Phase 2 of Operation: Backyard is complete!
See, our backyard (such as it is) is something of an optical illusion. It looks smaller than it actually is. Even us, who KNOW this are often surprised by how big it actually is. Or so says Kile who slaved away laying all this grass by himself. To give a little perspective, this is how it looked when it was delivered to us Friday morning:
I asked Kile how much square footage of grass we have back there now? He said 1300 square feet or so.
That’s like a HOUSE, people. That is HUUUUUUGE. And we now have that much grass in our backyard. And so begins the frantic watering that one needs to do to establish it safely. And after the grass is allowed to “settle” for a few days, then we’ll let the kids have at it. Harry is already looking forward to running through the sprinklers on a hot afternoon after school.
Phases 3, 4 and 5 (with sub-shoots off each, I’m sure) will consist of: repairing the back fence, supplementary landscaping such as trees and bushes, and a concrete patio between the grass and the house. Not necessarily in that order. And not necessarily anytime terribly soon. But it’s coming! We have a plan! The dirt and tumbleweeds will not win the day! So help me god!
I think we’ve given up entirely on fencing the entire yard, though maybe we haven’t (I’m usually the last to know these things). The yard actually extends up the hill in the back, but the builder only fenced to the bottom of the hill, for whatever reason. I’m okay with not extending hte yard because that would be just yet MORE yard to have to do something with. And I’m rather sick of it at this point, you know?
But yay! Grass! Woot!
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