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After new roof, but before painting or landscaping
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Before
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Step 1: Use Bobcat to strip all the topsoil off the lot
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Two days Bobcat time
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Yard stripped, terraced, and graded
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Oh, God, what have I done to my yard?!?
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Another dusting of snow
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Okay, more than a dusting...
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Delivering 7,000 lbs of concrete blocks directly over my hedge
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Dropping blocks right into the staging area
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Over the hedge, under the wires, hoping the pallet doesn't disintegrate...
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How to get 7,000 lbs of concrete retaining wall blocks into a site with no access?
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Sick day
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Trenches for wall footings dug
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Walls getting close to completion
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One of the planting beds, and walkway leading to steps to lower terrace
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Capstones forming first of two steps completed
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West bed complete, awaiting capstones (on ground)
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Step-downs on wall under hedge
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Lotsa curves in the retaining walls
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Capstones thrown on temporarlly
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The other planting bed ready for planting
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A curvy step-down
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Gradual progress
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Spreading the last of the topsoil
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Topsoil down and ready for seeding!
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Lower yard done, walls done, most of the plants planted
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A little well for a little crab apple tree
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Walls, capstones, and topsoil. Yay!
