Posting here took a back seat these last few weeks as not only were we getting ready for winter and the rains it will bring, which means finishing a number of projects and mapping out some new ones for the spring, but writing about work here was delayed due to me being called in for jury duty. Â Unlike past experiences where I went in for a day and then home that afternoon after being found unworthy, this time it was quite a slog that lasted a week and a half. Â In the end though I was found unsatisfactory for someone unknown reason and I was able to return to Purgatory.
I celebrated like any ranch girl would, by moving a few tons of rocks.
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k at the start of the year we had the old concrete pad that the dog kennel (long since demolished) demolished and a new pad poured. (Onto that a generator will eventually go.) The remains of the old pad sat in the west pasture ever since and since rains here mean lots of mud, I spent all of one Thursday scooping up rocks in Giggles (the skid steer) and lifting them into DumpyMcDumpFace. Â Then I made the drive up to the remains of the spoil pile where I unloaded the rubble and returned to the pasture for another go.
Here’s a shot of the spoil pile before when most of the asphalt had been sorted.
And here it is now with the concrete rubble added in. Â We will be using some of the bits to finish filling in the drainage ditch at the bottom of the south pasture to help slow the erosion issues.
