We’ve shown you what our home is like in its current state in 2021. And if you missed that blog post you, here you go… CRAZY YARD IN NEED OF MAJOR HELP – JANUARY 2021 TOUR
We’ve actually done a lot even though it may not look like it. Now I want to take you back over the past couple years to show you just how we got to this point. So stay tuned for the next few blog posts as we breakdown our progress on our property. Now on to the front yard!
We found our dream home but after a few months the yard began to grow and grow and take over itself see the property has many well-developed plants and trees. As a majority of sellers do you do a quick cleanup to make things presentable but underneath the trimmed hedges and weed-whacked beds are these giant plants waiting to take over their space.
We also began to find a lot of junk items in the yard as well. Michael was deployed so I employed the help of my parents and we began to clear out and replant the front retained hillside. But low and behold after awhile the weeds took over the space and gophers ate the ice plants… we were back to square one.
2019 was the year we got a drone and we’re finally able to see our property from a whole new perspective but 2019 was a big year for us with travel and planning our wedding in Italy so minimal forward progress was made.
2020 the year of staying home and tackling home projects. Well by this point due to our lack of time to dedicate to the yard it had really grown and became a headache that we could no longer ignore.
So we got after it again and truly started the kickoff to our backyard and garden dreams. At first we would cut down debris to put into the green bins that were taken in our weekly trash pickup but that was soon overwhelmed and we looked to other avenues for removal. We decided to get approval from the local fire department to burn the cleared debris. Yep you read right, I said burn and yes California is known for wildfires and being very dry, however in designated areas with control and permits you are able to burn so that’s exactly what we did. Burn baby burn!
Weeds are still our never-ending story but little by little we will get there in the end.
Up next we will be taking all of the junk that we found in our backyard and hauling it away! There is A LOT of junk so stay tuned!
Cheers!
Chloe & Michael
