Just warning you now that this will be a boring post to anyone but us so read at your own risk. It was a much needed project that got done in the last couple of weeks.
See that mountain of sod past the sidewalk. It has caused some problems the last few years when it rains hard. The below picture is what happens when it rains hard. It is a fun mud puddle for the kids to play in but not so fun when it overflows to the bottom of the stairs drain. The dirt area under our cedar trees have been loosing soil since it drains down to this part of the lawn as the rain falls. It is like a mini mud slide that has built up with time.
It is fine to have water run down the drain as long as cedar fronds or mud aren't causing a blockage.
To remedy it the last few years we have dug a mini ditch so the water will go away from the house. It works if the rain fall is minimal or if we are on the premises if there is heavy rainfall. A couple of weeks ago we had a near miss of some house flooding. It was a blessing that webelos scouts were cancelled that afternoon. I happened to be home when it was pouring so the kids and I scurried around digging out the little ditch area then got the drain area cleaned out for a few minutes at a time. Nathan would have come home to a flooded basement otherwise. We decided it was time to do the dreaded job.
Nathan rented the sod cutter and went to town the next evening. Elijah was such a big helper and loves to hang out with his dad.
The sod rolled up
Elijah loved following Nathan around while he was finishing up with the sod cutter.
Taking the machine back to the rental place.
Once the sod was off we had to dig out 4 inches of dirt.
The sod back in but not enough to cover it all so we planted seed in the bare spots.
And where did we dump all of the dirt we dug out? Here under our cedar trees of course. We are hoping to get grass growing here too. We cleared out a bunch of branches from the trees so more sun can come through. We will see what happens.
The dirt all smoothed out and seed planted.
This is what the bare spot looks like in the lawn today. Grass is growing good. Now I hope I will see some growing under the trees.
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