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Seems like I did so little, yet I worked about 4-5 hours today, Saturday and eliminated the other clay pile. I pretty much erased evidence that we had dug a hole for the soakage trench.
[x] shovel the rest of the north clay dirt pile into the soakage trench.
[x] finagle the pipe out of the ground.
[WIP] fill all remaining trenches.
There is just the area opposite the downspout which needs filling, but all the clay is gone. I even stopped trying to remove river rock from the fill I removed from the pipe trenches: just pushed everything in. I also found more dirt hiding in the flower bed. So to finish this I need to use soil from Byron Hill 2.
On Sunday (June 2), tomorrow, I will catch up with dishes and cat litter.
Once we get dry weather again (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) I hope to get out after work to do the following:
[ ] fill wheel barrows from Byron Hill 2 and dump to fill the remaining hole and depression.
[ ] position remaining waddle 40 inches from the patio/rainbarrel area to designate where not to recondition soil.
[ ] pull river rock found in the back yard to depository.
[ ] prepare the Circle for gravel.
[ ] dump gravel in the Circle, transporting one wheel barrow at a time.
[ ] stow hose on the north side of the house.
[ ] move mortared bricks to the west side of the house.
[ ] move pipes, pipe pieces, downspouts to the north pile.
[ ] shovel out the rest of Byron Hill 2 to the a pile in the back yard.
[ ] shovel the compost into the pile.
Next weekend (June 8-9):
[ ] finish scalloped border.
[ ] dig up ground, remove plastic grid.
[ ] mix in amended soil.
[ ] repeat along the border until a large enough area that planting can occur.
[ ] plant ground cover!
[ ] continue in stages until all areas that need plants get seeded and ground restored.
[ ] rough in brick walkways, cement patio, driveway.
[ ] move LBT lumber to area vacated by byron Hill 2.
[ ] remove all supplies, reserving fence supplies to stow on south side.
[ ] weed wack the park strip
[ ] weed wack the back yard wherever needed
[ ] contact NK for inspection.
I did remove some plastic grid today. As long as the soil is moist this fairly easy to do. Doesn't work well with my cracked nails which catch on the grid and tear out the nail. Ow!
In general things are moving along as planned, just at a slower pace than I imagined and complicated by rainfall and pollen (generally don't work when raining, need to carry at least three facial tissues to get me through a work session). I do need that bottle of water.
The pipe was removed by the following steps:
* cut the pipe (I did this yesterday).
* wedge concrete under the pipe and get it askew of the other piece that I had cut separate so I can stick in the long steel rod.
* use the steel rod to pry the pipe to go over the other pipe piece.
* use the sledge hammer on the other side of the pipe to push it.
* dig around the pipe a little to help free it.
* wack at the pipe end some more.
* lift the pipe and pull it out!
* put the rod in the end of the remaining pipe piece.
* lift it up and free it.
Once the pipe (in its two pieces) was removed, I could fill the cavity.
[x] shovel the rest of the north clay dirt pile into the soakage trench.
[x] finagle the pipe out of the ground.
[WIP] fill all remaining trenches.
There is just the area opposite the downspout which needs filling, but all the clay is gone. I even stopped trying to remove river rock from the fill I removed from the pipe trenches: just pushed everything in. I also found more dirt hiding in the flower bed. So to finish this I need to use soil from Byron Hill 2.
On Sunday (June 2), tomorrow, I will catch up with dishes and cat litter.
Once we get dry weather again (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) I hope to get out after work to do the following:
[ ] fill wheel barrows from Byron Hill 2 and dump to fill the remaining hole and depression.
[ ] position remaining waddle 40 inches from the patio/rainbarrel area to designate where not to recondition soil.
[ ] pull river rock found in the back yard to depository.
[ ] prepare the Circle for gravel.
[ ] dump gravel in the Circle, transporting one wheel barrow at a time.
[ ] stow hose on the north side of the house.
[ ] move mortared bricks to the west side of the house.
[ ] move pipes, pipe pieces, downspouts to the north pile.
[ ] shovel out the rest of Byron Hill 2 to the a pile in the back yard.
[ ] shovel the compost into the pile.
Next weekend (June 8-9):
[ ] finish scalloped border.
[ ] dig up ground, remove plastic grid.
[ ] mix in amended soil.
[ ] repeat along the border until a large enough area that planting can occur.
[ ] plant ground cover!
[ ] continue in stages until all areas that need plants get seeded and ground restored.
[ ] rough in brick walkways, cement patio, driveway.
[ ] move LBT lumber to area vacated by byron Hill 2.
[ ] remove all supplies, reserving fence supplies to stow on south side.
[ ] weed wack the park strip
[ ] weed wack the back yard wherever needed
[ ] contact NK for inspection.
I did remove some plastic grid today. As long as the soil is moist this fairly easy to do. Doesn't work well with my cracked nails which catch on the grid and tear out the nail. Ow!
In general things are moving along as planned, just at a slower pace than I imagined and complicated by rainfall and pollen (generally don't work when raining, need to carry at least three facial tissues to get me through a work session). I do need that bottle of water.
The pipe was removed by the following steps:
* cut the pipe (I did this yesterday).
* wedge concrete under the pipe and get it askew of the other piece that I had cut separate so I can stick in the long steel rod.
* use the steel rod to pry the pipe to go over the other pipe piece.
* use the sledge hammer on the other side of the pipe to push it.
* dig around the pipe a little to help free it.
* wack at the pipe end some more.
* lift the pipe and pull it out!
* put the rod in the end of the remaining pipe piece.
* lift it up and free it.
Once the pipe (in its two pieces) was removed, I could fill the cavity.