Did some more work on the wall over the weekend. Got the rest of the wall backfilled with 0-3/4” stone and appropriately landscape tarped, got everything tamped down, laid and tamped the process, and to my surprise, I was able to screed and get some stones down yesterday. I’m planning on doing some work on [...]

It was too nice (71 F and sunny) not to go play in the dirt yesterday, so I did a couple of hours worth of work on the wall before we took the kids out for ice cream. Pictures:

On the day off, I got back to work on patio number three. I had forgotten how much work doing all the patio stuff was. It took me about three hours to excavate everything down to the septic line, and then another four hours to lay the cornerstone for the next level, build the next [...]