Backyard Changes

I love our backyard. Its got a good amount of grass, and tons of trees that make for shady afternoons and evenings. However, our backyard needs some love. One of the biggest issues was the bamboo that was creeping in from our neighbors yard and the crappy section of fence that it was growing through. 

We ended up getting new neighbors in that house, and they asked us if we cared if they took down and replaced that section of fence and cut down all the bamboo, which was taking over about 6-7 feet of their backyard. Of course, we said we didn't care, and it has led to some big changes in the backyard.

I don't have real good "before" pictures, but you can tell from the bamboo behind the trees that it was a pretty effective border between the two yards. 

This is another "before". If you look along the right side of the picture, you can barely see the neighbors storage shed for the bamboo and plant overgrowth. 

Compared to now, where everything has been cleared out. 

This is looking down the former fence line. We still have a long way to go to kill the remaining bamboo, and it will probably require so much Round-Up that nothing will grow there for a while, but such is the price to pay to get rid of it. 

For our first summer in the house I am looking forward to enjoying our backyard/deck area and getting to know what we like and what we want as we look at rebuilding the deck and improving the backyard in the future.