Spring DIY Project: Front Lawn Replacement

I finally had enough of weeds that were killing the grass on our front lawn, and decided to call for help replacing the lawn. Unfortunately the landscapers around were already pre-booked months ahead as this was their busiest time of the year. Instead of waiting for the scorching summer sun to emerge, I decided to try doing the project myself. Afterall I used to be great at doing yard work in my younger days. 

So I rented a Uhaul pickup truck, picked up a load of soil, ordered some rolls of grass, and rented a sod cutter. After offloading the soil and sod, I dug up the old grass with the sod cutter. Then I began removing the old grass and loading it into the truck. I had about 40% of the lawn removed (see upper photo) when I realized that this wasn't going as easy as I thought hehe. 

Luckily I found some laborers on Facebook with some spare time on their hands. It took 3 of them a whole day to complete the rest of the project, and I was so glad to be back at my computer working on mortgage approvals. Per the lower photo, they did a decent job. Even though I saved a couple of thousand dollars on this one, I'm surely better planning ahead, and letting the experts handle stuff like this for me in the future.