Landscaping Progress: Now with grass!

You might ask youself - if you happen to follow this blog on a regular basis - what happend with the lawn. We had 3 days of great progress (and accompanying posts) which ended with the post on day 4 called... nope... 'We have Shrubbery!' Then it got a little warm. Couple of days well into the 90s F/ 30s C was not ideal for putting in the grassy part of the lawn. Couple that with an official drought we seriously thought about putting in a rock garden, Arizona-style... ;-)

Fortunately, the heat wave passed and earlier today we finally got our grass put in. Last week we did put down the grass seed for the back yard, covered it with straw and left it at that. In the front we opted for sod for that immediate 'pop'.

Here's a little history of the lawn progression

Before we build the house...

When we moved in...

Before it was graded... Green, but through weeds...

Graded, just before the shrubs went in...

With the shrubs...

And now finally, four months and five days after we moved in, we can declare that our landscape is done. Now the watering will start to see if we can keep it looking nice...

Voila, Casa de Jong! Now with green in Green!

Thanks to Mike from Sweat Equity Landscaping and our amazing neighbors for their assistance. We couldn't have done it without you.