July 10--Dirt Moving, Weed Whacking, Mowing and more

Sam was ready for more serious work on Sunday.  I made coffee and he headed out to continue hauling dirt up the hill.  This means he shovels the dirt that ran down the hill this winter, loads the wheelbarrow and dumps it into the gully in back of the third wall.  Then comes the topsoil and grass seed.  It is slow and hard and would be so much easier with some proper heavy equipment, he stops when the gully is about filled.

That's not the end of the dirt moving.  I'm going to get some tons of gravel to fill in the many holes on the half mile driveway--but we've decided we should fill in the deepest rut on the road before we get the dirt.  Again, many wheelbarrow trips up the road.  I had some proof-reading chores--so was happily reading downstairs--can't say I missed all that digging and hauling. 

A short break for lunch and  a trip to Home Depot to order the screen for the upstairs bedroom.  Yesterday, they hadn't known if the window was before or after 1980--but the salesman had explained how to learn this--one had 3 and 1/2 inches somewhere, the other 7 1/2--it was newer--which was good news as that would just take a week on special order (the older would take six--summer and the need for screens would almost be past).  We placed our order and also bought some scissors and an orange plastic tool box.  Oh--we are indeed home improvers!

A quick stop at Dairy Queen for a hot fudge milkshake (we did a lot of thinking about a chocoholic blizzard--but really wanted something a bit more liquid)--I had a few sips and then home.

More mowing,weed-whacking, road-fixing  and trimming,
interrupted by a trip to Lowe's to buy oil for the mower.  By the end of the day--the property looked almost suburban shorn (sort of).