Ditch Drainage
Trying to get it done before I have to return the auger and before the rain starts. – b
What’s all the Commotion?
We had the Bacastow’s over for dinner, swimming and general hanging out last Friday night. We’ve finally gotten back to the point where we feel we have it together enough to have people over and entertain. Everything was going great. The swimming was fun and food decent. We’d moved back to the front yard to […]
The Plan
As I mentioned before we have a huge (roughly 25′ x 32′) catch basin dug out in our yard under the new swing set. What was meant to simply hold mulch is also retaining water. Lots of water. We dug in some quick drains, but they’re a little inadequate and digger them longer isn’t really […]
Cool Tool – Trenching Shovel
If only I’d had one of these 30 years ago. Imagine all the time I could have saved in my life so far. Picked one of these up at Home Depot the other day and it’s a total life saver. Digging drain trenches with a regular shovel is an exercise in futility. You only want […]
Draining
Quick storm dumped a sea of water on the yard today. Unfortunately left a lake around the swing set. We had decided, because our kids our fearless climbers (yes, that’s our fault), to put an average of 8″ of playground mulch down around the swing set. Theoretically that would protect from a fall of 8′. […]
Immunity
All this crap about getting sick building your immunity is just that – crap! Either I never got sick as a kid, There’s so many colds/bugs out there that becoming immune to a few means nothing, or I’ve been working too hard on this swing set and my immunity has been compromised. Like I need […]