Planting Shrubbery

Sunday Morning C and I decided to take the woods to get to the property. Fat Danny had already arrived and was eager to get into the Bobcat and start working.

 

He started off by cleaning up the mess from the shed from the night before. Cleanup is a lot easier with a Bobcat.

The picnic table had finally met it's match.

RobSr. is more than likely rejoicing as he reads this.

 

Once the mess was cleared, it was time to start laying the gravel for our driveway.

 

We found the stake that Mr. Sleeveless put here to indicate where to dump the gravel.

This will end up being like a parking pad. It could hold up to 3 cars, or even 4 if parked well enough.

This is the view from the street.

 

I know what you are thinking: Why doesn't this gravel look like gravel? Well, we got this kind because it packs down nicely and thus, the stones don't come out of place as much. I did some googling to see if I could find the name, and this one seems to suit it the closest: 3/4" Minus Crushed Aggregate. It is light grey to brown in color. It has a binder material, which helps it to pack in.

 

I tried to get a picture of this. If you look closely you will see a gutter on the roof of the van. Our neighbor down the street, Cliff, gave us this to put on the porchouse! We will put a rain barrel off of the side of it so that we can water our newly planted trees :)

 

C- putting the finishing touches on the Blue Spruce

The start of our privacy shrubs.

 

Not only did we plant shrubs and trees, we were able to lay grass seed! Before doing that we had to use a roller to go over the newly exposed soil.

 

At first, we were going to use this one that attaches to a tractor and fills with water.

Then our neighbor, Pat, showed up with his that he just finished using on his own property.

He rolled the entire thing for us. He also lent us some diesel cans to use to refuel the Bobcat. We really have nice neighbors!

 

After it was all rolled, RobSr. laid out the grass seed. Turns out, the bags I purchased didn't quite fill up all of our new found lawn space. I'll have to get more this week.

This is the Bobcat going on it's final run in the woods. Apparently, a path was cut  clear to the woods, but it was too dark so I will have to take pictures of that at a later date.

 

You might be wondering how I fed all of these people. I visited with the Cavs on Thursday. I cannot think of anyone better to get large recipes from than Mrs. Cav.

Saturday for lunch I made her Tortilla Bean Soup. It was a hit, and was enough to feed everyone. The recipe says it feeds 16 people!  Saturday for dinner was Italian shredded beef on french bread, which was soooo good. I didn't do a think besides dump the roast in the crock pot in the morning. I love those types of recipes. And Sunday for lunch I did some Ham Barbecues! Always a favorite.