So I've been in Fresno now for a few weeks and have been working on many things to make the house a little nicer. Two weekends ago I put up a fence on the north side of our house (there was none there before).
This past weekend was an extended weekend. Matt was in town and also our friend Jason. Rich and my Dad helped out also. We had lots of hands working on the yards. The projects overlapped, but over all we patche a dozen sprinkler issues, dug out many cubic yards of soil and replaced it with potting mix. We planted flower bushes and lillies along the outside border of half the back yard, planted some trees, and did some general trimming/branch cutting of old overgrowth.
The biggest pain was the ton of gravel we had in both yards. We tried hacking on it ourselves but ended up getting Luis (hispanic laborer waiting around Home Depot) to do it for us. We paid him a lot for day labor, but that little guy did what several of us big guys couldn't do!
After this past weekend's efforts our house should be much greener and more pleasant for our futures there. Next up on the list are some simple, fast, single-person jobs that I'll do once Matt leaves.
--Steve
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