Live with the trashy side-yard for a while (too long),
Add one laundry line and sand toys,
Subtract the fence one day with a hammer & handsaw and attitude while the kids sleep,
Add a baby,
(And sleep yourself,)
Throw in a pinch of landscape fabric (for what WILL BE brick paths) and a few workers,
Locate one wee brawny man who loves to hang out in the local graveyard collecting rocks (none inscribed--he leaves those where they are)
Ensure he is MAD-CRAZY FOR ROCKS, LIFTING ROCKS, ARRANGING ROCKS, BREAKING SUBARU AXLES WITH LOADS OF ROCKS, BUT RATHER CLEVER WITH ROCKS,
Plant a dozen or so fruit trees,
Begin what will be raised beds,
Give Mad-man rockerfella a chance to work. . .
And you get:
A WORK IN PROGRESS: the Petit Pottager, or what will be forever known to us as the Pool Garden. Watch for future developments.
