Back Yard

Yes, that is our massive back  yard!

View of the house from the back

This is where this is some fun to be had.  We have a massive back yard, and right now there is nothing back there.  So we have a number of plans for this space.  We will probably end up having 4 different areas back here just not sure how it will look yet: a patio area, a lawn area, a garden area, and a let it go a little wild area - we've been looking into some xeriscape ideas for this area so it doesn't need to be watered quite as much.

1. Fix gap in fence - we are neighbors with at least five different houses and this means a hodge podge of fences.  Where two of these fences meet there is a gap where Sadie would just love to run through
2. Install a patio - We want to put in a paver patio off of the back slidng doors with enough room for some patio furniture and hopefully a firepit
3. Stain fence - while they did install a nice fence around a portion of the back yard it needs to be stained.
4. Buy patio furniture - to go on the aforementioned patio
5. Move irrigation - figure out what we are going to do back here and get the sprinklers set up for it.
6. Lay sod - it will be nice to get something green back here.
7. Firepit - also to go on the patio
8. Build a shed - a nice place to store all of our tools for the backyard
9. Set up a garden - we'll probably try and get one raised bed going this summer, but would love to have a couple for next year
10. Landscaping - not sure what this will look like but it should be fun
11. Build a stand for our porch swing - Mike made the swing for Cathy once we had a porch, unfortunately we don't have a porch at this house