Final Step

Here is the final drawing of my project. Here is the brick landing and the beds of Jasmine. I have some planning to do for the methods for construction.

Next Step

After the mosaic sub- bed of broken concrete and mud are set and the rest of the excavation is back-filled with screened soil, I will add a base of crushed stone, here called 'screenings'. The top of that grade will be for laying brick pavers on level with the sidewalk and curb. I will make sure this grade is as flat and compacted as I can make it.

After I accomplish this I can lay the brick and do the final fill of screened soil in preparation for planting the Jasmine. It was our decision to plant this wild area with Jasmine that created the need for all this work in the first place.

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: