{"id":63027,"date":"2022-06-28T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=63027"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:21:58","slug":"dig-baby-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=63027","title":{"rendered":"Dig Baby Dig! Construction Site Is Established!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fact: \u00a0Around 40% of all seaborne cargo is oil.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It’s going to be another hot one so I decided to go to the pool today.\u00a0 The public pool is right around the corner but I have been banned from going there again!<\/p>\n

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The yard is now looking like a construction site.\u00a0 This will be going on for about 6-8 weeks as it is a large job.\u00a0 I watched a documentary about how they fix steel girders together last night. It was riveting!<\/p>\n

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The shade is needed because it is in the 90s for most of the day!<\/p><\/div>\n

Our contractor was on time today because, at 10:00 AM, we heard a clatter of machinery and an engine starting up.\u00a0 We had a Bobcat in the driveway. Not the wild kind!<\/p>\n

Well, he measured and came to inform us that the gate had to be removed, and we had to dig up Mary’s little flower garden.\u00a0 The plants went into plastic bags and I watered them.\u00a0 I plan to rototill the bed they came from and add peralite.<\/p>\n

We had brunch at about 11:00 AM, and most of the goodies came from the garden we had established already.\u00a0 There has never been a sadness that can\u2019t be cured by breakfast food.<\/p>\n

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Good groceries!<\/p><\/div>\n

He made it past the gas meter with 1.2 to spare.<\/p>\n

He passed through two gates and about eighty feet of concrete block wall, entering the backyard with a thud.<\/p>\n

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Made it with inches to spare.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now the easy part begins.\u00a0 The Bobcat will be here for two days, and then we will trade it for a trencher, which will be used for the foundation of the brick walls that retain the soil.<\/p>\n

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Run for the south forty<\/p><\/div>\n

The first bite is taken, and we warned him the ground was hard!\u00a0 He worked for fifteen minutes getting the Bobcat to get a grip on the soil.<\/p>\n

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Taking the first bite<\/p><\/div>\n

The first swath was tough; the ground was hard.<\/p>\n