Our sidewalk has suffered from decades of neglect. Some of the squares are broken and sunk. What I want is a new sidewalk, the east drive removed and the curb replaced. However, due to budget constraints, I may be long gone before that happens so I will have to do what I can in the present to improve this area. The rain runoff comes in from the drive bringing silt and it all collects on the sidewalk. The grass part blocks drainage. Becky is displeased. That means something must be done.I am going to take a garden spade to this mound and peel off the turf, then cut down the soil from the sidewalk down to the curb to create a slight grade. I will install St. Augustine sod.
I estimate that I will remove about 6" of soil from this area. It is probably about 3' x 30' in area. If I am doing the math correctly I could get up to 45 cubic feet of soil from this location going to the compost plant for processing and re-distribution and 90 square feet of mixed sod. Maybe this should be the first project to tackle so that this soil can be processed and available to all the other cool weather projects.
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