Below are the “before” pictures…

Then we rented a “Barreto” Tiller to tear up the dirt and grass. This thing [...]]]> The project that will never end…our back yard…has seen some significant progress over the last week. A project that began on June 14, 2009…has finally, more or less, come to completion. Yes…it’s taken us six months…embarrassing, I know.

Below are the “before” pictures…

Then we rented a “Barreto” Tiller to tear up the dirt and grass. This thing was no joke…designed by a guy in Seattle who was annoyed that he couldn’t get a tiller that would break up the clay in his back yard. Even this beast had difficulty…not because of the dirt but due to the bolders we found in the dirt.

We didn’t get back to the project until September…that’s when we ordered our supplies and built our first bed.  Maria thought they were very fun and enjoyed playing on them.

We have attempted to get out and work on the beds a number of times…but it never seemed to get done. With a whole week of time off of work left, we committed ourselves to getting the project done.  Once the beds were done, we started installing the dirt…I ordered up 6 cubic yards of dirt.  Today as we entered the home stretch, even Maria got into the action; at Lowe’s I found a “Maria Sized” shovel, rake and hoe!

At this point we probably have 1 cubic yard left in our driveway and I’m starting to think that we probably need 4 more to finish off the beds and maybe a 5th to refresh the beds in our front yard. Ugh…more dirt moving.  But at least the back is starting to look “done” and definitely on it’s way to completion. Here’s a few pictures to compare from the “before” pics.

So that was our New Years Eve week in the dos Remedios family.  No wild parties…instead…Backyard.  We’ll have to figure something out for next year to make up for it!