Next week we will be finally getting out hot tub installed. We have been working all summer on redoing the landscaping off the back yard and getting the hot tub is the final large item to be installed. It has been a lot of fun and an adventure redoing the whole thing. We stripped out all the lawn and left only the trees. We then terraced the far back yard and built rock gardens filled with wild flowers and small shrub. Coming forward toward the house we put in a koi pond with two pool areas connected with a winding water way. Filled with reeds, and cat tail, lotus and other water and marginal plants in only a few months the pond looks as if it was put here years ago. now we are up near the house finishing off with some fruiting trees for shade and fruit, some herb and vegetable planting gardens and then right off the back of the house out new hot tub. With the delivery of the hot tub and installation we will be nearly done with the landscaping. What will be left is the fine tuning, moving plants to locations they are happier in and so on.

I am really looking forward to taking advantage of the hydrotherapy effects of the hot tub. Deep relaxation, vascular dilation, purging of toxins, relaxing of aching muscles and a better nights sleep are all what I am hoping for from the new hot tub.

The efforts are all worth it. The back yard is very relaxing and a sanctuary with the gardens and pond already and with the final addition of the hot tub to top it off. What could be better a beautiful yard to look at and a relaxing hot tub to look at it from!