Yard Update

Here we are about 5 pm on Thursday. See a few days back to remember what the yard looked like as of 5 pm Wednesday.

In the 24 hours between these two photos, it is estimated we carried at least a ton each. Literally. We took all the sod out, and initially created a pile behind the fence. We couldn't put it directly into the trailer we rented, because we needed to take the sod cutter back on Wednesday night, and the dump was already closed (we figure the backyard had about 1 ton of sod). That was all we did Wednesday night, get the sod out. Thursday morning we went to Home depot and picked up all the pavers, gravel, and sand needed for the patio. I'm not lying, I think that was about 1.5 tons. Remember that we have no direct access to the backyard, so we had to carry all of it from the trailer, to the backyard. Then, we loaded up the sod into the trailer, took it to the dump, and unloaded it all.

We took a break from carrying things at that point, and built the boxes for our raised bed vegetable garden. We had REALLY serious rain storm in the forcast for this weekend, so I thought it best not to plant anything until Monday. I know plants need rain, but I didn't want them all to wash away less than 24 hours after being planted.

Because of the rain, we felt a real sense of urgency about getting our patio put in. Having just dug up all the grass, we didn't want the backyard to wash away. We dug out the square for the patio, which was really much more of an excavation project (we found really neat things in our backyard) and decided that the two city lights in our backyard provided more than enough light to keep working. This the progress we made Wednesday night, working until about midnight.

We've made serious progress, but still have a lot to do. Check back later in the week to see what plants join the yard, among other things....