Big progress / Minor mishap

No pics yet...but the progress is that the concrete was delivered today! It was poured late in the day so no walking/rolling on the sidewalk until tomorrow night. It's so new and shiny...I want to touch it...but alas, no.

The mishap was the concrete truck pulling down our neighbor's cable line! I went ahead and called it in for him from work so he could get in the queue, but the earliest they can get to it is tomorrow. So no cable TV for Mr. Roland tonight. In return he let his dog loose and the contractor had to chase it out of our yard before it ran through the fresh concrete! Arg!

Azaleas-a-blooming!

The Azalea bushes from the November '08 Landscaping job are BLOOMING! I'll take some more pics of the other plants soon, but these are too pretty to ignore at this point.

Some Pics from the iPhone

Here are some pics from my iPhone. DH didn't get around to taking any pics and now it has snowed and you can't see the changes very much.

We're really happy with how it turned out!

Early Birds...

Okay, no pics AGAIN today because the workers showed up at 7:15 am and started putting in the PLANTS!!! I think they are trying to get it all done by TODAY! They had a truck load of river rock sitting in the front yard, ready to go. It looked like they had almost all of the plants in place when we finally left for work. I wish it wasn't going to be dark when we get home tonight...we'll have to wait until tomorrow to see the full results. I can hardly wait!

The Plan!

Here's the "Landscaping Plan" as drawn by the Landscaper, Phil Klemme. DH didn't have time to get pics this morning but we will try to get some tomorrow.

It's Begun!

The landscaping crew started today. They've already torn out the scallop cement edging and are removing all the old plants and debris. DH will try to get pics in the morning. I will also post "the plan" picture tonight.

Survey Says...

The surveyors came! Now we have 6 tall wooden stakes in our yard with little orange ribbons flapping in the breeze denoting the boundaries. DH spoke with our neighbors to let them know we were planning to fence the backyard...the boundary at one point is within 2 feet of their house so I'm not sure how well that is going to work as far as fencing. May have to move in a bit to make it reasonable.

Our other neighbor will probably be out there to move the stakes around, he's a bit old & crotchity like that! Plus we've had a few recent issues with his new dog and when I spoke to him about it he got mean and nasty....but hopefully things will work out.

"Dig Right" hase been by to mark the location of underground cables and pipes for the lanscaping crew. The crew should start this coming Tuesday. I still need to post...the "plan". DH will take a photo of it tonight.

Before Landscaping...

Here is the ugliness that is our current planting areas....we need help!




Overgrown mess! Can't wait to get this ripped out.

More renovation coming soon...

Yes folks, after a bit of a hiatus we're back to improvement-ville. I will post some before pics really soon...well as soon as DH takes them, processes them, and gives them to me!

Anyhow, we're having a boundary survey done, deck stairs are in the plan, as well as some chain link fencing...but the biggest change will be the improved grade and some landscaping in the front of the house! Now I know that late fall is probably not the "best" time for this sort of thing but...you do what you can. We're going for a low maintenance design, with some suggestions for improving drainage from the landscaper. ETA in the next 30 days so that will be exciting!