Written By Big Daddy

I know, I know, I know, but I had to do it. Have you ever done a project, got it to just where you wanted it, finished it, than always knew in the back of your mind, if you could have only done a little, itty bit more, it would be perfect. Well, for me that meant digging a 100 foot trench at night (no little helper) than having a laborer and ( little helper) help finish it the next day before the monsoon.

When little man woke up this morning, he thought there was a giant mole at work during the night. He only saw the dirt berm, he didn't know it was a trench. When he figured out it was a trench, he couldn't eat breakfast or get himself dressed fast enough to get out to help us. That's Mario in the background. Donny made sure he kept working and had snacks to stay strong for all the hard work he was doing. Mario was good about it. I'd like to have him back to do more stuff so I don't have to be such a slave to the property, but we'll see what the Chief Financial Officer says.

As I connected the lengths of pipe together, Donny helped by disconnecting the pipes, and filling them with dirt. This isn't a good thing. Mario got a kick out of it

The finished project!! Just before the rain!! By the way, the reason for this was because the new grade of the yard didn't allow the water to run off fast enough. I knew this could possibly happen, but didn't know how irritated and obsessed I'd be by seeing the water sit there for a day or two before it dried up. Hence tearing up the yard, doing the work and re-seeding once again.