It is all done! If you don't remember what the front of the house looked like before, there are pictures in previous posts (2007).
Also added some small shrubs along the side of the house.
One of the two beds nearest to the street.
The right side of the house after planting and adding mulching.
Not all the grass had to be replaced, the deep green you see above is the grass that made it.
The right side has sod!
The narrow trench you see above is a French Drain (all the water that comes off the house is diverted to the middle of the yard (one on each side).
One side is ready for new sod!
Also took the opportunity to level the ground on one side.
They removed the existing sod with flat nosed shovels. Easy work!
So this gave us an opportunity to bring the front of the house out of the 70's era!
It all started because the yard contracted sod web worm last year and it destroyed the grass.