Down in the Dirt

Monday of this week found us digging in the dirt again.  We have had so much rain in the past two weeks that our efforts to add sod to the side yard have been severely hampered.

However, Monday dawned clear so we were able to beat the heat by going to the nearby nursery early in the morning and picking up one truckload (1/2 yard) of pulverized dirt. We spread that out in the back area of the garden near the shed that we needed to fill. While Rick dug it out of the back of the truck and used the wheelbarrow to get it into the garden, I tried to get the mounds smoothed and tamped down.

The first truckload did not go nearly as far as I thought it would, so back we went for a second 1/2 yard of dirt.  The efforts continued, but we still did not fill in the garden as far as we had intended to do so.

Back Rick went for a third truckload of dirt as we repeated the process.  By that time, we had reached lunchtime, and the sun had come around the house far enough for the whole garden to be in the sun. The heat and humidity put an end to our work for that day.

We really need one more truckload of dirt to finish the last area of the garden and to fill in some low spots in both the front and the back yard, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.  We have had other obligations on Tuesday and today, and hard rains are predicted once again for this evening.

The garden that used to hold our trees awaits a bit more dirt
and then lots of sod.

If tomorrow is not a wash-out, we will finish laying down the dirt and order sod for Friday.  All of our work is dependent on one thing: the weather.