My backyard overhaul journal

[Dez]

Next was digging LARGE holes for trees and planting trees. We ended up planting 11 trees and 2 large hydrangeas. There are still 3 more potted swedish aspens that we'll plant when the project is mostly done as we took a section of fence out so that I could get machinery in and out of the yard. The aspens will go against that fence once it's back in.

I had a machine to aid me in the digging


I had to make 4 holes this big


The tree company craning the trees in

[Dez]

Now for carpentry work. Have never built pergolas of any kind and there isn't much for cantilever style pergolas on the net, so here goes just taking it one step at a time.

Start with a pile of cedar


This shows my cedar posts and my beam for the deck to support the deck/bridge


This shows one of the pergolas and the start of the bridge, oh and the finished flagstone patio

[Dez]

This was not part of the plan, but as parents we felt bad that the kids swing had to go away so I built them a sandbox off to the side.

[The Grizz]

NICE!!! The design of the sand box will blend in very nice.: VERY COOL!