The Backyard, Area A - An Update

When we last left off with Area A, we had just put down some grass seed and we were crossing our fingers that it would take.  Well, low and behold it has!

We have grass!

The Backyard, Area A

Area A.
Might as well be called Area 51, because we had no idea what was going on in here. 

The Backyard, Area D

Area D. 

This spot wasn't too bad.  There was another load of lave rock, about 50 more large flat rocks, and a bunch of weeds that needed to be pulled; but for the most part, it just needed some love.  And then there was that random electrical safety situation to deal with. 

The Backyard, Area C

As I mentioned in the previous post, Area C was my nemesis.  This area is right outside the Converted Porch, so we assume the previous owners wanted to create a landscaped focal point in their backyard.  We could tell that they put a lot of work into this feature and it was not easy to disassemble; but it definitely needed to be.  This area featured a fake pond, surrounded by large flat stones, lava rocks, two fountains or bird baths (they were so damaged that we couldn't be sure) and some sort of large bush that was becoming a tree. They also had electricity running to the pond area that powered some in-ground lights and possibly one of the fountains.  At one point I'm sure it was nice, but at this point in time it had become unsafe. 

The Backyard, Area B

I'm going to go a bit out of order from the picture showing the areas of work in the previous post. After clearing out big trash items such as loose fence posts, pipes, piles of old wood, garden stakes, random flower pots, and broken lawn chairs, we were able to start focusing on specific areas. We started out with Area B due to the fact that it was covered in Poison Ivy. 

The Backyard, Part II

In the previous backyard post I gave you a highlight of the general areas of clean up and told you how we filled a dumpster to the brim with junk that we pulled out of the backyard.  In this post I wanted to give some details of exactly what we were dealing with.

Here's an aerial shot of the farmhouse and yard from the county website.

As you can see, there is a lot of stuff, so needless to say, we knew there was some serous cleanup that needed to happen. As we got to work, we couldn't believe our eyes, at almost every turn, we came across something that had obviously been in its current place for years, and possibly decades in some instances. 

The Backyard

Since we decided to accept a renter for the farmhouse, we agreed to move our focus to cleaning up the farmhouse.  Our first order of business was to rent a dumpster. The previous owners did a great job of clearing out the house -inside there wasn't a single thing they left behind for us to move out. 


The garage and yard (specifically the backyard) were a different matter. 

The Farm House, Part II

So, now that we've seen the inside of the house, lets talk about our plans for the farmhouse.  Our plans have evolved as time has gone on.

The Farm House, Spring 2017

The Farm House

This house started out as a 1953 Redman New Moon Trailer.  And I'm learning that it was a pretty nice trailer to have back in the 50's.