Filling the hole, laying the sod...

Now that the house is getting the finishing touches, we've turned our attention to the backyard. Kristin and I have been busy working on our sprinklers out back, and changed out a bunch of the old pop-up heads and fixed some leaks in the system. It looks like it's working better, but I want my dad to take a look at it this weekend.

In the meantime, we still have the Great Pit of Carkoon out there to deal with. We had looked at a couple of landscapers for quotes on filling the pit and redoing the backyard, and they wanted thousands of dollars to get the job done!! Instead, Kristin talked to the guys cutting the grass across the street, and they agreed to help us out (for a lot less, too!). We ordered topsoil and sod from Home Depot, and soon enough our driveway was transformed into Bandini Mountain!

Our guys filled the hole with the topsoil, and we had enough left over to cover the front yard as well. I raked and leveled the front and back yards, and then our guys came back and laid down the sod:









Now the former hole looks great! We're calling it "The 19th Hole"!