What you could do with your new back
yard
By Andrea
Reynolds.
If your yard is big enough there are so
many creative things you can do with it. The yard in the
photo below came with a fence and gate, a 1.5 story heated
shed, a perennial garden around the perimeter with railroad
tie borders and a gravel patio. Based on this yard I
thought of 21 projects I could have created in this back
yard, which you could do with yours.
1. Put in an above-ground swimming pool
(if permitted).
2. Put in a running track around the perimeter.
3. Grow your own vegetables and herbs and either sell them
or dry them, freeze them, or can them.
4. Create a meditation garden with reflection pool. No more
grass cutting.
5. Create a hedge maze for your own enjoyment and
amusement.
6. Create a bird or butterfly sanctuary.
7. Plant a forest of Japanese Maple trees for shade to keep
your home cool, and privacy.
8. Create a wildflower garden for beauty and no more grass
cutting.
9. Create your own golf putting green or miniature golf.
10. Adopt a greyhound and let him run. Some dogs need a lot
of exercise.
11. Pave the lawn with stone and have a great patio for
entertaining.
12. Add a gazebo or pergola or awning for shade.
13. Build a children's playhouse or treehouse.
14. Grow an orchard of apple or peach trees.
15. Create a children's playground for your own kids or the
neighbors’ kids.
16. Make an ice skating rink in the winter for the
neighborhood kids.
17. Hold community-wide yard sales every weekend and make
some extra money.
18. Fill the yard with sand for your own beach.
19. Build an enormous, multi-level deck.
20. Create a serene Japanese garden as your oasis from
stress.
21. Create a labyrinth to walk from bricks or
stones.
©
Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2005-2008.
