Landscaping - Trial & Error

This weekend was our first major foray into landscaping. Our yard is a bizarre shape and not level, plus the grass was dying and we weren't keen on wasting water on a lawn.

Before pics of the backyard...

Slope in the far left corner.











Sidewalk and porch.











We are going to try xeriscaping and have dug up most of the grass and tilled the yard to have more of a blank slate.

So far we made a small rock border to help terrace the biggest slope in the back yard. We also brought in extra dirt and moved dirt around from the other area of the yard to help fill in that section.















More exciting is our first plant bed.