The water running off the roof of the new shed was creating a cavernous canyon and washing away all the dirt. Especially after their gulley washer last month where they got 6 inches in one storm!
Dad's solution? Enlist man power of son and son-in-law and use lots of rocks.
step 1: fill in with dirt, lay down landscape fabric, and instruct your crew to try to look productive when your crazy daughter with the camera comes out...or at least like they are coming up with a brilliant plan.
step 2: take tractor out to rock pile in pasture, fill loader with hand-picked (home-grown!!) rocks and have son and son-in-law place each one in the trench for the outside border.
step 3: take 3 yr old grandson to Pronk's to get trailer full of rocks, have him talk your ear off the whole way, see him get super excited about the cement trucks, and then make him and his 1 1/2 year old brother throw the rocks in place.
step 4: realize the small stuff crew isn't going to cut it so enlist visiting Uncle K to help shovel rocks.
step 5: toil at this project all day while crazy daughter with the camera plays with the kids inside the shed.
step 6: fill in and grade extra dirt by the house so wife won't have to catch water running down the basement walls during the next gulley washer.
step 7: stand back and admire a good days work finished.
step 8: enjoy pizza with the whole family!!!
step 1: fill in with dirt, lay down landscape fabric, and instruct your crew to try to look productive when your crazy daughter with the camera comes out...or at least like they are coming up with a brilliant plan.
step 2: take tractor out to rock pile in pasture, fill loader with hand-picked (home-grown!!) rocks and have son and son-in-law place each one in the trench for the outside border.
step 3: take 3 yr old grandson to Pronk's to get trailer full of rocks, have him talk your ear off the whole way, see him get super excited about the cement trucks, and then make him and his 1 1/2 year old brother throw the rocks in place.
step 4: realize the small stuff crew isn't going to cut it so enlist visiting Uncle K to help shovel rocks.
step 5: toil at this project all day while crazy daughter with the camera plays with the kids inside the shed.
step 6: fill in and grade extra dirt by the house so wife won't have to catch water running down the basement walls during the next gulley washer.
step 7: stand back and admire a good days work finished.
step 8: enjoy pizza with the whole family!!!
2 comments:
"the wife" ?
it's written from Dad's perspective as his solution to the project...
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