The photos below are an example of a yard with potential, yet so overwhelming in its overgrown state, it seems impossible to even figure out what to do first. Or at least that's how it would feel if I was living in the middle of it.

The yard belongs to Dena Reaugh of North Tacoma. Here's what she wrote:

Well, here I sit with a yard that is so far gone I haven't any clue as to how or where to start... I've been here about 10 years or so. The yard was in pretty bad shape when I moved in, and It just hasn't gotten any better. I feel bad for my little girl, because she's just itching to be able to go outside and play, but I don't have any where for her to do it. I mean, look at the pictures. Would you let your child play in a yard like this? Me neither! My yard is divided into two sections. There's a flat area near the house that has an old cracked cement patio and a spot where there was some extremely patchy crab grass growing. (Last summer I covered it with cardboard because I just wanted it all DEAD!) I also have an even larger sloped area that used to consist almost entirely of Himalayan blackberry. Now it's just mainly that same patchy grass.