Tag Archives: pea gravel

The fill is full.

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It seems my husband misjudged how much pea gravel he would need.

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4 yards was ordered and roughly two was used.

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The poor man loaded and dumped and spread for days.

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I honestly don’t know where he gets the energy or how he has the stamina at his age.

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I’m 16 years younger and it wears me out just watching.

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Viola!

Level ground… even though it may not look like it in the photo.

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Of course now there’s the question of what to do with the rest of the fill pile that wasn’t needed.

It’s way over here…

So maybe we’ll worry about that tomorrow.

🥴

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Wheelbarrow brigade.

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My husband had 4 yards of pea gravel delivered. And because he didn’t want to ruin the lawn or the new driveway, it was dropped at the outer reaches of our property.

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Good for the lawn, but bad for his back.

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He built a little ramp.

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And proceeded to haul small loads back and forth…

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All day long.

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Dumping them under the torn off porch…

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To try and level things out.

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It may not look like a long way, but when you’re his age? Trust me, it feels like a mile.

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Wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow.

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Dumped and spread.

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It’s hard to tell in the pictures but the difference in land height from right to left is a foot.

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Here, left to right.

And filling in 12 inches of a 30 foot span?

Is more than a one day job.

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