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The Japanese Maple Next To The Old Porch Was Moved To The Back Yard.
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Randy From R&R Concrete Planted The Tree (Using The Bobcat) But Yours Truely Got To Make The Area Look Nice.
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Randy Sure Can Do Some Damage w/ That Bobcat.
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We Also Moved The Hostas That Were In The Planter By The Old Front Porch, And ...
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... A Few Bushes. Two Were Planted Here And Another ...
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... Was Planted On The Edge Of The Greenbelt.
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Lookin' Good!
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I Also Had To Grade The New Drainage For The Downspout And All The Way Around The Driveway And Sidewalks!!
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The Landscaper Spread Pine Straw On The Hill.
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It Looks Very Nice.
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I Did This Project For Anita Last Year But We Planted Her Flowering Plant That Was Moved When The Steps Were Replaced.
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We Hope The Tree Is Going To Make It. We'll Find Out Next Spring.
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Drainage Around The New Steps And Driveway Was A BIG Concern.
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Randy Started The Work By Removing Some Of The Hill In The Front Yard (Probably Adding To The Issue w/ The Water Line).
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He Dumped The Topsoil In The Back Yard, Absolutely Destroying The Grass After The Rains.
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I Didn't Want Runoff On The Steps And Thought We Needed A French Drain.
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The Original Plan Was To Dig A Trench Along The Stairs That Ended In A Sump At The Corner w/ The Driveway.
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We Have HARD Clay Soil.
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The Grade Was TOO Steep.
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I Started Digging, And ...
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... Kept Digging, Then ...
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... Dug Even More, Until ...
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... It Looked Good.
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I Was Going To Fill The Trench w. Gravel, Place The Draintile In The Trench & Cover It Was Gravel And Topsoil.
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It May Look Like I Did All This Digging In 1 Weekend (Same Shirt In The Photos).
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Anita Washed My Shirt And Pants & I Wore The Same Clothes Every Weekend.
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Whatever Doesn't Kill You ..... Makes You Stronger!
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The Grade Needed Some Transition To The Steps.
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Which Means I Needed To Takeaway More Of The Hill AND Dig The Trench Deeper!!
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This Was Back Breaking Work.
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Our Soil Is VERY Hard - Especially When Dry.
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Anita Helped Cut Roots & Remove Obstacles For Me.
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I Dumped The Clay In The Neighbor's Yard - They Wanted To Build Up Their Yard.
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Here's My Truck With The ...
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... River Gravel! You've Probably Guessed The Draintile Was Never Laid. The Gravel Was Used In The Back Where The Downspout Waste Pipes Drain.
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After All That Digging We Struck Copper - The Water Main!! No Way We Could Drain Water Over The Water Line.
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That Spawned The Project To Relocate the Water Main.
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The Trench Was Starting To Collapse From Gravity And Rain.
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I Dug It Along The Driveway Because At One Point We Were Going To Move The Sump Into The Yard But It Would Have Been Over The Electrical Main.
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The Trench Was Ultimately Used To Route Electrical Conduit For An Outlet @ The Bottom Of The New Steps.
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Good Time To Remove Some Dead Trees & Chip The Piles Of Dead Trees/Branches In The Greenbelt. Fortunately Our Only Involvement Was Scheduling Them.
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Recall Anita's Friend Harold Spread 20 YARDS Of Topsoil When He Replaced The Water Main.
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Anita Ordered Another 40 YARDS To Seed The Yard.
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The Area Around The Japanese Maple Was A Mess From All The Work.
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We Had MAJOR Bobcat Tracks Around The Entire Yard.
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It Looked Like A Major Cattle Drive Had Come Through Grey Birch Court.
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The Concrete Base Was For Bird Bath Survived The Traffic.
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The Landscaper Spread A Few Inches Of Topsoil Over The Existing Lawn ...
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... And Seeded.
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It Was Anita's Idea To Border The New Concrete With Sod - GREAT Idea!
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The Sod Was Used In Areas Where Drainage Would Be A Problem.
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Looks Like The Boys Are Cheking Out The Activity.
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Anita Covered The Front Yard In Curlac To ...
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... Prevent Erosion.
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The Rest Of The Yard Was Covered In Straw.
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LOTS Of Straw.
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The Grass Was Planted About 2 Weeks Later Than We Wanted.
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The Fall Leaves Made It Difficult To Get Water & Sun To The Seed.
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Anita Watered And ...
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Picked Up Leaves INDIVIDUALLY Until The Seed Took Hold!!
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She Gets The Award For Dedication, Persistence And ...
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... All My Love And Appreciation. She Did A WONDERFUL Job Planning & Coordinating The Upgrades. Thanx So Much Anita!!