We’ve been in our home two years. I don’t feel like I’ve been there that long. Here’s what we’ve done in two years:

Garden

• Removed old, awful shrubs
• Figured out how to use flood irrigation
• Added a couple of swales to the backyard
• Raised a flock of chickens
• Tore down an old shed and sorted through two sheds worth of very old stuff
• Built an herb spiral
• Gardened two seasons with a lot of tomatoes
• Planted asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb
• Planted a few perennials
• Removed the lawn in the front yard
• Developed a landscape design

Inside

• Tore up icky stick on tile
• Painted the dining room (that’s now a family room)
• Moved furniture around A TON!
• Dropped the stairs down
• Started remodeling the basement
• Finished a new master bedroom

I’m pretty happy with everything we’ve done, but we have tons to do still. I think I might live here for a long time, just because it will take me that long to finish everything I want to in the home. Hopefully we will finish our re-model project downstairs by next spring, and then we can start working on improving the garden. I want to construct some raised beds and start filling everything out with more plants.