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This is after 130 more loads of dirt were hauled in...and smoothed out with a John Deere 750C Crawler/Dozer. All in all we've hauled in about 400 loads of dirt...some from the 5 acres we used to own & the rest from the new Holiday Inn Express! Still a little bit of an incline, but I can at least mow it now without the fear of flipping over backwards!!!
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There is a new Holiday Inn Express being built next to McDonald's on Northwest Arterial here in Dubuque. All of the dirt from the swimming pool & parking lot are now in my back yard! Drew Cook Excavating has done us a great job of getting things done quickly at a really decent price. I would recommend them to anyone!!! Above & beyond when it comes to customer service.
NOW, I have to dig up all the underground eavestrough drain lines taking all the rainwater to the woods because they have been smashed one way or another...then it is time to till up the entire acreage, fertilize it, rent a Brillion Seeder & get the grass sowed. THEN, Grandma Tucker has ordered that the swingset be re-built on-site ASAP...otherwise she and Libby are going to do it the next time Grandma visits! Hmmm...that shall be an interesting feat to watch!
Front porch steps & front sidewalk are the next projects I want to get done this year...but everything else, like the deck & landscaping, will have to wait until next year...or more!
Christopher L. Tucker
1 comment:
I have always wondered about the expression "dirt cheap" it doesn't seem to be so cheap these days!! I can't wait to see what else you do with the yard!
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