Property line trail/ track

[NS Gearhead]

Man, you have chipped a lot of rock and moved a lot of material. Just the though of all you've done makes these old bones ache. Everything sure looks great - you can be really proud of all the improvements.

Thank you for the kind words. Makes me want to keep updating this thread.

 

[NS Gearhead]

That's turning into quite the awesome trail! It will be a blast to use with your daughter.

What's all the fill for?

Thanks Gold Addict. She's a big motivator for me to push on that's for sure. She's getting better on her little fourwheeler. I'm guessing I've got the rest of this year and next before she wants to take it on the trail.

The fill... well essentially behind the shed is a marsh. It drains across the yard where the fill is, and meets with a brook and gets carried away. Well where the fill is used to be a good 8' lower then beside the house and wet all the time. A local company offered to fill it with "grubbins"... stumps and such, then cover with decent fill. They brought about 30 loads of gurbbins and 30 loads of fill. They're far from done, but it's like pulling hens teeth to get them to come back. Their's 5 lengths of culvert under there, and I need one more. They brought 3 loads this spring and nothing since. I know they need to do paying jobs first... but it's hard to be patient. I bought 12 loads @ $25 each... now buddy just has to come level it. I called and got the "yeah, you're on my list. Culvert will be there monday" That was 3 weeks ago. Still nothing. I'm gonna ask him to just leave an excavator here a weekend and I'll do it. Anyway, that section will still be lower then the yard by the house... but it'll be dry and useable. It'll also meet a nice rock hill across from the house. I can look in the archives to see if I can find some good progress pics.

 

[NS Gearhead]

In this pic you can see that the marsh is behind the firewood. It used to flows left across the trail and flood between the lawn and far hill. This is the section I've culvered and am filling in.


and this summer with culvert and some fill. More to come.

 

[NS Gearhead]

Looking the other way


even older pic of that section

 

[NS Gearhead]

Got another shot today; shows water table, culvert, trail, fill, and hill


last one

 

[GolfAddict]

Wow, you're definitely getting some nice new yard space!

 

[Rio_Grande]

I admire your ability to get things done, my list keeps growing and I get less and less done.

 

[NS Gearhead]

Wow, you're definitely getting some nice new yard space!

I got myself a ride on mower this year in anticipation of doubling my grass. LOL

Thanks Rio! I too keep adding to my list... I still hope to someday finish it... but I suppose then I'd be bored.

 

[NS Gearhead]

So the bridge is a lot browner, but with kind of an orange tint. Not bad.


We actually spent a good hour there. Had a snack of cheeze and crackers. Watched "Nemo" the squirrel eat the crackers she dropped. Chucked branches in a pile to clean up a bit. Took turns dancing on the bridge as the other sang.

She decided she wanted her own little girl bridge, so this was the result.

 

[Pixguy]

A little cutie showing off your two bridges. Nice.