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I moved into my house in 2015, and life conspired to delay us landscaping my 
back yard until now. First, a layoff, then long job search, a change in 
jobs, then Covid and having 2 elevated decks gave us enough space to get by, 
andmade the backyard a low priority. Finally, we had a windfall and decided 
to go ahead with the yard.

The first step was leveling out 2/3rd of the yard - we had a 2 1/2 foot 
difference between the house and the edge of the property. My landscaper 
created a slide out of plywood and scraps of wood left over from a fence he 
took down to bring layers of rocks, sand, and gravel down a long stairway 
down from street level to the garden.

We have a 20x20 foot section of gravel and pavers, a 20x20 foot section of 
fake grass for the kids to play on, and the rest is unfinished. We're 
planning on planting dune grass and some indigenous plants (we're on the 
california coast), laying down some flagstone I was given, and this summer 
we have a prefab shack coming that'll be furnished as a little reading nook.

There's an apple tree that needs some pruning, and an avocado tree. We're 
planning on bringing in an arborist to check them out. We bought a little 
lime tree at Home Depot, those three trees could cover half of my caloric 
intake!

We've put up an interior fence along our retaining wall, the neighbor has a 
beat-up fence that we share and had no interest in maintaining it. We also 
wanted some privacy, and because of the slope of the yard, the property line 
fence provided none. I found some prefab fence panels on clearance for half 
of what I wanted to spend, and was quite happy - they came washed to match 
our house and look nice.


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