If it’s a sunny day in Indiana, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll see my husband and I tooling about the yard. Whether we’re starting a big project or simply picking up fallen sticks, we’re sure to be out and about.
When we bought our home nearly four years ago, the yard was by far the biggest eyesore. Visit the posts on koi pond removal, shed renovation or patio flip to see what I mean. (And please excuse some missing photos. Blogger no longer uses Picasa to host photos and when switching to Google many of the images were lost 😥).
The yard itself was sparse, stringy and uneven but I’ll leave that for another post. The biggest eyesore, at least from the road, was our driveway and sidewalk.
(Pause… if anyone knows how to request an updated Google street view of a home/street PLEASE MESSAGE ME NOW!)
You can see that update here, but before we were able to pull the trigger on that, we had to do some prep work.
Subject A:
These landscaping rocks were likely nice back in their prime. Years of moisture and shade allowed them to become discolored and drab and power washing wasn’t doing them justice. Since we were replacing our sidewalk anyway, removing them seemed like a good idea.
Now you’re probably wondering why I would waste an entire blog post talking about the removal of landscaping rocks. This again, is a gentle reminder that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
I sold these stones to some folks via Facebook garage sale. When they picked them up and told me what they intended to do with them, I felt was delighted to hear that they were going to live another purposeful life and not join the troves of reusable treasures at the landfill. One lady was using them to line the bottom of her fire pit while another was using them to build a fire pit. Awesome.
Oh, and I did make a quick buck (I think something like $20-$30), much to the surprise of my husband who is still dumbfounded at what people buy.
With that, I’ll challenge you… what trash of yours is another man’s treasure?
Thanks for stopping by the Humble Hammock!
Cara
