Courtyard Project - DIY Makeover - Part One
This summer we undertook the courtyard project: cleaning-up and revitalizing the courtyard at my house. The planters were disgusting, overgrown in areas, dirt in others, Lantana running amok, plants that attacked you as you walked through the front gate. It was awful.
The picture doesn’t really show how bad the plants had gotten, but you can get some kind of an idea. The Bamboo and Jasmine had grown way out over the walkway making you feel like you were entering a dangerous jungle of spiderwebs and who knows what.
We started by cutting off the Heavenly Bamboo (the first week left us with sticks poking up out of the ground about waist-high). Then, we took electric clippers to the Night Blooming Jasmine hedge and ripped it out, and finished pulling out the stumps from the Heavenly Bamboo, before tackling the Lantana!
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What a big undertaking. I hope you are happy with the results.
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Thanks, Douglas. It is an ongoing project... LOL. I posted part two: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/patios/courtyard-project-diy-makeover-part-two-5243774 So far, we are extremely happy with ho it ig turning out. :)
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