Dog Haven

Over a year ago we bought a 1890 gable-roofed Victorian in desperate need of TLC, a lot of TLC. One of the big goals I had before the summer ended was to put sod in our backyard. You can't imagine the mess two Bernards can bring in the house after a few minutes in a backyard without grass, after a snow. I really wanted grass before winter. So in a couple weekend installments we fertilized; rented a cultivator, spread probably around 30 bags of manure, and the following weekend we laid 55 rolls of sod and this is these are our results and progress.
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In this area we are going to build a small retaining wall with concrete and recycled glass bottle bottoms. It will also have more plants and become a nice sitting area. This is one of the benches we saved from our wedding, J made them. They are 2x12 boards with aspen trees for legs, and stained blue/gray. They are so beautiful.