Well, the photos really tell the story.... we decided to make a start on the front yard, so I hired a Dingo and dug up what was there to make room for some rocks. We just made a little flat area at the front of the garden bed, behind the path. Then we had the rocks delivered. The rocks are 'river mud rocks' and we ordered them from a local supplier called SoilWorx. They're very good... The price was excellent but on the downside, with this type of rock they only do bulk lots (minimum 1 cubic metre) and you can't pick out individual rocks. I described what I was after though and they were able to aim their big front end loader at the side of the pile that had mostly rocks that fitted the description I gave. So there is an element of chance to it, but in our case we did ok.
Once the rocks arrived, we had to put them in place... this was a little more difficult than I anticipated! The rocks were larger than I expected and the poor little Dingo just wasn't qite big enough for the job! But, with the help of a ratchet strap (which, predictably enough, eventually broke), I was able to drag them around and then push them into place. It was very difficult though, and probably not real good for the Dingo either!
It's obviously not finished.... Later today we will have some top soil delivered to fill out the garden bed behind the rocks, which will make it look a lot better! And of course, we need to put plants in there yet....
We've also made a start on the back yard. We've started to build the deck, which will cover pretty much the whole yard, leaving just a garden bed around the edges. Stacey's dad, Mick, is a carpenter by trade, so he's doing the deck for us. I'm helping.... but Mick is the one who knows what he's doing. We're very lucky to have Mick giving us a hand with this. I couldn't do it myself and paying someone to do all of this would cost a fortune!
I'll put up some more pics after this weekend, when more progress has been made, but here's the backyard at the moment:
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