Okay, So now, I'm going

I got started with excavating the street side bed. Progress is slow on account of the bed being threaded through with roots. But I have got a system going. When I got started, I was thinking that Maybe I could get it all done before 3:30. I realized that this is going to take time. It is going to take as much time as it takes for me to get it right. While I was digging I done me some thinking about how I would solve the problems of laying a solid brick pad there. I think I have just the thing, Here is the progress so far:

I've got a large pile of dirt in back taken from here. I have those stakes and the rope there to keep people from stepping in there  accidentally. That compares with the before like this: