edgecrusher Posted June 15, 2012 Report Posted June 15, 2012 well, for those that don't know, I have been elbow deep in excavating my back yard. here are some pics detailing how it's been going, and it's still in progress. Here's day the prep before day 1
edgecrusher Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Posted June 15, 2012 two days of rain, then day 5. this is current, hopefully tomorrow will be another good day of work???!!!!
unforgiven Posted June 15, 2012 Report Posted June 15, 2012 Great job brother,bobcat was the way to go ;).Hell of a yard.My back hurts just lookin at all that stone. :)
edgecrusher Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Posted June 15, 2012 and I'm still going brother…….. :(
392heminut Posted June 15, 2012 Report Posted June 15, 2012 Day two must have been rough having to work in the dark like that! <lmao> Looking good though. When it's all done and you sit back with a cold one you'll know it was all worth it! <thumbsup>
98Z5V Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 I no-poop wish I could be there, brother. Doing that would beat the poop out of roofing my buddy's house in 5 days, on a BIG house. Starting Thursday, when I found out, and finishing the next Thursday, when we were done. I lived in Northern VA, and he was in Cincinnatti... yeah, drive time included. The chimney flashing was the real ass-kicker, afterwards... <lmao> <laughs>His estimate for his roof was something like $15k, which led me to telling him not to do it. We did the job for around $5k. It cost him ALOT of money in beer, though, and I don't think that was included on the cost-offset... <dontknow> He still saved, and no one fell off that steep-ass pitched roof... somehow... :happydrunks:I have pics of this poop somewhere...Wish I was in your backyard, Greg... <thumbsup>
Matt.Cross Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 Looks like your project is really coming along! Hope it's not as hot there as it has been here, working in the heat sucks.
Robocop1051 Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 What!?! No pool? I hope you didn't return the bobcat yet!
planeflyer21 Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 pool :drool:Don't listen to them Edge!If you have room for a pool, you have room for your own fishing pond!Jon
Robocop1051 Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 I'm with Plane... You need a fishing pond! Get to it!
jeffreyC Posted June 16, 2012 Report Posted June 16, 2012 Do not listen to them about a pool.Do not let your family see anything about a pool until the bobcat is returned and the landscaping is done.On one of the other forums I visit there are page after page of nothing but complaints about how much work maintaining a pool is, which takes time away from shooting and reloading.A fishing pond would be much less work to maintain, but also a breeding place for mosquitoes.Where I live West Nile virus is a real problem.
392heminut Posted June 17, 2012 Report Posted June 17, 2012 +1The house I have now and the one before this one both HAD pools. I filled them both in with dirt after jackhammering the tops of the walls off. When my son got out of the Border Patrol academy he signed a 6 month lease on a house with a pool and when the lease was up he moved out. He said he would never again have a pool!
NoFail Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 I nominate a Koi pond. I built one & it was beautiful and had waterfalls and plants. Not too much maintenance with the right filtration & you love the Koi. The waterfalls are very therapeutic sitting there with a cold beer when you want to relax. Sadly I had to move from that property. nice job on the landscaping.... <thumbsup>
98Z5V Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 If I had those large Koi in the backyard, I don't think I could resist the temptation... ...to bow-fish the things. Just sayin'... <dontknow> :oGreg, it almost looks like you're setting up a backyard range, for my visit later in the year... Again, just sayin'... <laughs> <munch>
edgecrusher Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Posted June 19, 2012 worked hard saturday and first half of sunday, spread 6 yards of dirt and 10 yds of mulch, took break for father's day. spent time with the family. I am putting a pool up; there eventually, right now I have one of these until my daughter is a little bigger and better swimmer http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Above-Ground-Swimming-Pool/dp/B000O9NULIwork is halted for now, thursday the hydro-seed, this weekend coming up ten more yards of mulch, then some more pics for you guys. it's coming together nicely. I have a range at my friends house we made up, 165yd range and a close range pistol and shotgun range. Between his and his inlaws he has 120 acres. We can shoot every day :auto:
unforgiven Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 Way to go brother Greg,it's gonna be bueatious wife got one of those pools for grandkids for next to nothing suppose to pick up and drop off later this week. ;D
edgecrusher Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Posted June 22, 2012 a couple of updated pics, mulched about half of what i wanted to before the hydroseed was laid down, taking a small break from it until the hydroseed starts to take, ten more yds then done! mulching around inside of fence about 2 1/2 ft and around rest of patio and swing set
unforgiven Posted June 22, 2012 Report Posted June 22, 2012 Looks great,I use that same color mulch. <thumbsup>
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