Fall Project #1 - Locked and Loaded

We've got a spell of cool weather coming and I intend to take advantage of it. The weather outlook for the weekend calls for highs in the 80's and low's in the 60's. The time coincides with Becky's work week and my spine is rested. In my post of 7/23 I decided that my first digging project in cool weather would be cutting down the turf between the sidewalk and the street curb.

I will remove the turf from the area and save to the side. Then I will excavate the soil to a depth to be determined to accommodate turf and still allow runoff water to drain off the sidewalk. Then I plan to put the turf back. The soil I will remove to the compost area. I will sift the soil and the compost pile through a coarse screen. When I get all the material screened I will have one pile of uniform, screened material and one pile of material which will be the new compost pile. This action is my hard target. Once everything is screened I will probably know what to do next.