I have a sizable yard now. First order of business as the weather warmed up was to rake. Except that I didn’t own a rake… So, first order of business: purchase yard work equipment! Last weekend I went to Home Depot and bought myself, two types of rakes, a shovel, some gloves, and wheel barrow.
Before I get into it, let me show you the state of my grass as it was prior to any work.
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Now; last weekend I did a bunch of raking and some repair work on the trampoline spot.
So, started with the trampoline spot. I wanted to rake through the compacted dirt to loosen it up and get all the gravel and moss out of there.Found a chunk of old patio in the dirt…Also found a small treasure trove of historic artifacts. I feel like I’m an archaeologist again 😀Much better!Then, lots o’ raking. The whole yard probably took about 50 of these things full of dead grass.Started a compost pile.Last item for the weekend was to fill in the sunken part of the trampoline spot. This was 22 bags of top soil (to imagine I originally bought two :O) Put some grass seed out, and now I’m waiting for it grow!
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