“When I bought my house,” Dwayne said, “I also purchased the property it sits on. The front yard. The back yard. The side yard. But we are never using this space. To be honest, I gave the kids hell about it. And they said you go out there and see how long you want to stay there.”
“Fair’s fair. I did as they asked. Front yard, boring. Ok, but maybe you expect that. Nobody’s really hanging out in the front yard.” Dwayne said. “But the back yard should be pretty all right. So around back I go.” He shook his head. “My backyard is so boring the grass doesn’t even want to grow there. It’s like a sandlot, but with weeds. The side yard’s not much better, but I also think there might be poison ivy over there? Long story short, I want a lawn I can enjoy and I really don’t have one. So what are my first steps?”
Putting Fun in the Yard: Backyard Transformations
We all have budgets and priorities, so when you’re working on upgrading the fun level in your landscape, you want to focus on the areas you’d like to use the most first. In this instance that Dwayne’s describing, this means turning the sandy, weedy backyard into a grassy lawn with an outdoor floating deck for barbecues and entertaining.
Getting a good lawn going from basically ground zero involves many complicated steps. For the fastest, most cost-effective route to green grass, work with your local lawn care service in Norwell, MA. They’re the experts who can help with things like soil analysis and augmentation, power seeding, fertilizers, pest control and more. They can help you choose the right type of grass for your property’s growing conditions as well as your lifestyle needs.
Think of the lawn as the background for all of the other fun features you can add to your lawn. If you’re primarily looking for a place to unwind and hang out with some friends from time to time, basically you add comfortable seating and maybe a fire pit to the scenario. If you’re more the elegant tea party with the book club sort of fun, add some flowering shrubs and perhaps a shade element like screen house or gazebo.
