Fall Clean-up Before Meets After

We have been working on cleaning up the front and back yard in preparation for new landscaping and curbing. It has been a long process, some enjoyable....some not! Mom and I did a lot of the excavation work ourselves our sore backs were living proof of our efforts. Mom and I attended the home and garden show in Nashville two years running and as such found a wonder guy ( Troy) who owns The Curbing Edge. He was terrific to work with, prompt, professional and a true pleasure. Our landscaper...not so much! He was an alright guy, but Mom had to spend way to much time reminding him he had a job to complete and calling him to make sure he actually showed up...forget being on time! In the end we persevered and we are glad to say it is finally done! Here is the laundry list of all that was accomplished.

1. The majority of the existing plants in the flower beds were removed. The ones that remained were trimmed or relocated to new areas.
2. Layout and selection of new plants, which would bring color and variety to the new beds.
3. Removal of existing edging materials
4. Removal of flower bed located to the right of the front steps
5. Reduction of existing bed sizes, planting of new flowers, trees and bushes
6. Aeration, seeding and fertilizing lawn
7. New concrete curbing colored to match brick on our house
8. Construction of paver bed in flower bed next to front steps
9. Dressing of flower beds to include new mulch and weed prevention
10. Planting of fall mums and the addition of a fall display

We are thrilled with the way the front and back yard looks. We still have a few projects left to do such as new landscape lighting, adding new rock to the lighting bed and reducing the latice for the clementis in the back yard, but I am guessing that will have to wait until spring. For now, we are going to kick back and enjoy the fruits of our labor and hope our neighbors will do the same!