We decided this year to focus our fiscal resources to fixing our yard. We wanted a sprinkler system and some fruit trees as well as a water spigot at our garden.
Phase 1: Before we could do all the install and finish work, we had a lot of prep to do. We had 8 apple trees that were more like apple bushes. They'd never been pruned and in the past 2 years, we've only seen one apple. The trees came down. We also had 19 lilac bushes that were pretty ugly and scraggly that ran through the middle of our yard. It was a huge amount of work, and we knew we couldn't do it alone. We asked for some help from the Elders Quorum. We had about 10 men show up and one friend brought his backhoe. It made the work go so quickly. We started at 8 and most everyone was gone by 10:30.
These are just a few of the lilacs. They made an L shape across the front of our yard and then cut back on the east side of the house.
To the side of the house.
The backhoe made the work so much easier!!!
All the bushes are gone. It opens the space up so much.
Phase 2: We hired a company to put in the sprinkler system and plant some fruit trees. We put the sprinkler system in about half our yard. We also planted an apple tree and a plum tree. We want to add more fruit trees when we can afford it. We love the water spigot at our garden.
Phase 3: We got a beehive! It's very cool. The bees seem very docile and we've only had 1 sting. Clint got stung when we put the frames of bees in the hive. The bees are working hard and it's fun to watch them come back from foraging loaded with pollen. We should be able to harvest honey this fall.
Our yard looks completely different now. We're so excited about it and our future here.
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