We get Spring Fever at our house during this time of year. Last year was our first Spring in our new home and we did a lot of work in the yard (though you'd never think so just looking at it). And that work cost us a bit of cash. We had a Sprinkling system installed in the front yard, a fence put up, a playground built, garden boxes built and installed, etc.
So this Spring we're trying to do as much free landscaping as possible. We spent last weekend doing this:
Planting several starts that came from a neighbors Pussy Willow tree. Cost = $0
Laying down wood chips where we once had weeds. The wood chips came from an overgrown tree in our back yard. Cost = $0 (the wood chipper we rented ended up being free of charge!)
And we planted several irises that came from my mom's yard. And some of those came from the house where I grew up. Cost = $0
Next we hope to find a use for all of the old bricks we keep digging up in the back yard (we are pretty sure our house sits where an old masonry once was...and the bricks we keep finding are the "rejects" from the masonry.) We also have dozens of logs that we don't know what to do with!
Overall cost for some curb appeal:
FREE
Planting several starts that came from a neighbors Pussy Willow tree. Cost = $0
Laying down wood chips where we once had weeds. The wood chips came from an overgrown tree in our back yard. Cost = $0 (the wood chipper we rented ended up being free of charge!)
And we planted several irises that came from my mom's yard. And some of those came from the house where I grew up. Cost = $0Next we hope to find a use for all of the old bricks we keep digging up in the back yard (we are pretty sure our house sits where an old masonry once was...and the bricks we keep finding are the "rejects" from the masonry.) We also have dozens of logs that we don't know what to do with!
Overall cost for some curb appeal:
FREE
How fun!
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