Big Piles of Dirt

50 yards of topsoil and 50 yards of compost. That's 5 dump trucks full of each. What little boy wouldn't want to play in this? Boyd and the guys are down for a couple of weekends to layout the borders, spread the topsoil, compost, and mulch, and install bluestone patios. I already sprayed Round-Up on everything to kill the expanse of weeds mostly - there wasn't really much grass. I'll winterseed just before the first snowfall and hope we can grow a decent lawn next year.
Tentative plan is much like at our previous house. Boyd draws up the plan and does all the hard work, then drops off plants for us to take all the glory!

We're also holding off with much of the planting. We'll be doing a lot of work on the exterior next spring and don't need new plants in the way of the scaffolding. We'll start with plants in the beds along the wall, etc. Then we can do the foundation plantings after the dental molding, windows, porch, and tuck-pointing is done.