Welcome Home Wednesday: Out Back

Our backyard! Photos taken November 2011

(above: back gate)

(above: view of our deck from back gate) 

 (above: our loverly, spacious shed) 

 (above: view of back yard from deck. note: poor, brown cedar...)

 (above: view of yard and little magnolia from left fence. LOVE the magnolia)

 (above: view from rear fence)

(above: view of side patio off dining room)



Out Back To Do List

• Pray that our beautiful big cedar is still alive - pretty please? Turns out it was NOT a cedar as we were told, but a balding cypress. Yay!
• Remove dead limbs from magnolia
• Clear rocks/pebbles from flower bed near rear gate Mostly...from our veggie garden anyway.
• Plant some veggies in bed by rear gate. We planted tomatoes and jalapeno last year. 
• Repair loose panels along rear fence
• Attempt to remove old fencework from rear left corner flower bed What we could anyway.
• Get soil  and fill holes in beds/yard
• Clean out rear flower beds completely
• Repair sprinkler system
• Clean out gutters (on neighboring house)
• Install lattice work to cover the underneath of shed and deck
• Sand and repaint deck
• Plant drought/butterfly/Texas friendly plants in flower bed (did this last year and we got an awful caterpillar infestation...so we need to do it again. SIGH)
• Remove large hooks from rear fence (What the heck are those for anyway?)
• Get a smaller smoker to replace our insanely huge one. Went with a propane grill instead, cause smoker flames make me nervous with our houses so close together.
• Have BBQ and Enjoy (lots)