Its funny how you convince yourself by watching others do things on TV that you can do it too. Thats the way Ive been the past few years until my wife told me I was either going to do something with the yard or she would hire someone to do it. I decided I better get cracking!

We cut back considerably and saved enough money to hire a landscape design firm that helped us get some good ideas. They knew we only wanted their help with ideas and that we wanted something we could feasibly do together with family and friends. My brother-in-law suggested this and I cant tell you how glad we were once we did the consult!

In the beginning of the process he just listened to what we wanted when it was completed and designed a yard that had everything we had asked for. The stone patio was the most difficult but we pulled it off with a couple of days of help from some friends. Other than needing quite a bit of help with this we did everything else ourselves.

We had looked at some of the things we would like to incorporate into the yard and he came back with a great idea, find them in kit form; so we did. What we didnt realize is all but one of the ones we loved were in kit form already so the only one we had to find that wasnt was a pergola. The arbor and garden furniture all came ready to put together and install.

Its amazing how many options there are for flowerbeds. We went with raised garden beds for a couple of reasons; they can be put anywhere and theyre really pretty and easy to care for. The plus was they also came in kit form and was a breeze to put together.

While my wife loves the garden and all the knickknacks she has bought for it and the yard, I love the grill and shed. We have decided that its best to scope out what we like and make that our own personal domains.

The one thing we both love is our new Rion 8 x 12 Hobby Greenhouse. I was shocked by how easy this was to put up and get ready for plants. Again, it was a kit and was pre drilled. It took hand tools to get it together and we were lucky to have an old garage slab to place it on and it looks fantastic!

Theres nothing like going out in the early morning on the weekend and sitting on the patio sipping a cup of coffee and reading the newspaper. Then brining out the laptop and doing a little surfing; having lunch with my wife and just enjoying the afternoon and finishing off with a nice grilled dinner. We have created the yard of your dreams and are having a blast.

What Goes into a Great Yard? is a post from: The Grow Garden

Its funny how you convince yourself by watching others do things on TV that you can do it too. Thats the way Ive been the past few years until my wife told me I was either going to do something with the yard or she would hire someone to do it. I decided I better get cracking!

Luckily I knew someone from a local organization that was an experienced landscape designer and my wife agreed to use part of the money we had saved to hire him. Since we wanted to do most of the work ourselves, he helped us by creating a design that we could pull off with some help from friends and family.

After taking the time to listening to us he came back with a very simple plan where we were able to accomplish almost 90% of the work ourselves without a hitch. Laying the patio blocks and getting them even and right was the most difficult thing we had to do and thankfully, we had some much needed help that day.

The way he designed everything was around kits that we could purchase and put together ourselves. This was great because we got to do the shopping and ordering once we found what we liked and the kits came ready to put together and put up. We were able to get a pergola, a couple of benches and an arbor that my wife just loves.

Its amazing how many options there are for flowerbeds. We went with raised garden beds for a couple of reasons; they can be put anywhere and theyre really pretty and easy to care for. The plus was they also came in kit form and was a breeze to put together.

While my wife loves the garden and all the knickknacks she has bought for it and the yard, I love the grill and shed. We have decided that its best to scope out what we like and make that our own personal domains.

The one thing we both love is our new Rion 8 x 12 Hobby Greenhouse. I was shocked by how easy this was to put up and get ready for plants. Again, it was a kit and was pre drilled. It took hand tools to get it together and we were lucky to have an old garage slab to place it on and it looks fantastic!

I now look out over our beautiful yard at the flowers and vines crawling up the trellises, the beds starting to bloom and vegetables peeking trough the soils and realize what a great yard I have; one to be extremely proud of and we did the majority of it ourselves. Now all we have to do is enjoy it!

Steps to a Great Yard is a post from: The Grow Garden