Patio Expansion

Hi everyone! Today, I would like to share a project, our patio expansion project.

The builder put in a rather small patio, which is not big enough for our family, so we are literally….bursting at the seams!

We have lots of projects going on right now. Our lot is just under 5 acres. When we purchased this house, our lot was pretty much being taken over by Blackberry bushes. We have cleared a good 3 acres of our property and are now trying to develop the land and grade it. It’s a huge undertaking and the more you clear, the more you have to maintain, it’s a tricky balance.

So, please excuse the dirt piles in the distance, lol! Hydroseeding is up next, too!

See, this patio barely fits our patio sets. We need lots of seating.

The patio installation begins in 3 weeks, and to save money, the concrete company told us if we could scrape the grass (with our tractor) and dig down about 5-6 inches that would mean huge savings for us since doing that it so labor intensive.

We mapped out the size of the patio we want and began digging with the tractor.

Here is the other side of the patio, it’s going to be HUGE! The other outline you see is where I am going to have a raised flower bed.

Many people think you need to pull the grass up before you lay the dirt down, but it’s not necessary. The grass will die under the darkness of dirt. Occasionally, the grass will grow through, if it does, just hit it with some weed spay….it will die!