Earlier back yard

Here are a couple of photos of my back yard as it looked last September ... tiny bit of grass; my wonderful, gorgeous trees; lots of weeds! Later in the fall, the area seen through the two darker trees (just left of center in the first picture) was planted and the grass area extended on both sides, but not filling up the whole weedy area all the way to the back fence.

I knew what I wanted to do almost from the very beginning with this yard, but I also knew it would probably cost a bundle and would have to be done in stages. Slowly, slowly it's getting done!