We never necessarily had an end result in mind for the backyard. When we moved in to the house for the first time, the front yard fence line had multiple trees tangled into each other, we cut them down and made a mulch pile in the back yard (giant dirt patch pictured). The mulch pile killed the grass so instead of growing grass again we dug a small trench and put sleepers there to section off the area. I put weed mats over the whole area to stop not only weeds but also birds getting worms.
we put 6 fruit trees in lemon, orange, lime, peach, mashing pear, apricot and then I did loads of bark all over with tiles that came with the house.
We made two raised garden boxes later then gravel leading up to that.
I painted the fence black to tie everything in.
I made a dog house when we moved in but the dog never took a liking to it so I took the roof off of it and repurposed it into a small raised garden for herbs.
the area is really tranquil and everything is so easily accessible off the back door!
Materials
Dark nugget bark
Railway sleepers
2 x 50m weed mats
Decking timber (top of raised gardens)
Pave tight paving sand (around raised gardens
Washed 14mm pebble stones
Small pavers - leading up to herb box
Tools
Fence - Number 8 paint gun from Bunnings (highly recommend - amazing and affordable)
Spade and rake - goes a long way
