favorite back yard activity???

[markio26]

it is still raining here... but, when it clears up.. we use our backyard alot... i was just wondering what other ppl. use theirs for..
i use mine for:
tossing horseshoes
hanging clothes on the clothesline, we have a childrens swing set too.
4 wheeling
playing golf
tossing frisbees
playing basketball, football, baseball
playing racquet ball
playing croquet
playing tennis
for walks
for picnicing
i use the patio:
for lunches, breakfasts, dinners
company and beverages, smoking area
clip coupons, read business magazines and articles
my laptop surfing
we barbecue in front of our garage, we have a canopy swing in garage and table and chairs and full bathroom.. we have coffee, tea, and soda there too.
since fathers day and memorial day and my anniversary are coming.. i was trying to think of more uses for the back yard..

[Ima saver]

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Well, I am too old for sports, but I enjoy sitting out on our back porch a lot. We use to cook out on the grill almost every night; still do on the nights we are home. I enjoy watching the birds come to feed, including the hummingbirds. I like watching the lightening bugs, something we did not have in florida.
MY DH built a deck directly above the creek, so that is my favorite thing to do, sit and watch the creek go by and let my puppy sniff around the yard.

[bama20]

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you put me to shame. we use our fenced in backyard for the dogs, playing with our 1 year 10 month old son, cooking out, sitting on the deck, and that is about it. we also have a flower bed that we play around with.

[PRICEPLUS]

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Sit on my duff and read a good book and sip a Dr. Pepper.

[markio26]

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in our leftfront side yard.. we camp in our tents.. we have a built in stone campfire... this location is close to the outside water faucet.. we roast marshmallows, have coffee, tea, hot cocoa in thermos... we roast weiners, make food on the hot wood coals... our neighbors all come over when we make a bon fire, so to speak... it is a fun time... we have 2 huge bug zappers going, hanging in the trees, and the lawn is treated prior for insects.

[markio26]

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at our second home we have a manmade creek, the county installed.. we watch the creek, rabbits, squirrels, fish, minnows, birds while sitting along the right side of our treelawn and sip a cold beer and eat peanuts.... too much fun......

[abowers]

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in an apartment now, no real "yard" but we do like to grill outside. other outside time is spent biking or taking walks.

at my parents house we have a pool-- and they have a nice back deck. when I lived at home we ate dinner outside on the deck whenever the weather was nice. we swam when it was hot. we play with the dog (the yard is fenced in). when we were younger we had a whole swingset/fort type deal in the back yard, but when we got older we got rid of it. I liked to lay in the hammock when it was nice and read.

[frugalfarmwife]

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During the summer we're barely in the house.

Our "yard" is 82 acres, lol.

We plant, disc, plow, hay, garden, cook out, hang around, hang laundry, play with the dogs, horses, cats, take care of the turkeys, chickens, rabbits, cows.

All in all we live in the yard during the warm part of the year.

kj

[markio26]

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frugalfarmwife:
you have a wonderful life... i love animals... farm living is the best.. we own a mini farm in hazard, ky.. part i inherited, part i bought from my unkie... it is 4 acres above the road, 1 acre, 3 across across the creek... it is a section of a 500 acre spread my grandpa owned.. my two wicked aunts (god bless them) own the other 2 sections... when we semi retire somemore.. i want to live there some.. the house fell down.. i rented it for yrs... we have well water. city water and gas lines at the road.... our dirt is black.. i let the forest take back over and naturally compost the land.... thanks for everyones comments..

[eisor]

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I like this question!

In our yard, we...
entertain.
go out on the boat.
sit on the dock.
enjoy a campfire.
grill.
play horseshoes.
play badminton.
play frisbee.
use the hottub.

My little sister and my mom made a fort and called it "Kidville". It is actually really cute. It's like a house with a roof and everything. So, when we have kids over they play there. Also, we have a little play gym for the kids.

We also open up our garage door (it faces our backyard) and then we play air hockey, foseball, darts and other games. Our driveway right outside our garage is like a really large patio. We use it for entertaining.

[frugalfarmwife]

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Thanks Markio, we love our lifestyle too, some days it isn't easy but it's SOOO worth it to us.
We're both city raised and the learning process has been interesting, our first farm was 25 acres and to have moved there from a one bedroom apt was quite an eye opener, lol! The first year we ran out of fuel oil and the temps were -20! We cut wood on a table saw to burn in the wood stove! Oh, and ahh, septic tanks, power that goes out, fences that need fixed, critters that need fed, yep, it's full time but it's SO worth it!

We love our land and do all that we can to treat it right, in return it treats us right.

kj

[cptacek]

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Grilling, eating, and laying out on the hammock. I loooove the hammock, especially at night with a nice breeze.

[markio26]

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we are playing softball and golf alot lately... our new thing is landscaping the yards... taking out bushes, 3 trees, redoing things so to speak and thinning out the ground cover.