Lee all hot and dusty from laying Railroad ties
Pausing to plot his next move
Lee's lawn turned out gorgeous!
What a difference a little less than a year makes! =0)
Lee asked me to post some pictures of how pretty his lawn turned out! Amazing that he got results like this from planting grass seed! I don't know that I would recommend doing this if you don't have the time to spend tending it, but Lee was fiercely determined to make it work and the result is great!
As I mentioned before, Lee purchased an above ground pool for us to enjoy in April. Amazing how much work needed to be done to prep for putting it up! We had a sloping spot of the yard to the left of the driveway (if you're standing at the street), it was filled partially with gravel and was largely unusable. We were in the need for some overflow parking and Lee already had to dig most of it up to repair some drain work. Our first thought was "Well, let's lay some railroad ties and attempt to level it and make it usable". Lee leveled around the path so you didn't fall into oblivion when attempting to throw trash away and layed a few railroad ties to help. Next we got a load of gravel (following a tip from the gravel yard to get a load on Saturday just before close and get a good rate) 36 bucks for 3/4 of an acre of gravel, I believe. That's great, BTW! We unloaded the gravel and leveled the yard and noticed that you sunk in the gravel when you parked on it. Lee brainstormed a bit and decided that we would lay railroad ties in the gravel for stability. It works great! I am still sore from helping dig, level and heft 100lb+ railroad ties this weekend. I imagine Lee is worse!
Now that we have just about gotten our overflow parking finished, we should be able to get a load of sand to dump and spread under where the pool is going (so, we don't have to wheelbarrow it forever away!) Let's hear it for my weekend warrior! You're doing a great job Baby! =0)
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