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5 Ways to Prepare Your Backyard for Summer Fun

By on May 13, 2022
5 Ways to Prepare Your Backyard for Summer Fun

5 Ways to Prepare Your Backyard for Summer Fun

Summer break is almost here! There’s only one week of school left and believe it or not, I’m pumped! I know it won’t take me long to start counting down the days until school starts back. But for now, I’m looking forward to lazy mornings, lots of pool time, a couple of beach vacations, and spending more time with my kiddos.

(This post was sponsored by MissQuito Mosquito Control Company, but all thoughts and opinions are my own!)

To prepare for the long summer days ahead, I knew we needed to go ahead and get our backyard ready for fun. For years, our backyard has been an escape for us. When the minutes seem like hours and I’m exhausted and drained from entertaining my two wild things all day long, we head outside for a change of scenery and some sunshine. Kids need to be outside, and honestly, so do grownups! Going outside can do wonders for everyone’s mood when we’re grumpy and bored. And with summer break just around the corner, we need to make sure the backyard is ready! Here are some things we did to prepare:

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Yard Work – Yuck!

By on November 3, 2010

A couple of weekends ago we filled up 9!!! refuse bags clearing out our flower bed in front of the house. It was back breaking work!

(The first few bags – we were about 1/2 way done at this point.)

Once we cleared out the flower bed, we laid bricks, planted pansies and put down some grass seed. (Unfortunately, I don’t have a green thumb. 🙁 About half of the pretty pansies you see here are now dead. RIP pansies!)


Too bad I didn’t take a before pic!

Sometimes I think we should have bought a condo. Yard work is NOT fun!

But when I see this:

I remember why we bought a house with a yard. 🙂

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