The weekend BEFORE we went to Leavenworth...it was time to continue the yard.
We needed a GOOD heaping layer of nice quality top soil to finish off what had turned out to be a VERY time consuming, expensive project...
On Thursday, October 1st.....
THAT we got......
A bit of dirt.....
Quite a bit of dirt...
ummmm....OK....a DARN LOT of dirt...
TOO much, in fact...20 cubic yards
but we have a lot of yard, and we know we can find a place for all of it.
Watching the truck was pretty fun for the kids.
We were left with this.....
So then we did a lot of this....
And a lot of this.
And a lot of this.
ALL day on Saturday! Literally!
Our wonderful friends Mark and Erin came over and helped us ALL day. Erin and I filled wheel barrels of dirt...one after the other....again and again...and Mark moved and dumped the barrels, and Kevin spread (and of course did everything else as well). This is after we cleared out and beautified the ground before laying the topsoil...removing all roots, sticks and big rocks. We ended up calling it a day after 6pm. Kevin and I were up at the crack of dawn continuing...and then Mark came back over and helped again. Eventually...it was done.
Next step...
Kevin is building a retaining wall, and we will fertilize, lime, seed and peet moss it...to hopefully get some grass growing before we freeze up for the winter.
2 comments:
That really was a great day...off work, but also talking with you and laughing!
wow wee that is alot of dirt! Were the kids tempted to go run and jump in the pile??
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