Read all about it! The secret is out, my wife hates cicadas. Actually hate is a little too mild for her thoughts on those red-eyed creatures that appear every 13 years. With experts predicting that the cicadas will appear next week, I thought we should use the last remaining sunshine and bug-free time to take care of two turf removing projects before we go inside for a month or so. In order to control weeds and moisture around our grill and rain barrel I wanted to tear out the grass and put down pavers and rock under both. I have pictures (no before pictures of the grill yet again) to tell the story but let me sum up the key points.
1. Removing grass is hard work and burns lots of calories so the pizza was a good idea to even out. Ice cream would have been better.
2. Loading the dirt directly into the truck was a smart idea. Once I am home I can just drive the truck to the rock and dirt dumping location.
3. Measure twice, move cement blocks once. While the grill is in perfect postion we didn't measure where to lay the blocks for the rain barrel and they aren't perfect. It is a good start and then when I do more reain barrels next year we'll do it right.
4. It is easier to level dry sand. At least I would assume since wet sand was more like building a sand castle.
We are happy with the outcome and to check yet another big project off the list.
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| Thanks Dear for doing the detail work. |
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| Done and before the grill. |
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| Perfect fit! |
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| Me having the time of my life...kind of. |
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| Adah loves rocks...a lot. |
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| And this is why I love having a truck. It holds lots of dirt. |
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