Still At It

Worked for about 3 1/2 hours today sifting rocks from the dirt and leveling off the side yard. I'm working in the shade so it's not that bad. I ran out of water so decided it was time to quit. Pedestrian traffic really starts to pick up about 9:30. It was in the mid 90's most of the morning. I quit just after 11 am.

Leveling Off Side Yard

Most of the morning was spent sifting the piles of dirt in the side yard. Once I sifted the dirt I spread it out evenly. I began placing the dirt along the east side of the yard by the oleanders. The yard will be 6 to 12 inches higher than it currently is now.

Stump War Over

I wouldn't call it a complete success, but we chopped up most the roots to both stumps and cut them down to the point that they shouldn't give us any problems. We're going to inject the stump on the side yard with some stump killer just in case. The palm stump out front is as dead as dead's going to get. It's about 10 inches below the surface.

The Lost Art of Siftanating

What a way to start the 4th of July! Todd and I fired up the siftanator and filled the air with some early morning dusterworks. I'm pleasantly surprised at how well this works. Not only are we getting rid of rocks we're losing some ell bees at the same time.

Met Kim today. It was a real pleasure to talk with her. She had good timing I was due for a break when she strolled by. We talked for about 20 minutes. She grew up in this area and told me a little about her family and the downtown/Catlin Court area. She had some great ideas about what kind of place to make the Blue Myrtle House into.