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We bought our home on one potential-filled acre about 15 years ago. In all that time we’ve rarely enjoyed our back yard. We had a play structure back there for a while when our kids were younger, a few inflatable swimming pools over the years during the summer months, along with a portable hammock. But we’d never done landscaping, planted a successful lawn, or much of anything else to tempt us to hang out back. Most of our activities came and went only through our front door.Our kids will all be away to college soon enough and it’s due time we found a way to spend more time together now and enjoy this private area of our property that is actually quite lovely in its own “rustic” way. So with a small budget in mind, my husband, Jeff, and I headed to our local Lowe’s home improvement store for inspiration. In the garden area we found a do-it-yourself flagstone fire pit kit for $200 and picked up a few bags of gravel and concrete caulking as specified in the kit instructions.
We also spied these comfortable brown stacking resin Adirondack chairs for under $18 each (which come in several colors.) With our purchases made, the friendly Lowe’s staff loaded the large fire pit kit into our pick-up truck using a forklift and we headed home with our Sunday afternoon project. Jeff measured and dug our pit ring a bit deeper than the instructions directed as we prefer more heat at leg level when sitting around a fire, (the surface of the bottom flagstone ring now flush with ground level.) I organized the stones according to the simple directions and caulked them into place. We added the gravel, and the metal fire ring from the kit, then placed the Adirondack chairs all around.Jeff later rolled three large tree rounds, taken from a eucalyptus tree in our pasture he’d been cutting up for firewood, over to the area to serve as side tables. Petaluma is not too far from the Northern California coast, so it cools down significantly here year-round in the early evening. A warm spot to sit outdoors is golden.
Fire, s’mores, and good converstation- we love this new gathering spot!I contacted my source at Lowe’s, who had previously sponsored amazing products for my Inspired Barn project, to share how pleased we were with our new backyard purchases. I mentioned that we were also in the market for a new barbeque grill- a Weber of course. They recommended the Weber Genesis E-310 three-burner propane gas grill and generously sponsored it for this review. Front-mounted control panels with cast aluminum end caps Porcelain cast-iron cooking surface Individual electronic ignition modules at each burner Safety grip control knobs Wind deflectors located under control panel Restyled stainless steel work surfaces with cast aluminum end caps We chose the Espresso color (a beautiful rich brown exclusive to Lowe’s) to coordinate with our new backyard setting. When we picked up the new grill we also bought several Weber accessories: a grill basket for vegetables, a 3-piece grilling tool set and a vinyl Weber grill cover.
Once home, Jeff assembled the grill and cart within one hour. (We joke how he’s not much for direction reading, so we laughed when we saw there were no directions to read, the assembly was so simple it was completely described with pictures!) He said it was the most simple assembly of a complex product he’d ever done.Up and running, we were barbequing burgers and dogs in no time for our kids and their friends as they all gravitated to the backyard. Our home is quite removed from town so this new backyard set-up from Lowe’s is proving to be the perfect solution for spending more time with our teenagers, and now their friends are driving from town out to our place to visit more often.We raise market lambs in our pasture for meat, so naturally lamb chops would eventually meet the grill to share with neighbors. (That’s my Sarah demonstrating her marinade brushing technique.) Jeff had always favored charcoal or wood grilling of meat, so asked if he tasted a difference when cooking with the new propane gas grill he was actually surprised that he didn’t…at all.
Next meal on the Weber- Hawaiian burgers (teriyaki chicken and pineapple sandwiches) with sweet corn.After several meals cooked on our new grill, we easily give the Weber Genesis E-301 five stars with these additional notes from Jeff: He likes the insulated lid that keeps the heat in but is cool to the touch from the outside. The grill is easy to take apart to clean, and he likes the ease of removing the grease pan below. The built-in thermostat is a very convenient feature. Having the mechanism to keep track of gas tank quantity is really great. He appreciates that entire cart and grill are high quality and substantially built, and the doors that cover the gas tank and storage area have a good, strong latch. He would recommend this Weber grill to any of his friends or family. Thank you Lowe’s for the excellent home products to get us started on our long overdue backyard venture, bringing our family and friends together more often and for many years to come.