Show and Tell Friday - Before and After Our Back Yard

BEFORE - 2004

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I have posted photos of our back yard with our new screened in porch and deck previously.  Now I thought I would show you what it looked like when we moved in and before we built the new porch and deck.

The old wooded deck was built by the previous owners.  It was in horrible shape - warped badly, screws and nails popping, rails loose - and just plain ugly.  You couldn't walk on it in bare feet.  The only good feature was the nice large size.  The old deck had one of those roll up awnings  - which didn't work very well if there was any wind and when the sun set there was no shade at all.  We moved in to our home in January 2000 and this photo was taken in 20004 just after we had the Serviceberry tree planted next to the deck.  The tree looks like a big bush here in the before photo.

AFTER - 2010 - same view today six years later

BEFORE - 2004 - Serviceberry tree and one of  “little” Leyland Cypress evergreens to the right

BEFORE - 2004 - we planted six Leyland Cypresses - our back yard is  very narrow - that is our neighbor’s garden.  The River Birch tree hasn't been planted yet.

BEFORE - 2006 - River Birch tree planted in front of growing Leyland Cypress evergreens 

BEFORE - 2004 - the Leyland Cypress evergreens planted just inside our property line.

AFTER - 2010- same view today - those Leyland Cypress evergreens grow 3 to 4 feet per year!

BEFORE - 2004 - looking down  our back yard  property (just planted Leyland Cypress evergreens) line to our side yard  which goes all the way back to the big trees .  Our side yard is pie shape and  is the largest part of the yard.

AFTER - 2010- same view today - the back yard is totally private!  That's our River Birch tree in front of the Leyland Cypress Evergreens.  The white bark shows up beautifully in winter.  

After - 2010 - our view today ... our new porch is three years old now!  

We  designed the new screened in porch and deck (it's a little bigger than the old wooden deck) with the two staircases but had professionals build it.  


Hope you enjoyed our Before and AFter Back Yard.  Our new porch is our pride and joy.  We love sitting out here .  Thanks for visiting me!

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