the "bones" of our garden.

Nature hasn't been too cooperative here, though. We've not had a pretty Saturday, yet. I know it's still very early, but I'm a woman on a mission and we need some sun to get out there and get things ready!!! LOL :) So, today, as we were driving home from my parents' house so we could make the most of the day yard-wise, it started raining. Ugh. But my MANLY man got out there and did what he could do in the rain :) We may not be able to dig, but we can take up sod!!! We have such Springfever it's ridiculous :)

So, I'm hoping to post on here as the season progresses and share how our property is progressing. Today we had to move our children's play equipment. A recent land survey showed that our sod had been laid 6 feet too far out last year. Basically, that just means we don't technically own the last 6 feet of what was sodded. Problem is we have a tree and a mulched play area w/i that six feet. So, today we moved the toys up into the yard and reshaped the mulched area they are in.

Here's what the mulched area looked like before we moved it closer to the house (see the robin?)