Renovation #2: Conquering the Backyard

As a wedding present in the fall of 2006, my mom and dad helped Markus and I redesign and landscape the backyard. Originally it had a basic patch of grass and a few flowers beds/mounds of dirt around the perimeter of the the yard. We decided that we would tear out the existing sidewalk and replace with paving stones. As well, we would make a small area for grass and redefine the flower beds, eliminating some of the ones that were doing nothing. Finally we built brand new back steps to the back porch.

The following spring in 2007, my dad helped Markus and I design and build an overhang from the garage that would serve to define the patio space. That spring Markus and I planted Hops at each of the posts (thanks to Don Balas' advice), so we would have a vine growing up and over the overhang.

This is what the back yard looks like!