The list of summer project got altered a few times:
Done Items
The (40 yards of mistaken mulch) has been spread
All the windows scraped/ caulked and house wood framing painted (decision was made to replace next year 6 of the windows)
New stone flower bed was built
The big tree was taken down and cut and split
House was powered wash
All the gutters have a leaf guard protection on them
Mail box rebuilt
Garden was attended to daily
New bushes planted (3 butterfly and 4 rose bushes was kill over the winter)
Dog kennel was taken apart a rebuilt (improvement)


Wait till next summer;
Rebuilding the stone back porch step
Building a fence around the garden
Replacing the back porch door with a new storm and door
New chimney cap on the one side of the house (we have two chimney)
Adding more dirt to the front ivy bed
Maybe building a new and bigger shed w/ work area
Front bushes will be cut back next year

What did you get done this summer and what has to wait till next year….

Had planned to put a deck on the back of the house but that will have to wait. Currently putting a sidewalk in front of the house.

New roof on the detached garage is gonna have to wait but I completed a few projects I wanted to do like redoing the deck, driveway and expanding the garden.

Had to do some painting this weekend to get house ready to sell. Here is a before and after:

I'm hoping that next summer we'll be living on a farm house (we've bid on one), and there will be PLENTY of work to do on the property.

ernest_t_bass;1656471 wrote:I'm hoping that next summer we'll be living on a farm house (we've bid on one), and there will be PLENTY of work to do on the property.

Any pictures of the farm house?

justincredible;1656476 wrote:Any pictures of the farm house?

Why, creep?

Actually, no, none yet. I'll PM you the listing. It sits on 3 acres. Probably 2 acres are buildings and pastures. Buying it for the horse set up. It's about 1800 sq. ft. house, detached garage, huge empty barn to use as an indoor arena, a corn crib building with a lean-to, chicken coop, and a horse barn with 5 real nice stables. The pictures don't really do the house justice.

So we've been getting our house ready to "show," since it's on the market. Still about a solid full day's work to put into it. Get a call from the realtor at 9:00 p.m. yesterday... "Hey, we got a showing on Wednesday!!!1!!" FML. While it's good to have a showing, nothing like staying up til 12:30 working on shit.

We just moved in this year.

- Landscaped the front yard adding flower beds and a couple bushes.
- painted and sealed the mailbox
- cut down 3 large trees in the backyard
- cleared out the woods in our back yard to our property line (about 500 sq feet) It was horrible
- sprayed the area about 3-4 to prevent weeds from growing in

Next Year -

Since the ground will have settled by then we will
- fence in the backyard
- build a patio and fire pit
- put down grass seed in the area I cleared this summer
- remove the stumps (I'll hire someone for this who said he will remove the 3 for only $100)