We overdid it again, but things are really taking shape. We got an early start, getting up soon after 6 a.m. to try to work before it got too hot. Yesterday Dale went to Yard Shack south of town and got a load of finely crushed limestone and spread it out. We needed another load, so we went back to Yard Shack this morning. But first we headed on down to Seneca to M&M Stone, picked out our paving stone & paid for it. We got 4 pallets of mossy ledge stone. They'll deliver it on Tuesday. Then we went back to Yard Shack for another load of the powdered limestone. We spent the rest of the day working extremely hard, as you can see by the pictures below.
This is part of what I did. I laid down a layer of the limestone, then moved all the concrete pavers around the oval iris bed I created. I put more of the limestone in the gaps between the pavers. Looks pretty cool, if I do say so myself.
Dale concentrated his efforts on the depression outside the garage door. He had to dig down several inches because of the sweep of the garage door. He knew that by the time we added the crushed stone base and the depth of the stones, the doors wouldn't open over it. So once again he had the back-breaking task of digging out roots and rocks and leveling the area. As a result, we'll have a slight. terraced effect. In the background, you can see another job I worked on today--creating a little stone retaining wall around the built-up area. Then we spread the rest of the crushed stone. We have a few days to recover before we start the massive jigsaw puzzle of laying all those big stones. I made Dale wear a back brace today--I wore one, too. I think that helped a lot. We're exhausted, but not in agony like we would be without the protection.
This is part of what I did. I laid down a layer of the limestone, then moved all the concrete pavers around the oval iris bed I created. I put more of the limestone in the gaps between the pavers. Looks pretty cool, if I do say so myself.
Dale concentrated his efforts on the depression outside the garage door. He had to dig down several inches because of the sweep of the garage door. He knew that by the time we added the crushed stone base and the depth of the stones, the doors wouldn't open over it. So once again he had the back-breaking task of digging out roots and rocks and leveling the area. As a result, we'll have a slight. terraced effect. In the background, you can see another job I worked on today--creating a little stone retaining wall around the built-up area. Then we spread the rest of the crushed stone. We have a few days to recover before we start the massive jigsaw puzzle of laying all those big stones. I made Dale wear a back brace today--I wore one, too. I think that helped a lot. We're exhausted, but not in agony like we would be without the protection.
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