If you haven’t see the progress of our yard yet, start first with this post and this post.
After a few very busy month with little work done in the yard, work began big time the week after Christmas. It was one of the coldest weeks of the year (for us San Diegians) but Max had taken time off of work so he and Aston bundled up to get things done! This is what the backyard looked like as of Christmas.
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| Soon to be location of the garden boxes. |
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| Soon to be location of the orchard. |
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| Soon the be location of trees and the pumpkin patch. |
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| Soon to be location of the pumpkin patch and that huge barrel is our well. |
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| Soon the be Chicken Coop aka Cluckingham Palace! |
Monday, Decemeber 29th, Maxwell rented a “big scoop” as Aston says. It was delivered and work began on the land that would soon become the orchard and pumpkin patch. If you remember before, the yard prior to us buying it was used as a contractors parking lot and storage site so the ground was very hard a punched down. It was going to be very difficult for Maxwell to dig in to get the soil ready so this was the best option to get what he needed done in a short amount of time!
Aston had a blast watching daddy cut down the trees and loved wearing the helmet and gear that came with the chainsaw.
These are the after pictures of when the trees were mostly cleared out of the dirt all dug up and ready.
Can you spot Aston watching the tree guys dump mulch and mulch up our wood pile?
