Instead of hiring someone to re-landscape our yard, we are taking the DIY approach. This weekend we are cleaning out the backyard bed, pushing it out a bit (to reduce the amount of grass, something I really want to do to reduce our water consumption), and creating a border using free bricks left over from our home's construction. Next we'll put in a few low plants (or annuals or perennials, we haven't decided yet but there will definitely be some milkweed for the monarch butterflies) in the pushed out area and spread mulch.
DIY Landscaping
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Forgot to mention that we will be mixing some compost in to the soil today. Unlike some of the fantastic gardeners on this site who compost at home, we will be buying compost.
Thanks again for the encouragement.
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I also go to a spring plant swap with other gardeners. I get a lot of great plants for free and get to share what I have, too. I highly recommend it if you have one in your area.
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