Hoxsie House Backyard Transformation

 

This is a project I have been hoping to do for a very long time. I have stared at the dirt and weeds in the backyard for a few years now and I am ever-so-thrilled that Tony finally got on board with me for this project. And to be honest, he has done a majority of the work with it as you will see from this post. Keep reading to find out what we've done so far!

From that to this - a big and better difference! Tony turned up all the dirt and then stomped it down with a tamper he rented locally. We try to borrow or use what we have but that was something we were definitely not going to buy and we were not certain of anyone who might have one. We rented it for 24 hours and got the job done.

After tampering, we laid down billboard vinyl tarp we had purchased in Las Vegas via Facebook Marketplace.  We used cement bricks to hold it down since Ridgecrest is often windy.

We found some artificial turf scraps on Facebook Marketplace in San Diego so we went down and they were loaded into a trailer some friends let us borrow. They still had some infill in them so Tony power washed all the pieces after he cut them and then hung them on the fence to dry.

You can see all the black pieces of dirt/sand being washed out and piling on the ground under the grass.

Tony cut all the pieces of grass to 4x4 sizes and laid them out so we could know what to expect / how it might look.

Some of the pieces had tears but Tony ordered some special tape and was able to patch any problem areas.

Originally, we had planned to just do this left side of the yard where our garden boxes and firepit had been. But we had enough to start going down along the fence behind the she-shed.

We got stakes online meant for turf grass and staked them down throughout each piece.

So this is where things are currently at. Partially finished and more to do! It's great looking out to the left of the yard and seeing some green. We will cut an area for the firepit to be built back up and we are planning to do a bucket garden this year and are collecting buckets for that. I am not certain if we will keep the buckets on the patio or out on the grass. 

Other things I'd like to do:

 - 2 posts for a hammock

- make a smaller size version of Seven Magic Mountains

- Some fun murals on the fence for posing with for my Sunday style outfits

- Corn hole game

What else should we do or add? Leave me a comment and tell me what you think!