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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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