Octoberfest

Chris and I have an ongoing to-do list of outdoor projects to complete this fall. It's strange - it seems impossible that it could already be October, but at the same time we're beginning to feel our time to work outdoors this year is becoming numbered.

This has definitely been the summer of outside - we probably choose to forget, but only 6 months ago our backyard garden was an impassible jungle. This year we've added the patio and garden beds with sitting area, a privacy fence, a privacy hedge out back and new flowerbeds in both the front and back yards. We're loving every bit of it.

We began this weekend by framing in our bricked patio with landscaping edger stones. We went to one of our favorite places - House of Rocks in KCK, and stocked up on the gorgeous white rectangle stones, and put what we think is the perfect finishing touch around our garden bed area.







Then, we were finally able to mulch in our new trees as well.









Now we're rooting (bad pun, sorry) for the trees to dig deep and grow fast. Can't wait to see the progress next year.