Standing in the shop looking out before...
Same view, before...
After the driveway to the shop was cleaned up!
Standing in the shop looking out towards the well into the driveway area before with all those weeds!
After! All the weeds got pulled or raked up and into a pile to be burnt!
Much better driveway/parking area!
Then for fun I really wanted to mark these walk way and driveway areas because it always felt odd that it was all just wide open, no shape or definition to the area. I did this purely for fun and for me to see visually if what I had in my head (and on paper) would look right in person. So I used black spray paint to create these lines. The picture above are the two lines around 4 tall trees, 5 pomegranate trees and the entry gate to the front yard. In the future I hope to a permanent border, water lines ran from the well and flowers and bushes filling this area inside the trees!
This is a shot of the two mature mesquite trees framing the shop that I love so much! For the longest time I've been envisioning a hammock between those two trees as a wonderful reading spot! I wanted to keep the walk way to the shop and the backyard gate open (as you can see by the lines) but have this rounded outline that compliments the canopy of both trees. So when I do put in the permanent border it will be in this shape and inside it will probably be mulch or something soft, other than just dirt.
This is the well and pump that sits right in the middle of the yard. Where I'm from well pumps have adorable little pump houses! Although I'm sure their primary function is coverage and preventing weather and sun damage, I also just think they're super adorable. So the goal here is to eventually have a Pump House that looks like a tiny 4x4 little shed with a door and window, maybe even shutters. Just something that covers this but looks cute. And the Pump House will have a few bushes around it.
This is a view of when you pull up the driveway and you're facing the house but you look to the right, there is a big gate over there that goes into the open field. The gate needs to be repaired but I imagine one day when I'm using that field for horses or cows that having a gate on this side will be beneficial so I want to make sure that when I redo the driveway there is a pre-planned option to GO that way, as well as to the left to go to the house and shop.
Next blog post is about moving day!! Yay!
XoXo,
Elizabeth
