I realized, I never blogged about our yard, even though we planned it right after we bought the land.
I haven’t found a good, free yard planning program yet, so I just used the free one I planned our house with (http://www.sweethome3d.com/ – btw, I can highly recommend it. After all, according to our house building company, I did a better job with it, then our architect ever did 😉 ).
It will be a very, very long time, before the yard is going to be done (because, let’s face it, we’re broke 🙂 ), but this is what the goal is. We will work on it step by step, and at one point it will end up like this: (please note that all measurements are only ideas at this point as we have to see what things will look like once we moved in, so the patio or fire-sandbox, etc. can be adjusted in size). But the plants and general layout is what it will really end up being. I apologize for the Germany/English mix. This is a picture of personal notes, and it’s what we do when we brainstorm 😉
It should be pretty self-explanatory, but here’s some pictures and explanations to go with it:
– The dark green line all around the front and back yard is intended for mixed flowers. It’s going to be a thing line of dirt that I will put random flower mixes in so we always have some colorful blooming stuff in front of our fence.
– The “Trockenfluss” in the front and back yard will have a bridge and a variety of big and small grasses and will be something like this:
–  “Barfusspfad” for the kids will be something they can walk on barefoot to feel different kinds of ground (quite a bit smaller of course 😉 ):
– “Hasen” next to the garage is because they girls are begging for dwarf bunnies which they may or may not get eventually when we move in 😉 It’s nice to know there’d be room for them. 😉
–  Trampoline: ….. because we have 3 kids. They need it 😉
– “Kraeuter” is going to be my herb garden.
– “Insektenhotel” – to keep the bugs out of our yard:
– Sandbox and fireplace will be something like this: Sandbox for the kids by day, fireplace to stick your feet in the sand and night for the adults
(This is the picture we got the idea from, ours will look very different though).
– Raised veggie bed (for different veggies each year) will be something like this:
– Big LED balls, color changing
– Trees in the top left corner: Don’t worry neighbors 😉 We are planning to get tiny, miniature trees (about 1 – 1,50m tall only).
– Â There is a “Scent area” next to the grill that will have lavender, curry, eucalyptus, etc all kinds of stuff that smells good and is supposed to keep mosquito away in summer.
– Spring flowers will be put randomly all over the yard to grow through the snow in early spring. We are totally copying this from our neighbors (with their permission 😉 ).
