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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Side project

Removal of the concrete drive strip left this big, ugly scar. The photo doesn't reveal the contour of the ground, but this area has been pitiful. What to do. I have some all-purpose grass seed on hand, so after back filling with the excess soil I took from excavating the bed and raking it to a better contour, I seeded it with the grass seed, then covered that with some medium screened soil:
Becky freaked when she saw this. She wanted to have this area for parking. I reminded her that the corner of our property
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