OK, so not so fun! The hydroseed did not work. We got weeds, weeds, and more weeds!
The hydroseed guys came back and took a look and said it needs to be ripped up and redone. We debated on doing sod at this point, but weighed the cost with the other projects we's still like to do and decided it would just be best to hydroseed again. They will come back and spray for again for free, we just had to get the yard ready for it.
It didn't work the first time because we didn't know that we needed to use Round-up on the yard to kill any weeds. There was weeds in the yard when they came and sprayed, we asked about them but they said it would be ok. The heat was probably a big factor too, we had a really warm July - lots of near 100 degree days! I think we are in a lot better time of year now to seed again!
They hydroseed guys let Mike use their tiller and tractor to smooth the yard; which also saved us a lot of money.
First Mike cut the weeds as short as he could with the mower. Then he sprayed the Round-up to kill all the weeds and any grass that did grow. We had to wait 10 days and last weekend, 8/20-8/21, Mike tilled up the yard and smoothed it out. Then he sprayed Round-up again to make sure everything that was tilled up is dead too. Now we wait another 7 days for them to come back and spray - they are coming on Monday, 8/29 - WISH US LUCK on round 2!!!
Tilling the yard
Tilled
Smoothing
Smoothed
I love my new desk!! We bought cabinets from Ikea and put a temporary counter on the top for a week or 2 until Mike could get help cutting the slab of granite. Zac came over and helped Mike cut 2 sides off the granite so it would fit just right. It turned out perfect and I can put all my scrapbook stuff in the cabinets!
Last weekend, 8/21/11, I used my new sewing machine on my new workspace and shortened the curtains!
When the baby comes he is going to share a room with Evan. We decided to add a little baby decor to the room by bringing back the Jeep border! It turned out really cute!
We finished the downstairs bathroom in July. I painted, Mike put in new trim, and we got a cabinet.
Before:
After:
In May Mike put up some shelves in the garage to put all his things. I painted one of the walls white and then the project stopped to work on the yard. Mike is now back at it, finishing up shelves, insulation, and sheeting on the walls. He did some electrical work yesterday, hung up lights on the outside of the garage, and now today is putting up the sheeting on the walls. When it is complete and maybe cools down a bit outside we will paint the walls white. He's so happy to be working on his garage again!! It's a total mess now until he can find a home for all of his things. That was the one bad thing about moving to a smaller house. I will post pics when it is complete!
There was river rock, mulch, and a couple lilac bushes along side the driveway when we bought the house. We took out everything and now it is ready for grass!
Before grass
After grass!
Since the yard is seeded we won't be walking in it and tracking dirt all over. I washed up the patio to get it ready to stain.
Washed
Stained
Here are some more pics of the backyard:
We plan on putting wood over the back steps to make them a little larger for getting in the back door and then putting a thin layer of concrete over the old broken up concrete by the steps to clean it up a little.
