Our Yard Before The Farming!

Just to give everyone an idea of what we started with.  A typical suburban backyard small and nothing special.  We will also try to post the approximate cost of our projects and the pros and cons after they were completed.  This is our third year living in the house and we have decided to make it ours.  It will be years before the housing market recovers so we have no plans on moving in the next 5 years.

Just a small 8'x8' concrete slab for a patio where we kept a small grill and some very old patio furniture the previous homeowner's left for us.  This was in the summer during a drought, lots of dirt.  In the rainier season our backyard was a mud pit.

 My hubby shooting his new bow. We live in a low density residential neighborhood and are legally allowed to shoot archery in our backyard.  At least we have called and talked with the police department and county clerk to see if there are any restrictions or laws against it and there are none.  As long as you're just target shooting.  Firearms use is prohibited of course but I suppose they don't really have a lot of people who practice archery to know if laws are needed or not.

Our first growing season! This is the back fence where we attempted to plant some privacy trees.  Found out the soil quality is really poor and the dogs don't help them thrive.