Our first online Total Backyard Transformation was one wet and messy backyard.
The client had a standing water issue in her backyard regardless of how much it rained. She had trees removed, hoping the sun would help dry up the rain quicker but the problem
was much more than that.
Backyard Drainage Problem
Step One
Work began promptly at 8am with the crew meeting to go over the entire project. The first step was to gather the stump grindings from the trees that were removed. These grindings were going to be recycled
at the end, an important part of Keystone's mission to save homewowner's money while helping the environment.
Step Two
Since the entire yard was being transformed for this drainage problem, Keystone needed a clean palate to work with which included digging up the forsythias on the side of the house. They decided they would
be better used elsewhere in the yard, giving them room to grow without blocking the side of the house. The palate was clean and ready for painting.
Step Three
The drainage problem needs to be resolved before installing the new patio and planting. A drainage well is dug behind the garage and lined with plastic, filled with stone to keep water away from the garage
foundation. Plastic is used to cover the ground where the new stone/flagstone patio will be installed.
Step Four
The drainage well with inserts is finished off with fabric, stone, soil and mulch. Forsythia is transplanted adding soil and mulch for a bit of privacy from the neighbors as it matures.
It will also be a bright yellow flowering shrub in the spring. Then the dumping of the layers for the drainage 4 different kinds of stone are used in this patio, all selected for their proper purpose.
From stones to assist in drainage to the top layer of decorative bluestone and pea gravel (soft enough to walk barefoot). The edge was dug out and boulder are set in a trench that directs all the water
to the underground tubing and well. No more muddy feet and paws!
Step Five
The patio is set and inspected by Henry (puppy) and the Crape Myrtle is ready to go. The men dig the hole, slice the roots and place the tree. The Crape Myrtle adds a lovely lavender flower,
the tree is more appropriately sized for the yard. Crape Myrtles can bloom between 70-120 days of the year conditions willing.
Step Six
The lawn is seeded and while sod could be used for instant gratification, the homeowner in this case was patient enough to wait for seed. After a job like this, you may want to consider a watering
program from Keystone Gardens, so that your lawn grows and the Crape Myrtle Flourishes!
Job was completed by noon, just 4 hours to finish.
Owner is able to use her back yard for the first time in the nearly 9 years since she bought the house. Before it was always a swampy mud pit. Now she has plans to light it, paint the garage
wall, add a rain barrel and planters and continue to make this her oasis.
Keystone Guarantees their work for life! If the Crape Myrtle dies, boulders come undone or if any trouble befalls this area, Keystone will come out and make it as NEW! Nobody else does that!
