Transformation

For the better part of six months, while the snow was flying and our backyard seemed like it would never become habitable again, Scott and I dreamed about what we could create in our yard.

When we moved in in 2009, it was a green lawn - so typical.

And for many years it stayed that way.

It was last summer that began to convince us that we could go against the grain and create what we wanted rather than what we are "supposed to have."

We added as many natural and open-minded play elements as we would and while it was great, it still seemed like there was just a yard of grass with fun things strewn about.

So we came up with a plan to "forest" our backyard and put urban permaculture to the test at the same time. We wanted to grow as much of our food as we can, all the while changing up the landscape so it wasn't just a clear view of flat lawn.

Trees, shrubs, paths , twists and turns.

That's what we're shooting for so grass was the first to go and the only way to start is for thing to look worse before they get better.