The Lawn: Nearing Completion

With the trees down, we could get down to moving around dirt. We moved dirt from the hill in the back yard into the front yard. This allowed us a build a retaining wall in the back and create some flat space, as well as build up the front yard a bit.

Just a reminder, this is what the hill looked like before we started the project:


The temporary hill created by carving into the big hill. We had no idea how much dirt this would be...



Where the wall will eventually go...



The flattened back yard, with a swail to direct water away from house and down the side of the property.


The front yard with a whole lot more dirt on it. Now the land is as high as the driveway...remarkable! Notice the silt fence; the source of much wasted time and money and "discussions" with the city.