All the lawns (both front and back) are small and modest (i.e. no flower beds, or complicated plantings - just mediocre lawn to mow). 

Add shrubs or flowers out front in the crushed rock.

Full update, neutral colors replaced flower child colors What was the outcome?

Create some corner framed posts wide enough for some pots with flower accents, draping sweep pea vines are always great.

Flowers will be planted in front of them and near the steps when we get closer to the date of listing the home.New walkway -- it is grey and blue There will be a new storm/screen door and new hardware going on the front as well.

It is on 33 acres and has a lot of features that make it attractive for assisted living including views of the Mississippi river valley, 33 acres of land with walking path, indoor pool, beautiful flower beds and landscaping.  

I ran a free ad and some guy came to get it to plant flowers in.Those deals that you got are awesome.

These include:-Painting the garage-Removing some dead trees and cleaning up the yard-Installing flower boxes in the front and under the windows-Repairing all driveway/garage floor cracks-Painting the inside of the house-Repairing appliances-Fixing a leaking roof and damaged gutter-Installing new SOD and landscapingNot quite as good as the addition and new garage cited above but all of these things reduce maintenance costs and improve the value of the properties.

I love to garden (flowers and vegetables) and raising my own eggs and roasters sounded like a logical extension.

One a failure with similar symptoms to yours, but our smelly brown liquid came to the surface in the flower bed at the front of the house.