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Renovating your entire yard in one fell swoop can overwhelm even the most dedicated gardener, unless you have an unlimited budget or a staff the size of Martha Stewart’s. Consider the following tips for ways to focus on one task at a time:

 Establish your priorities. Plan to work on the areas that you’ll use the most. Only you know whether you get more pleasure out of a patio or an herb garden.

 Have a long-term plan. Redo your yard with a plan. A two-to-five-year plan is appropriate if you’re doing major installations, such as adding a new deck, a rock garden, and/or a water feature, or if you have a big property. Use your budget estimates to decide which parts of your plan you can have this year and which have to be deferred.

 Do a little at a time. Landscaping can be a bite too big to chew in a weekend of hard labor. If you’re doing the work yourself, focus on one small area at a time. Complete it before you move on to the next. Otherwise your entire yard will be torn up for longer than you’re probably comfortable with.

 Start in the back and move forward to avoid damaging completed work. Do work at your yard’s boundaries or fencelines before tackling more-central areas.