Yard/Garden

I should probably put these in 2 separate posts, but they kind of go together.  We ended up pulling out our garden early so we could put topsoil and get the area hydroseeded and the curbing done so when we pulled out the tomato plants these are 2 of the plants we had:

They kind of reminded me of Christmas trees!  We had lots of green tomatoes so it was sad to throw the plants away, but there is always next year.  Obviously the plants were not all going to fit in the garbage can so Ryan stuffed them in the

 trunk and drove them down somewhere (I still am not sure who was lucky enough to inherit the plants).  It was pretty funny watching him drive off with them in the trunk, I don't think I would have thought of putting them in the car.  We also got some watermelon, but even though they were really big, they weren't ripe when we pulled the plants out, and we have had tons of squ

ash and peppers.  We even had some corn on the cob from the garden.  Luckily the cantaloupe plant was on the part that isn't going to be grass so we can continue to have that.  I am sure that was more than anyone wanted to know about our garden, but we were pretty excited that stuff actually grew!  

Alli was very helpful by playing in the wheel barrow one day while we moved and leveled the top soil.  I thought it was so cute, she was very interested in what I had put her in, but managed to stay clean and didn't eat the metal.  Never mind the fact that she is still in her nightgown, we were all looking a little rough by the end of this project!

So now the yard is finished!  So much work.  Ryan and I both hope we never have to do another yard, and if we do, I think it will be worth it to pay someone else!  It got hydroseeded yesterday! We had packed down the soil so it would be settled correctly so then we had to loosen the top so the seeds could take root.  All of a sudden we were running out of time so my "little" brother came and helped us finished up. Luckily we got it all done and Ryan re-smoothed it out and it all looks great.  Here is a picture after the curbing was done, and in a few weeks hopefully there will be grass!  

Ryan has worked so hard all summer and especially the past few weeks.  He did such a good job! The ground is all level, all the rocks are gone (also thanks to my brother Phil here for getting all the rocks into piles), the top soil spread out and leveled, the sprinkler heads capped off (I had no idea there were soo many steps in a yard or sprinkling system!!) and programmed. The sprinkler system works just like he hoped and there are even 50 heads (I didn't think there would be so many!), I am impressed that he could figure out how to do it all.  So just a little shout out to Ryan to say thanks for all your hard work, the yard looks fabulous!! I am so excited for next spring and summer when we will have flowers and Alli can play on the grass! I am also excited because our house won't be nearly as dusty!