I hate digging!

[baitmaster]

Well whats been up with Baitmaster, he hasn't been fishing much, he hasn't been tying much, hasn't been posting much.....well????
He has been removing the last 30 years and 5 owners landscaping mistakes. Preparing to start this yard with a clean slate and make it pretty!
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I have learned that I hate digging!!!

 

[jig-guy]

Good luck! Thats not for me, I am going MOON SCAPE on my desert property. I will not do weeds any more & at 72 I need to go fishing and make jigs. I do hope all your efforts come out good and make you happy.
MOJAVE DESERT DIRT FOR ME,
Bill / jig-guy (no weeds)

 

[StumpHunter]

That looks to much like work! I must have giving neighbors because every time I kill weeds they cut their grass and give me more weeds..
Be sure to post a pic of the finished job.

 

[JSC]

"every time I kill weeds they cut their grass and give me more weeds"
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An old boy one time told me that with weeds .. "Just cut them .. they are green to .. so who will know the diff" ......

Not my kind of work ... Shovels & etc do not fit my hands .... the wife would not let me but I would have paved the yard & painted it green .... I hate buying fertilizer then throwing it outside ... watering and then after all that to make it grow you get out and cut it ... never made a lot of sense

 

[AtticaFish]

Have to agree with the title of your post - unless i'm out in the garden where i get back some fresh veggies for my work. Did you bust out the sidewalk by hand? Swinging a sledge is no fun either. :beat-up:

Good luck on the project.

 

[Radtexan]

Thats not diggin,thats full blown torture......Looks like quite a project,but Im sure it will be worth all the effort...

 

[Hawnjigs]

Yup, betcha got some muscle tone from busting slab. And lost more than a few #s.

So considering the health benefits, maybe you LIKE digging?

 

[Jig Man]

Wish I had enough cash to send my yard out fer mowin....

 

[Kdog]

I pity your back and miscellaneous aches and pains. but looks good so far.

 

[baitmaster]

All thanks for the replies. I did all the yard digging and backyard demo by hand, but hired someone for the concrete walkway in the front. His price included the demo, so I was happy to let him do it! Well today they poured and stamped. Tomorrow will be final touch ups and release powder wash down. View attachment 4
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[Jig Man]

Dang, those boys are good...

 

[toadfrog]

My place looks like a dump now . Once did all that in my younger day . But now AIN't NO WAY. Looks like an excellent job and good concrete guys . I'm just gonna watch the progress , wish ya the best and sit under the cool air drinking ice tea while I cheer you on .

 

[Radtexan]

What a transformation... Looks great.the digging is just about to get started with all the new plantings...

Is that and old stang sitting in the garage and what you gonna do with it ? BTW I dont feel as bad about the way mine looks now but it is worse than that.

 

[Hawnjigs]

x2 concrete guys are a cut above.

 

[AtticaFish]

That is a SWEET sidewalk! Wife is wanting me to 'fix' our little piece from the driveway to the porch step and i keep resisting but, dang, does that almost convince me.

 

[baitmaster]

Thanks everyone, those guys did work hard today. Concrete this week is in high demand for some reason, so we took a noon delivery. Today was in the mid 80's with a 10 mph breeze They busted hump to get it finished, stamped and antiqued before hard set took place.

Attica.....don't do it! Hire someone. Today I learned that there is no way in hell I could have pulled that off.

Rad....yep that is my wife's first car. A 1965 stang, 289 stock with the original autolite 2100 carb, 4 speed tranny with floor shifter. She bought it in pieces back in college and I kept it running for her. Then a married her and bought her a car I didn't need to work on. there she sits waiting for a gap in house remodel projects for me to have time to get her back in shape.

 

[StumpHunter]

Awesome job!