Spring is here and so is our garden!!

Hello everyone! We are back. There has been a number of changes since we last posted. One of the biggest and best milestones however was that the State approved our house as a certified historic rehabilitation!! We met our biggest goal!! It was certainly no easy task and it was filled with little speed bumps every step of the way. Thanks again to all of those who supported us along the way. Now all that is left is to get the upstairs apartment rented!

So enough said.. here are the latest pictures.


The final shots of the FINISHED Bathroom...
We love our curb-less shower!!

Progress shots of the railing install  & paint job on the deck.. Oh my this took a while. The redneck down spout has actually already been replaced too. Just not in these shots. We are already using our new deck at least once a week for BBQs. We are looking for a small bistro set for out here now. 

And with the spring weather we couldn't resist starting our backyard... so we put our upstairs apartment on hold for a couple weeks. We started the backyard by clearing the left side. building a small retaining wall, raising the flower bed, adding in rocks for drainage, and topped it off with an assortment of flowers. 

Before...

 During...

 We've since added a 2nd rain barrel to support the water flow from the roof...

Ben's already enjoying the garden view... Study time :)

Then we tore out all the grass on the right side, enlarged the garden with the tree, planted more veggies and flowers from seed, put down a few levels of gravel & sand, then layed 1 ton of blue ridge flag stone leaving room for ground cover to fill in the cracks.

Now that its getting warm, I can tell we will be spending a lot more time out in our backyard. Next up we will finish our upstairs apartment, build a shed, and finally a privacy fence. We're getting down to the super small stuff and we are starting to get out and enjoy our lives more with camping, kayaking, cycling, swimming, and of course family and friends. Stay tuned we are getting there!