Hubbard

Who's the jerk who made up "dirt cheap"?

We decided to work on the back yard this spring. We have two huge black cherry trees and they create a lot of shade. Combined with ruts, pits and neglect, most of our back yard is dirt. Now the whole thing is dirt. We ordered about 28 cubic yards of peat moss and top soil. They arrived on Saturday at about 9:00 am with a four axle dump truck. The trucker said he would have to go get a release form if I wanted him to pull in the driveway. The truck/dirt was too heavy and would probably break the concrete. I asked him to go ahead and dump it at the end of the driveway. It didn't take long to realize broken concrete is better then a broken back. Every inch closer to the back yard would help. I have a garden cart rated for 1500 pounds and on the third load, the axle snapped. We were stuck with 1 nice wheel barrel and 1 not so nice wheel barrel. We had help from Jameys Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister and a couple of friends from work. It took about five hours to get the pile in the backyard and we called it a day. Ryan, Jamey's brother, Came back on Sunday and helped grade the dirt. The pictures below are what it looks like now. We ordered sod for delivery on Saturday but I had to cancel due to the five day forecast. (SNOW) I will post the pics of the finished product as soon as we're done.

posted by lukadog @ 2:18 AM