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Project Backyard

We bought the house few years ago. And then we put all of our money into finishing the interior. Never had time to work on the backyard. But that changed in 2018. Here's "Project Backyard" and our progress.

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Day 1,688
Mounting
All four sail mounts screwed in. Unfortunately storm came right before we were ready to hang the sail. And doing that during the storm did no...
Day 1,689
Success!
Well, it looks like we did it. The #sail is up. Now we're waiting for the whole sundeck to fly away one day.
Day 1,695
Golden hour
Did some fertilizing in the #backyard. Everything looks good during the #goldenhour. I really like the #colorcontrast in this one.
Day 1,696
Drums!
New #hobby I guess. The sundeck looks like a stage. And the #goldenhour is perfect time to give a little concert for the beavers.
Day 1,707
Little Gardner
Watering mom's plants during the golden hour. I'm so proud.
Day 1,710
Mowing
Mowing the lawn during the #goldenhour.
Day 1,714
Mowing
How to turn a 20-minute chore into 45-minute labor? Get a kid to help you. Just kidding. We both had fun.
Day 1,723
Watching
After 7 years of parking in mud we finally decided to #build a proper driveway in front of the house. 👍 Since we don't have a tv, Wiktor spen...
Day 1,730
Hello!
A #stork casually visiting our messy backyard.
Day 1,746
Golden hour fun
Spent a nice family afternoon in the #backyard. Shot some really nice pictures during the #goldenhour. I almost regret we can only pos...
Day 1,758
Backyard
Working on another lawn behind the house. Takes so much time. But the satisfaction will be huge. I guess that qualifies for #theme-cold-drink...
Day 1,759
Working
He tried really hard, but the #barrow did not move.
Day 1,761
Tomatoes!
Our own tomatoes! Made some huge progress with Project Backyard over the weekend.
Day 1,773
Blur
Planted the hedge on the other side of the house today. Feeling productive. That was one of the last things on this year's Project Backyard to-do...
Day 1,776
Tomato!
A tomato from our own garden. Harvested by accident. #theme-holding
Day 1,781
Driveway
The #driveway is done. I finished it this weekend. Now it's just waiting for some good looking #cars to park there. Fortunately, every now an...
Day 1,784
Burning window
A lot of noise and keystoning in this one. But I like the color contrast.
Day 1,800
Magnolias
#Trees I've planted few weeks ago. Still alive. #streakpic #nature #sky #lookingup
Day 2,008
First
The very first pint of beer in the backyard this season. Did some yard work outdoors today. Felt good.
Day 2,009
Ouch
Bad photo of a bad looking lawn. It looks awful after the winter. And it looks even worse after I did the scarifying. But after raking all the de...
Day 2,023
Fibi on fire
We had our first #fire this season. And it was good. #badframing #badcropping #fibi
Day 2,024
The lawn
Looks better. Much better than two weeks ago: https://tookapic.com/photos/787212, but still a lot of work to get it to its' best shape. For n...
Day 2,039
Saved
I think I managed to save the lawn. If you look at the shape it was just a month ago: https://tookapic.com/photos/787212 - the progress is prett...
Day 2,069
Roar!
This is not a cry. That's a shout of victory. Not sure what the source of such an excitement was, but I like the pic anyway.