OK .. excuse the mess cause I keep changing my mind
See between the kiddies and the dog they were killing the grass and I got tried of replanting grass all the time so I just killed the rest of it
But then that left just dirt and I'm forever cleaning because of it
I thought of doing a slate patio out there but the sun is pretty hot in the summer and the kiddies will just cook their feet .. beside if they trip and fall there is usually a lot of blood involved so that is why I went for the wood deck .. kiddies bounce better on it
But I'm thinking I want it bigger now because I want to put a different kind of pool out there and it takes up a lot of space .. which now means I had to take all the plants out on the left side .. and then when fall comes I'll have him add another part where the vegie garden is by the shed .. and I'll put the veggies someplace else..
Here is what it looks like so far .. LOL .. it's a mess

It's a jungle out there! I thought the deck was finished and you had stained it already.