Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Yard settled where we ran our drainage pipe to road

Last fall I posted about the yard work that needed done in the spring after the dirt had a chance to settle, this is an update and we got some gravel, after the spring melt off we get a very muddy driveway plus the farmer uses our driveway to access the pasture field behind our house to check on the baby calves
 here is the tore up yard again after we scraped it around to level it out better since it settled over winter
 oh yes, I know it's still horrible looking
 and there sits my poor shrub they took out, I wasn't allowed to put it back in until they made sure everything was ok with the drainage ditch
 flowerbeds are slowly trying to come to life

 looks better, the new gravel that is, but we have a ton of family gatherings here and I decided we needed a new parking area for everyone
 so this is the plan I made for hubby, he thinks I am just nuts but oh well, I usually get my way EVENTUALLY
guess this is what I get for not letting her come outside with me, she sits in the window and runs from room to room to peek out windows and doors to see where I am at

sooo, it's later now, after supper and these photos have been lightened so you can actually see them, we also had to wait for the neighbors wheels LOL grab a huge log, an old set of bed springs and start dragging the yard to help level it and get all the rocks out
 yes, there are dirt specks all over the camera lens and photos from the dust flying around
 Kota driving and I don't know where the hubby went, probably to get another log for weight

 he isn't complaining, he loves driving the ranger!
 ok hmm "angels" or something? I think it's either dust or maybe a lightning bug, not a clue where those came from in this photo but they sure look like little angels LOL
 that metal bed spring sure does drag the dirt around pretty good

 ahhh there he is, more weight!
 whatever gets the job done
next, get the bigger rocks picked up then seed and straw over top and a good soaking!