Before... (a weed patch)

When this is all done, I will have before and after pics. For now I have before and in-progress pics. This is what the area of the hobbit hole looked like when we first moved in. (It's the weedy patch to the right, in front of the fruit trees.)

Apparently, this lighter green-colored area used to be a garden spot, but at the time, it was overgrown with some nasty weeds--goat heads and burrs everywhere. It was the furthest thing from a fun place for kids to play.

To the left was a dilapidated play structure, standing in another weed patch. This used to be a play area, with wood chips as a ground cover. This area would also factor into the genesis of the hobbit-hole as I will explain later.