Landscaping…Day 25 (evening report)

Jay and his landscaping crew set the last pavers in the breezeway patio and finished up most of the planting in the back yard. The first two photos show the breezeway patio and dog run after after they finished up the paver edges. They will build the limestone trail up to the pavers after the dog run is complete.

The paver edge in the dog run area is pictured below. Jay now has to start the somewhat complicated process of finishing the dog run that includes installing the fence posts, building up the limestone base, fitting the rubber membrane, installing the plastic floor tiles, and covering it all with K9 Grass.

The next seven photos make up a photographic tour of the new back yard plantings. The first two show the back yard from the garage wall to the power pole. Taken together you can see the low-mow turf area that goes through the middle of the space with mulched planting beds outside the plastic landscaping edging on each side.

 

Next a panoramic shot taken outside the basement walk-out door on the lower paver patio. Here we can see the plantings along the modular wall to the right and the new greenery climbing the boulder field hill to the left.

The next photo shows the view looking back toward the breezeway deck from the top of the boulder field hill. In this shot we see the new upper paver patio outside the breezeway and the plantings in the terrace between the modular walls as well as the lower patio and boulder field.

 

The next two panoramic photos continue our back yard tour to the West end of the house. In the first we see the new plantings as they crest the boulder field hill and spill across the back of the music room.

The second shows the front corner of the “L” Shaped House with new bushes, trees, and perennials in the planting bed that wraps around this end of the house and heads off across the front porch. The mulched beds filled with plants combined with the freshly painted siding and trim give this end of the house a nicely finished look.

And finally… Jay moved the temporary steps from the front of the porch to the East end where they now meet the limestone base for the front sidewalk. This new arrangement allowed me to park in the driveway and come in the front door…almost like we were living there. Exciting stuff!