I am sure everyone has heard about the patio saga. If not, it all started 3 years ago when someone had an idea that we should put in a patio. Well, as things usually run in my house, here we are 3 years later getting started on the project. Here is the picture of the area before we started digging.
We needed to dig down 6 inches. Well after about 2 inches we hit solid clay. Therefore we had to rent a tiller and till the ground. Here is a picture of the ground once it was tilled.
Then we had to put in something called paver base, or 8910 as my friends at the landscaping place kept calling it. Anyway, it and the sand (oh and while I was there I got some mulch) came in a big truck and it was all dumped in my driveway. And yes, of course my car was inside the garage.
This, my friends is exactly why we had to buy the wheelbarrow. So anyway, we finished digging out the dirt and put down the 8910. Here is what that looks like.
2 comments:
I feel for you, girl! But think of how beautiful it will be when you are done. We have hard clay, too - in fact, it's so perfect for making bricks that there is a brickyard in Durham. It is like that molding clay kids use in kindergarten. Thick, hard, and tacky. There's absolutely no way the roots of flowers and plants can get through it, so we have to dig really deep and then fill the holes with good dirt. It is a WORK OUT on the arms! Ugh!
WOW!!! THE JOB LOOKS GREAT SO FAR!
IT IS GREAT THAT THE PROJECT HAS GONE SO FAR IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT COMPLETED.
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR CAR OUT?
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