Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Backyard Project

I love our home and detest our backyard. It slopes down and to the left so bad that when you plop a baby down to sit they do somersaults down the hill. We put my father-in-law to work when he arrived for what he thought would be a relaxing vacation in the Yukon. It is looking so much better already and we aren't even close to being done!

The backyard this spring. The picture doesn't show how horrible the slope is:

Planning their attack:

Measuring and putting in posts:

The backyard in progress!! And actually this is now outdated. Yesterday a bobcat arrived to fill in those areas.

Still so much to be done, but one day this will be the best backyard in the neighbourhood!

Pressure treated 4x6x14 lumber was used.
This section is going to be all for me and my gardening projects!!

The wall up on this section still needs to be built up a few more feet to match the grass section on the right. This will be the play area for the kids.
I will post more pictures as the project moves forward!

7 comments:

Morena said...

That's quite a project. Looks good so far!

Anonymous said...

Quite the undertaking! The wood makes a nice touch!

Trish said...

I don't know if it's going to be the best yard in the neighbourhood, maybe the town, or maybe even the Territory. It's going to look amazing!

Ann said...

It is looking fantastic. Can't wait to see it on Saturday.

Dianna said...

Wow! What a great project! I really need to visit Faro now! How long is Matt in Beaver Creek?

Anonymous said...

Curious if you have done any research into the pressure treated wood (ie. aresenic based pesticides). We would like to build a new fence, but I am currently avoiding this type of material.

Matt, Kara, Hunter and Cavan said...

Nope. No research done. We aren't overly paranoid people and honestly we have to go with what we can afford. Sure it would be nice if we could avoid all those items that someone or another deems to be harmful, but its not overly realistic.