When someone asks me how my weekend was, or wants to know how I've been spending my time, I invariably will talk about our Big Project in the backyard.
When we first moved into our new house, the front, back, and side yards were all very overgrown, a sure sign of neglect combined with the fact that plants in Florida are capable of explosive growth in the year-long Florida growing season.
One of the most overgrown areas was in our back yard, of which twenty feet or so were taken up by a large concrete pond. We decided to remove the pond for three reasons, the most pressing of which was the fact that we have a two-year-old and couldn't take the risk of her drowning.
I decided to do the work myself, and so went out and bought a 10 pound sledgehammer and a crowbar. One month later, after quite a bit of sweat equity and some help from Shawn and my dad, I had completed the job.
When we first moved into our new house, the front, back, and side yards were all very overgrown, a sure sign of neglect combined with the fact that plants in Florida are capable of explosive growth in the year-long Florida growing season.
One of the most overgrown areas was in our back yard, of which twenty feet or so were taken up by a large concrete pond. We decided to remove the pond for three reasons, the most pressing of which was the fact that we have a two-year-old and couldn't take the risk of her drowning.
I decided to do the work myself, and so went out and bought a 10 pound sledgehammer and a crowbar. One month later, after quite a bit of sweat equity and some help from Shawn and my dad, I had completed the job.
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