Well, the final phase of the yard is done (or at least for now). Jared had 6 cubic yards of rock delivered to the house on Friday afternoon. You would think after moving all of the dirt and bark the previous weekend that he would take a weekend off -- not Jared! He is a glutton for punishment.
The yard's "stream bed" was basically a mud hole and needed the rock after being cleaned out. And unfortunately, the weather wasn't as nice this weekend as it was Easter weekend. We ended up getting more than 2" of rain in a period of 3 days. That being said, it just exacerbated the mud even more so.
Jared did most of the shoveling this time by himself. Since Jared's parents are coming for a visit this week, Kristina had to spend most of her time inside cleaning, washing, and preparing for guests. She did come out and help later in the afternoon after she took Indy for a walk. She filled up several wheelbarrows of rock and had Jared rest while she did that. Jared very much appreciated the needed break.
The stream bed looked great! This is prior to being done completely, but you can see the BIG difference. WOW! Jared also build a little "bridge" across the stream bed so that the riding lawn tractor can easily navigate it. Kristina thought of the idea of using cinder blocks. Jared wanted something strong, but it couldn't dam up the water though either. Kristina suggested cinder blocks and Jared implemented them beautifully!
After completing the stream bed...we continued our path gravel out into the stream bed and then had it meet up with the more coarse gravel. This way we have a nice path to walk on, but water doesn't carry away the smaller path gravel. By the way, the remaining dirt patches are supposed to be there...they are filling holes and grass seed is currently planted on those spots.
In addition to completing the stream bed, we carried it further back towards the Tolt Pipeline Trail where the water drains. It looks much more finished now.
The coarse gravel was also added to the barrier of Indy's fence. Grass likes to grow there and she likes to eat the grass, so we are hoping to alleviate this by adding the new gravel. We think this will provide more separation between her and grass. She LOVES to eat grass.
And here's a shot looking from the shed in the back and "up stream".
We added some of the new gravel to the mailbox area as well and near a water valve box. Again, it just gives it a more finished look (hopefully).
And, the empty driveway! YAHOO! All of the gravel was actually done and moved by Saturday evening! Way to go Jared!
