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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Progress on the next project

Up until this minute I was thinking about all these complicated things to do here when all I am looking to do here is to get rid of the obstructions and get grass growing here.
The pile of concrete is from the drive way lane on our side of the line. I suppose there is another lane on the neighbors side of the line. At the far end of the excavation is the dirt that came from between the lane and wall.
I relocated the Mexican Petunias to the back by the fence. This already is an improvement. Just getting obstructions out and grass growing is a huge, but cheap, improvement.
I want to put a brick landing under the wall drain up high enough to establish a grade to carry the rain runoff away from the house. A neighbor gave me some dirt that will come in handy here.
There is probably the same amount of concrete in the area where the dirt is piled, and the same around where the concrete is piled to the gate. I will see how difficult it is to bust the concrete into small chunks with a sledge hammer.

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