To fix the yard or not?

[Tairsa Mathews]

Our current home required a decent amount of work both inside and out. We tackled the inside and have created a lot of sweat equity. We have an extremely intimidating yard project ahead. We're on nearly half an acre that hasn't been properly taken care of in years. My question as a newby is how much value does landscaping add to your homes? We obviously know that good landscaping is important for curb appeal, but we want to be careful not to over spend on landscaping. There is potential to spend a lot of money with the size of our lot so I'd love to hear people's opinions on what would be important to spend money on as far as landscaping goes.